In recent decades the Indian subcontinent has displayed remarkable invariance in the incidence of working poverty despite strong economic performance. It is widely held that education can rescue households from various types of poverty traps created by information problems and incorrect...

According to the author, in countries like Bangladesh with an acute unemployment problem and sluggish growth of the economy, extensive use of overtime employment can reduce the impact of employment, he (the author) examines the use of overtime in some selected private manufactoring enterprises...

In recent decades the Indian subcontinent has displayed remarkable invariance in the incidence of working poverty despite strong economic performance. It is widely held that education can rescue households from various types of poverty traps created by information problems and incorrect...