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Human capital development and parental investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015
In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5-15 years of age using two cohorts of children drawn from the Young Lives Survey for India. The inputs into the production function include parental background, prior child cognition...
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Analysis of the land use sector in INDCs of relevant Non-Annex I parties
Hargita, Yvonne; Rüter, Sebastian - 2016
The international community has committed itself to adopt a global climate agreement in Paris in 2015, which shall enter into force in 2020 and shall be legally-binding for all. In advance of the negotiations, parties shall submit the so-called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions...
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Rote Biotechnologie: Deutschland noch nicht an der Spitze in Europa
Soete, Birgit - In: DIW Wochenbericht 73 (2006) 26, pp. 381-388
Deutschland sowie den ebenfalls untersuchten Ländern Indien und Israel über die ausgereifteste Biotechnologieindustrie und ein …
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Indien: Entwicklung auf Kosten des Klimas
Haftendorn, Clemens; Freund, Karen; von Hirschhausen, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 51/52, pp. 818-824
Der Pro-Kopf-Stromverbrauch in Indien, der heute noch zwölf Mal niedriger ist als in Deutschland, soll sich laut … konzentriert sich auf bestehende Wasserkraftwerke. Indien befindet sich derzeit also auf einem Entwicklungspfad, der den globalen …,3 Milliarden Tonnen CO2- Ausstoß im Jahr 2030 gegenüber 1,15 Milliarden Tonnen im Jahr 2005 ist Indien auf dem Weg, der drittgrößte …
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Optimal currency shares in international reserves: the impact of the euro and the prospects for the dollar
Papaioannou, Elias; Portes, Richard; Siourounis, Gregorios - 2006
Foreign exchange reserve accumulation has risen dramatically in recent years. The introduction of the euro, greater liquidity in other major currencies, and the rising current account deficits and external debt of the United States have increased the pressure on central banks to diversify away...
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Interbank contagion at work: evidence from a natural experiment
Iyer, Rajkamal; Peydró, José-Luis - 2010
This paper tests financial contagion due to interbank linkages. For identification we exploit an idiosyncratic, sudden shock caused by a large-bank failure in conjunction with detailed data on interbank exposures. First, we find robust evidence that higher interbank exposure to the failed bank...
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China's and India's roles in global trade and finance - twin titans for the new millennium?
Bussière, Matthieu; Mehl, Arnaud - 2008
This paper analyses the integration of China and India into the global economy. To this end, it presents estimates from a gravity model to gauge the overall degree of their trade intensity and the depth of their bilateral trade linkages, as well as selected measures of revealed comparative...
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A historical and comparative view on the study of Indian entrepreneurship
Rutten, Mario - In: Economic Sociology: European Electronic Newsletter 3 (2002) 2, pp. 3-16
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Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India
Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore - 2016
Worldwide, people are gaining access to a formal bank account, which allows account-based instead of cash payments. Based on a novel randomized control trial, we document that the payment method is an important determinant of savings behavior. In rural India, we study the effect on savings of...
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Heterogeneity of Family and Hired Labor in Agriculture: A Test Using Farm-level Data from India and Malaysia
Deolalikar, Anil B.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 1983
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