The present study aims to identify factors influencing the incidence and extent of household participation in MGNREGA in Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts of Odisha. The findings suggest that 'clientelism' is an overriding force under MGNREGA, indicating thereby that this scheme is a potent means to ...
"Critical to the Marxian thesis of the origins of the industrial labour force is the transformation of the social relations of agriculture and the creation, in the first instance, of an agricultural wage-labour force that might eventually, perhaps through market incentives, be drawn into the indus...
labourforceparticipation;self-reportedhealth;objectivehealth;retirementINTRODUCTIONPopulationageingisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantsocialandeconomicchallengesinEuropeinthenextdecades.Lifeexpectancyhasbeenincreasingmarkedlyformorethanacenturywhilefertilityhasbeendeclining.Furthermore,inmostindustrializedcountriesolderworkers...
A Jewish state would encourage peace, because with it the Jew would "become a force, and the Arabs respect force." Ben-Gurion explained to the Mapai party "these days it is not right but might which prevails. It is more important to have force than justice on one's side." In...
What are the determinants of demand for labour?Labor:Labor is the number of people in the economy who are ready to contribute to the production of products and services and get wages according to the same. There are two types of labor: skilled labor and unskilled labor. Skilled laborers are...
What makes the national liberation movement in the Philippines a force to contend with its army. The NPA continues to strengthen itself as a fighting force, and successfully meets the requirements it has set for itself: continuous political and military training, building the organs of political po...
In addition to examining betting market responses to recent developments within the labour market for female jockeys, we extend the work of Brown and Yang by refining the methodology. The authors make no mention of how non-finishers are treated and appear to discard these records. This is a ri...
The majority of the national labour force (over 60%), as demonstrated in our result, is not covered by either health insurance or work accident insurance. This population is vulnerable to high out-of-pocket costs in the event of work-related injury or disease. This problem is not unique ...
We estimate that given the youth bulge we are facing, Pakistan will need to create anywhere from 1 million to 1.5mn new jobs per year for the next two decades (depending on labour force participation goals). Daunting as this challenge may be, it is, in fact, an achievable goal. ...
Rural place is a significant influencer of the ageing and states of well-being experienced by older women. This paper extends existing knowledge on gendered rural place by examining its influence on mid-life (45–65 years) women in rural Sweden and rural Ireland. This paper also examines rural...