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Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia

Basu, Kaushik; Atal, Vidya; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - eSocialSciences - 2009

Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...

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What Education? Imperative of Change

Maharatna, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2006

Once the reach of education remains circumscribed only by its functional role in the formation of human capital, which …

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Human Capital, Labour Productivity and Employment

Bhat, Savita; Siddharthan, N S - eSocialSciences - 2010

technology, persons with less education would become victims. The panel model results of Generalised Least Squares using cross …

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The Impact of Education Policy Reforms on the School System:A Field Study of EGS and Other Primary Schools in Madhya Pradesh

Leclercq, Francois - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper presents the results of fieldwork on rural primary schools of two districts of Madhya Pradesh, India, conducted from December 2001 to March 2002. Since the mid-1990â€™s, the government of this state has initiated reforms in the public primary school sector, by decentralising its...

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Extended Families and Child Well-being

LaFave, Daniel; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014

relationship between three measures of health- and education-related human capital of children and the distribution of resources …

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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 countryâ€™s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey data, transition probabilities of...

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Institutional Influences on Human Capital Accumulation: Micro Evidence from Children Vulnerable to Bondage

Edmonds, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007

The paper examines child labour, lower schooling attendance and attainment, and significantly elevated fertility in families vulnerable to debt bondage.

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Are Gender Differentials in Educational Capabilities Mediated through Institutions of Caste and Religion in India?

Unni, Jeemol - eSocialSciences - 2009

religion mediate access and returns to education of men and women. The effort is to discuss whether, the capabilities approach … and returns to education compared with knowledge about the dynamics of capability formation generated through a mixture of …

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Emerging Asia's Middle Class-A Force to be Reckoned With

Dyck, Steffen; Hansakul, Syetarn; Saxena, Rachna - eSocialSciences - 2009

The emergence of a large and dynamic middle class raises Asiaâ€™s profile as an attractive market destination for products ranging from consumer goods to financial services. There are even hopes that the Asian consumer will replace the US as â€œworld consumer of last resortâ€,...

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Public Expenditure on Education : A Review of Selected Issues and Evidence

Mukherjee, Anit N - eSocialSciences - 2007

The role of education in economic development has been recognised for quite some time in mainstream economic literature …. Divergence between the private and social rate of return from education is the rationale for intervention by the state in … public expenditure on education. The outcome of these lines of research also has implications for the financing of education …

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