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- Bali Swain, Ranjula, et al.
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Factors Empowering Women in Indian Self Help Group Program
- 2012
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In: International review of applied economics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0269-2171 .- 1465-3486. ; 26:4, s. 425-444
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We evaluate the impact of economic and non-economic factors on women’s empowerment of Self-Help Group (SHG) members. We estimate a structural equation model (SEM) and correct for ordinality in the data to account for the impact of the latent factors on women’s empowerment. Our SEM results reveal that for the SHG members, the economic factor is the most effective in empowering women. Greater autonomy and social attitudes also have a significant women empowerment impact.
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- Bali Swain, Ranjula, et al.
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Microfinance, Vulnerability and Risk in Low Income Households
- 2014
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In: International review of applied economics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0269-2171 .- 1465-3486. ; 28:5, s. 539-561
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We investigate if participation in the Indian Self Help Group (SHG) program results in reducing poverty and vulnerability. The theoretical framework examines the mechanisms through which the pecuniary and non-pecuniary effects of the SHG impacts the households’ ability to manage risk. We use a vulnerability measure that quantifies the welfare loss associated with poverty and different types of risks, on an Indian panel survey data. Our results show that SHG members are less vulnerable compared with a group of non-SHG (control) members. About 80% of the vulnerability faced by the households is poverty related.
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- Kravtsova, Victoria
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Productivity change and externalities : Empirical evidence from Hungary
- 2014
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In: International review of applied economics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0269-2171 .- 1465-3486. ; 28:1, s. 102-125
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper contributes to the analysis of the impact of externalities on the host country's total factor productivity by taking into account different dimensions of spillover effects. Namely, engagement in exporting and foreign ownership is generally perceived as being beneficial to individual firms and the economy as a whole. The approach used in the current research accounts for different internal as well as external factors that individual firms face and evaluates the effect on changes in productivity, technology as well as the efficiency of domestic firms. The empirical analysis focuses on Hungary. While the country leads the group of post-socialist countries in the amount of attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) the effect of this policy on the economy remains unclear. The research finds that different externalities play a different role in productivity, technological and efficiency change in different types of firms and sectors of the economy.
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