One of the main mechanisms development in economies is efficient use factors production. In labour, one primary production resources economies, it can be said that there a distribution favour men many countries terms existing gender patterns. Women's labour remains secondary because are central almost all social institutions and relations, men's leading position also considered. Women generally...

This study was conducted in Delta State Nigeria to establish a nexus between rural-urban migration and child labour. Random sampling was applied to select rural settlements and this study covers 450 sample farming households. The results show that rural-urban migration influence child labour (P

Industrial economics is a distinctive branch of economics which deals with the economic problems of firms and industries, and their relationship with society. In economic literature it is known by several names with marginal differences such as ‘Economics of Industries’, ‘Industry and Trade’, ‘Industrial Organization and Policy’, ‘Commerce’ and ‘Business Economics’ etc. The name ‘Industrial Eco...

It is well known in the economic literature that labour supply curve can bend backwards and, therefore, leisure be a Giffen good. also normal This article proves if good, it has to result that, contrary common knowledge economics, not all goods, are inferior goods. These results could taken into account, for example, when finding empirical evidence and designing policies on supply, an era of ma...

We test hypotheses on the role of socio-economic and cultural factors and of characteristics of the educational infrastructure on primary school enrolment using data for 70,000 children living in 439 districts of 26 states of India. Most of the variation in educational enrolment (around 70%) is explained by factors at the household level, of which socio-economic factors are most important. In u...

Sulabha Brahme is active in th e participatory and sustainable development movement in India . She has a PhD. in Economics from the UniversityofPoona,/ndia . She is retired from the research fa culty of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics , where she specialized in planning and policy studies on urbani zatio n , agricultural development and rural and regional planning . U y oday's C...