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    A (time) series of unfortunate events: structural change, globalization, and the rise of occupational injuries
    A.V. Chari - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    There is a dearth of evidence on the evolution of occupational health in the developing world and on the extent to which it has been influenced by (1) the pattern of structural transformation in these economies and (2) integration with global markets. In this study, I compile a rich database on...
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    Landholding pattern and nature of work
    Deepita Chakravarty, Ishita Chakravarty - Orient BlackSwan , 2023 - ISBN: 9789354424458
    Chapter in book: Wives and Widows at Work: Women’s Labour in Agrarian Bengal, Then and Now Compared with most other Indian states, women’s reported work participation rates have historically been low in West Bengal. This trend is more prominent in rural areas. Historians have tried to explain this...
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    Reducing delay in payments in welfare programs
    – Experimental evidence from an information dissemination intervention
    Upasak Das, Amartya Paul, Mohit Sharma - World Bank Economic Review , 2023
    This study assesses the impact of an information dissemination intervention on the local-level implementation of the rural public works program in India. One key feature of the intervention is to provide information to workers once their wages get credited into their accounts. Using administrative...
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    Transforming rural economies through tertiary education
    – Evidence from India
    Amparo Castelló-Climent, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Ravinder - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    This paper analyses the role of tertiary education on rural development. Using census data on villages in India for 2011, we find that skilled workers have had an important impact on rural prosperity. A 1 percentage point rise in the share of the village population with tertiary education raises per...
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    Clientelistic politics and pro-poor targeting
    – Rules versus discretionary budgets
    Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath - World Development , 2023
    Part of Journal Special Issue Clientelist Politics and Development
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    Multigenerational mobility among males in India
    Anustup Kundu, Kunal Sen - Review of Income and Wealth , 2023
    Most studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited knowledge about multigenerational mobility—status transmission across three generations. We examine multigenerational educational and occupational mobility in India, using a nationally representative data...
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    Ethnic conflict: the role of ethnic representation
    Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    We investigate the impact of the political representation of minority groups on the incidence of ethnic conflict in India. We code data on Hindu-Muslim violence and Muslim political representation in India and leverage quasi-random variation in legislator religion generated by the results of close...
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    Identity and multigenerational persistence
    Chinmayi Srikanth, Shubhasis Dey - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    The study aims at bridging gaps in both theoretical and empirical literature pertaining to multigenerational persistence. From a theoretical standpoint, it argues that parental altruism is influenced by social heterogeneity rather than income-based heterogeneity. One’s position in the social...
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    Conspicuous consumption for social parity
    Chinmayi Srikanth, Shubhasis Dey - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    The extant literature on status-signalling primarily adopts Veblen’s theory of class to caste and racial identities. This study aims to adopt a more suitable theoretical lens that is more relevant not only for class identities, but also for other identities such as caste and race. By viewing...
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    Minimum wages and changing wage inequality in India
    Saloni Khurana, Kanika Mahajan, Kunal Sen - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    Using nationally representative data on employment and earnings, this paper documents a fall in wage inequality in India over the last two decades. It then examines the role played by increasing minimum wages for the lowest skilled workers in India in contributing to the observed decline. Exploiting...
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    Clientelism and targeting of welfare benefits: Can a centralized formula-based system do better?
    Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    Local governments in India—known as panchayats —are sometimes criticised for failing to deliver benefits earmarked for vulnerable regions or households to the intended recipients. Mis-targeting of benefits is often attributed to political clientelism, where funds are diverted opportunistically to...
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    The gendered crisis
    – Livelihoods and wellbeing in India during COVID-19
    Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Sanchari Roy - Feminist Economics
    THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | This article studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in Delhi, India. First, the study finds that men’s employment declined by 84 percentage points during the pandemic...
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    India’s economic development since independence
    – An interpretative survey
    Kunal Sen - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    When India became a republic in 1950, the economy was primarily agrarian, with three-fifths of output originating from agriculture. In the sixty years since independence, there has been a significant transformation of economic activity away from agriculture, with less than one-fifth of output now...
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    India’s development cooperation in Africa
    – The case of ‘Solar Mamas’ who bring light
    Veda Vaidyanathan - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    This paper examines multiple facets of New Delhi’s development cooperation with countries in Africa and argues that grassroots organizations in India that find innovative, low-cost technological solutions to developmental challenges can help governments and multilateral agencies craft inclusive...
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    Differential health reporting error among older adults in India
    Anna Choi, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, T.V. Sekher - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
    This paper studies the education gradient associated with health reporting errors for two highly prevalent non-communicable diseases among older adults in India. We leverage a novel data set—the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (2017–18) panel survey—to unpack the sources of health reporting error...
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    Social mobility among disadvantaged groups in India
    Kunal Sen, Anustup Kundu - GlobalDev.org , 2023 - London, UK
    In recent decades, India has experienced rapid economic growth alongside radical affirmative action programs enacted since independence. This column explores what we know about the impact on social mobility. While there is some evidence of educational mobility, occupational mobility has not...
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