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Soil Endowments, Production Technologies and Missing Women in India

The female population deficit in India has been explained in a number of ways, but the great heterogeneity in the deficit across districts within India still remains an open question. This paper argues that across India, a largely agrarian economy,...

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Main Author: Carranza, Eliana
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGE AT MARRIAGE
AGE GROUP
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL LABOR
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURE
AGRONOMY
ALKALINE SOILS
ANIMALS
ARABLE SOILS
CHILD SURVIVAL
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMPENSATION
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP YIELD
CROP YIELDS
CROPPING
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPS
CULTIVATED LAND
CULTIVATION
CULTURAL CHANGE
CULTURAL PRACTICES
CULTURAL SYSTEMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FARM
FARMING
FARMING SYSTEMS
FEMALE CHILDREN
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE MORTALITY
FERTILITY
FERTILITY BEHAVIOR
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILIZER
GENDER BIAS
GENDER GAP
GENDER ROLES
GRAINS
HARVESTERS
HEAVY SOILS
HETEROGENEITY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMIGRANTS
INFANT
INFORMATION ON POPULATION
INVENTORY
IRRIGATION
KINSHIP
KINSHIP STRUCTURE
LABOR BUREAU
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR INTENSITY
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABORERS
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDS
MALE WORKERS
MIGRATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF WORKERS
OCCUPATION
OPEN ACCESS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OWNERSHIP OF LAND
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PESTICIDE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION STUDIES
PRE-NATAL SEX SELECTION
PRODUCE
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
RICE
RICE CULTIVATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DISTRICT
RURAL LABOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL WOMEN
RURAL WORKERS
SEED
SEEDBED PREPARATION
SEX
SEX RATIO
SEX RATIOS
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN
SOIL
SOIL FERTILITY
SOIL QUALITY
SOIL TYPE
SOILS
SON PREFERENCE
SOWING
TEA
TILLAGE
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL WORKERS
TRANSPLANTING
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
WAGE SECTOR
WAGES
WAR
WEEDS
WHEAT
WOMAN
WOMEN IN LABOR
WORK FORCE
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120222094240
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3260

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3260

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