Disability and the Rural Labor Market in India: Evidence for Males in Tamil Nadu

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 934-952

  Mitra, Sophie ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; India; logit decomposition; rural employment; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 41749089798     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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