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Combining Data, Enhancing Explanation
Irwin, Sarah - eSocialSciences - 2009
In this paper the author analyzes the pros and cons of combining data from different sources to revisit some explanatory problems. The problems discussed have risen from a theoretical and analytic gap between people’s outlooks and values on the one hand, and their social circumstances on...
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Migration-Induced Transfers of Norms. The Case of Femal Political Empowerment
Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Salomone, Sara - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2012
It is recognized that affirmative action, as anti-discriminatory policies whose aim is to benefit an underrepresented group, is a key driver of progress for women. However, the role of migrants in helping female voice from abroad has not been addressed yet. This paper empirically investigates...
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When the Cat\'s Away... The Effects of Spousal Migration on Investments on Children
Rizzica, Lucia - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi …
This paper analyzes the effects of parental migration on children left behind in order to understand whether and how the effects of migration on children depend on which of their parents migrates. I describe the migration of one of the spouses as a sequential game in which the spouse who...
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International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market: Evidence from Albania
Mendola, Mariapia; Carletto, Gero - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009
This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in …) effect, estimates show that having a migrant abroad decreases female paid labor supply while increasing unpaid work. On the … likely to supply unpaid work. The same relationships do not hold for men. These findings suggest that over time male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018088
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High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2011
The recommendations that follow take cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that India offers – and the possibility for India to take a lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that is eminently suited to the needs and resources of countries at a similar level of development....
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Women, Work and Insecurities in India
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2007
The poor women in developing countries are burdened with the dual responsibility of taking care of housework and the need to supplement household income to meet the subsistence needs. The on-going flexibalisation process world over has no doubt created new jobs, most of them informal, but they...
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Girls in Science and Technology Education: A Study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Nepal
Koirala, Dr. Vidya Nath; Acharya, Dr. Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
was undertaken essentially to achieve four objectives, viz. to review curricular and research materials from gender lens …) related subjects, find out the forces that are both conducive as well as obstructive to STE for girls, and work out measures … reviewed the report. And, a national workshop provided necessary input to finalize the STE work plan.[UNESCO Kathmandu Series …
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Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India
Chakrabarty, Manisha; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2012
In this paper the issue of high dropout rates in India is examined which has adverse implications for human capital formation, and hence for the country’s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey data, transition probabilities of...
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Human and cultural capital complementarities and externalities in economic growth
BUCCI, Alberto; SEGRE, Giovanna - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of culture, viewed according to Throsby’s definition of cultural capital (that is, an asset of tangible and intangible cultural expressions), in fostering economic growth. Recent literature in the field of cultural economics highlights a...
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Exposure to foreign media and changes in cultural traits: Evidence from naming patterns in France
Disdier, Anne-Célia; Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2006
Free trade in audio-visual services has faced opposition on the grounds that foreign media undermine domestic culture, and ultimately, global diversity. We assess the media-culture link using name frequencies as a measure of tastes. Using a 47-year panel of French birth registries, we first show...
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