Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Inequality and Wellbeing
International Differences in the Determinants of Life Satisfaction John F. Helliwell Haifang Huang Anthony Harris 3
Unequal Chances: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage under Marital Sorting T. Lakshmanasamy 41
Addressing Equity Issues in Watershed Development Projects in Bhil Adivasi Areas of Western Madhya Pradesh Rahul Banerjee 57
Politics, Law and Economics
A Theory of the Corrupt Keynesian Toke Aidt Jayasri Dutta 93
On Effecting Institutional Change Sumon Majumdar Shawn Mukand 113
On the Political Economy of General Strikes Abhirup Sarkar 133
Public Outrage and Criminal Justice: Lessons from the Jessica Lal Case Brendan O'Flaherty Rajiv Sethi 145
Lobbying for Trade Regime and Tariff Settings Katsuzo Yamamoto 165
Labour
Labor Retrenchment Laws and Their Effect on Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Investigation Kuushik Basu Gary S. Fields Shub Debgupta 181
Work Migration in and Investment in Origin Communities Ghazala Mansuri 207
Labour Market Reform and Poverty: The Role of Informal Sector Sugata Marjit Saibal Kar Dibyendit Sundar Maiti 229
Measuring Harm due to Child Work and Child Labour: Patterns and Determinants for India Diganta Mukherjee Saswati Das 241
Agriculture
Development Strategy: The State and Agriculture since Independence T.N. Srinivasan 267
Land-Use Changes and Agricultural Growth in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, 1901-2004 Takashi Kurosaki 303
Macro and Public Finance
The Natural Interest Rate in Emerging Markets Ashima Goyal 333
Intergovernmental Transfer Rules, State Fiscal Policy and Performance in India Poulomi Roy AjitavaRaychaudhwi 369
Tax Evasion and Administrative Costs Rohit Prasad 401
Inequality, Public Investment and Deficits in India Errol D'Soitza 429
Environment
Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol Parkash Chander 447
Finance
Recent Trends in Micro finance lustiaitions: Some Theoretical Implications Swnan Ghosh Eric Van Tassel 467
