For India's low female labour force rate, what lessons does Claudia Goldin's work offer?
An increase in the country’s wealth will not improve the number of working women but more paid work opportunities will, says economist Ashwinin Deshpande.
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An increase in the country’s wealth will not improve the number of working women but more paid work opportunities will, says economist Ashwinin Deshpande.
China's National Bureau of Statistics will conduct a nationwide sample survey in November to help better plan population policies, in an unexpected poll as authorities struggle to boost the country's flagging birth rate. Concerned about China's first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing, Beijing is urgently trying an array of measures to lift the country's birth rate including financial incentives and boosting childcare facilities. The survey's scope on population changes will focus on urban and rural areas throughout the country, according to state m...
In South Gujarat’s Adivasi areas, a network of community-funded libraries is helping bridge the gaps left by the education system.
Foreign-born nurses bring more ‘human capital,’ compassion to work: study
National Sample Survey done by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation over-represents the rural population, the scheduled caste (SC) population, and the working-age (age between 15 and 59 years) population compared to the Census done during the same period, EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi said in a working paper.