Essays about: "Victoria Bahar Towliat"
Found 3 essays containing the words Victoria Bahar Towliat.
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1. Missing Women Found On Historical Tea Plantations: Evidence From British India
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : It has been previously shown that an increase in the relative value of tea increases female survival rate by enhancing their economic value. By combining contemporary district-level census data with historical data on tea production, in this paper I examine whether contemporary regional variations in gender disparities across India can be traced back to the tea production induced by the British East India Trading Company in the 19th century. READ MORE
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2. Bride Pricing and the Effect of Education on Child Marriage: Evidence from Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates if educational attainment among females when they are young affects the incidence of child marriage. There is a general agreement that education delays the time of marriage and thus works as a protective factor against child marriage. However, there is no causal estimate of education on age at marriage. READ MORE
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3. Minority government and fiscal policy outcomes-new evidence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Using a panel of 18 European OECD countries over the period 1979-2011, this paper re-examines and extends previous empirical evidence on the effects of minority government on fiscal policy outcomes. First government primary balance is separated into revenues and expenditure according to Kontopoulos and Perotti (1999). READ MORE
