In this paper we investigate the relationship between access to modern energy services and human development in India over a decade. We estimate an index of development, multidimensional poverty index, confidence index. Empirical result shows that is quite widespread most states spite progress made reducing same during study period. States with higher level are having lower implying strong nega...

This article explores employee voice within organizations, in the context of often-complex inclusion sexual and gender minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans intersex (LGBTI)) employees. study utilized a qualitative case approach to gather insights from diversity experts organizational documents three large Australian organizations representing private, not-for-profit public sectors. research ...

A felsőoktatas es a munkaerőpiac illeszkedese fontos kovetelmeny felsőoktatasi intezmenyekkel szemben. Ennek meresere szamos megkozelites letezik, jelen tanulmany frissdiplomasok objektiv szubjektiv karriersikeressegenek befolyasolo tenyezőit helyezi kozeppontba. Az empirikus kutatas 2011 2014 kozotti Frissdiplomas-adatbazis alapjan 4515, gazdasagtudomanyi teruleten frissen vegzett hallgato val...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are one of the engines for inclusive economic growth. Yet little is known about contribution human resource management (HRM) practices to success SMEs. This study empirically examines how HRM determine different categories innovation SMEs in context a transition economy. Using longitudinal dataset applying instrumental variable methodology correct endo...

Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has often proven to be difficult. This paper uses some of the commonly used techniques in this field to analyze education expenditures in India. Contrary to most previous research, I find evidence of discrimination agai...

Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China China’s rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled labor acquired before economic reforms began. As development proceeded, the demand for high skilled labor has grown, and, in the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access t...

Estimates of the benefits of malaria reduction derived from countries that eradicated the disease are not necessarily applicable to sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria incidence and mortality is high and all eradication attempts were unsuccessful. This paper estimates the effects of malaria on schooling using geographic and survey data from Ethiopia. I show that self-reported malaria is highly co...

Regimes controlled by a rich elite often collapse and make way for democracy amidst widespread social unrest. Such regime changes are often followed by redistribution to the poor at the expense of the former elite. We argue that the reason why the elite may have to resort to full-scale democratization, despite its apparent costs to themselves, may be that lesser concessions would be viewed as a...

This paper contributes to the literature on temporary migration by developing and solving a model of repeated circular migration that accounts for saving behavior. Using Mexican Migrant Project data on undocumented migrants and non-migrants, I estimate the parameters of the model through the Method of Simulated Moments. The intensity of U.S. border enforcement is found to have a significant pos...

Migration decision-making in developing economies is addressed from the perspective of status in the labor force (unemployed or unemployed) and traditional concerns with utility maximization are expanded to include the role of assets and access to capital markets. A dynamic model is formulated and the results reveal that the migration mechanism is efficient when workers have access to borrowing...