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Life Table Construction From Population Age Distributions Suffering From Response Biases In Age-Reporting:A New Technique(Not Requiring Age Smoothing)With Application To Indian Census Age-Returns., Subrata Lahiri Dr.
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Preliminary concepts of life tables, its role in demographic analysis, a brief chronological review of various literature on the construction of life table starting from John Grants investigation on mortality, along with an introduction to the basic problem and objectives of the present study.Chapter II describes the concept and utility of cumulative census survival ratios, first introduced by Professors Ansley J. Coale and Paul Demeny (1967) as the ratio of the number of persons aged x+10 end above enumerated at time t+10 to the number of persons aged x and above enumerated at time t. These are compared to the …
On The Choice Of Shadow Prices For Project Evaluation., Jean Dreze Dr.
On The Choice Of Shadow Prices For Project Evaluation., Jean Dreze Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Manohar athanna is one of the remotest parts of Jhalawar District (Rajasthan, India). In the month of June it offers a striking contrast of scenic beauty and economic destitution. Agricultural activity is at a virtual standstill. The soil is very arid, irrigation practically non-existent, and by then the villagers (many of them tribals) have resolved to wait upon the good will of the rain gods.. Hence they have very little to do, or at least so they believe. Some gather wood to sell it in Manohar, walking miles under the scorching sun for a meagre reward, and adding slowly but …