{"title":"MOTHER'S EDUCATION AND CHILD HEALTH IN INDIA: MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ESTIMATION OF MALNUTRITION","authors":"T. Lakshmanasamy","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.02","url":null,"abstract":"Globally childhood malnutrition manifesting as stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight is the biggest cause of disease burden and millions of deaths of children under five years. India is home to more than one-third of the world's malnourished children despite being one of the first countries in the world to implement a strong and universal immunisation programme. Empirical evidence suggests a strong positive effect of maternal education on the health of children. This paper analyses the effect of maternal education on the nutritional status of children in India using the 2015-16 fourth round National Family Health Survey (NFHS-IV) data and applying the multinomial logistic regression method. The estimated odds ratios show that maternal education significantly reduces the risks of the child being stunted or wasted or underweight or all of these. A woman, with at least primary education gives better care and health to her child and helps reduce the risk of the child being malnourished. Months of breastfeeding, child's birth weight, mother's age, and place of delivery are the other determinants of the nutritional status of children in India.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"209 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122419786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ADOPTION AND DETERMINANTS OF TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES (TCFD) REPORTING FRAMEWORKS BY AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE (ASX) LISTED COMPANIES","authors":"R. K. Bairagi, Protap Kumar Ghosh","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.01","url":null,"abstract":": This study investigates the determinants and extent of adoption of TCFD reporting frameworks by the listed corporate entities of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Using content analysis on annual reports of 31 TCFD supporting ASX listed corporate entities, this study quantifies the extent of climate related risk disclosure by counting both, the number of words and pages. The investigation of the study found only 34 of over 2000 ASX listed corporate entities supported the framework till December 2020. The findings of the study claim that the intention of the reporting entities- integrated reporting with annual report and separate reporting as sustainability report, plays significant roles in adopting and disclosing TCFD reporting frameworks. More specifically, 70% of the supporting companies follow separate reporting strategy and disclose significantly more climate related financial risks than their counterparts.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"2016 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128058211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE INDIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR: FINANCE, INVESTMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS","authors":"M. Agarwal, Rumi Azim","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.02","url":null,"abstract":": The purpose of this paper is to explain the manufacturing stagnation in India, particularly, examining the hypothesis that financial stress caused the stagnation. Using a sample of 804 large, mid, and small cap manufacturing firms in India from Prowess database, the paper examines the performance of manufacturing sector during 2005-19 using simple financial indicators and dynamic panel data regression analysis. We estimate the structural equations of investments, leverage and profitability using a two-step Generalized Methods of Moments estimation. We do not find substantial support for the hypothesis that financial stress explains the investment slowdown in these firms. Our findings suggest that manufacturing firms, particularly the larger firms, are practicing debt conservatism. We also find that the declining growth in sales is a major determinant in explaining the slowdown in fixed investments and profits of these firms. In addition, the size of the firms measured in terms of sales also matters for small cap firms. We therefore suggest that measures to increase demand can help in reviving the sales growth of firms and thereby private investments and profits.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123534813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN MICRO-ENTERPRISES OF NORTH KARNATAKA: AN ANALYSIS IN REGISTERED MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE MICRO-ENTERPRISES","authors":"Hanumant Bhajantri, P. Kareem","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.08","url":null,"abstract":"The micro-enterprise sector is an economic engine that creates employment opportunities in developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries. It has a different range of manufacturing products and services and lower capital than large industries. In India, MSMED Act, 2006, reveals the investment level is higher in the micro manufacturing sector than in the microservice sector. According to the ministry of MSME, the microenterprise industry accounts for 97 per cent of the total employment in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise sectors. In the case of the employment level of micro-enterprises, which sector creates more work, whether the manufacturing or service sectors? The present study attempted to compare the investment and employment generation level between registered micro manufacturing and service enterprises and examine association between investment and employment level in registered micro manufacturing and service enterprise sector in North Karnataka. The researcher collected secondary data from the District Industries Centres (DIC) in five districts of North Karnataka. 385 samples out of 10,270 micro enterprises listed given by DICs selected by Slovin’s formula have been categorised using the stratified random sampling method. The researcher used a non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-test and Spearman’s rank correlation to analyse the data. The researcher found that there is a significant difference in investment as well as employment generation level between manufacturing and service micro-enterprises. There is a positive and significant association between investment and employment level in the micro manufacturing enterprise sector but a negative and not significant association between investment as well as employment level in the microservice enterprise sector.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134412844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A STUDY ON THE CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF PORTFOLIO OF SELECT MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC","authors":"T. Geetha","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.01","url":null,"abstract":"Investment Decisions keep changing as per the economic, political and social environments and continuous monitoring and rebalancing of portfolio becomes important for any investor so as to minimise the risk and maximise the returns. Covid-19 pandemic is not an exception to the many changing environment, which has significantly changed the outlook and the performance of the economy and the financial markets. In view of this, it was of interest to study the investment decisions of Asset Management Companies (AMCs). The study aims to compare the changes in the composition of portfolio by industry classification of select Mutual Fund Schemes of sample AMCs due to the pandemic. March 2020 has been taken as the event month as the lockdown was announced during this month. The study aims to compare the changes in the composition of portfolio by industry allocation in select MF Schemes of sample AMCs in the months of January and February 2020 (pre lockdown) and April and May 2020 (post lockdown) and to analyse the impact of lockdown on the performance of the select MF Schemes of the sample AMCs","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129230837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A REVIEW OF EARLIER WORKS ON TIME POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD: A PERIOD FROM 2000 TO 2018","authors":"Navdeep Singh, S. Nagaich","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.11","url":null,"abstract":"Women’s empowerment and gender equality have become prominent issues in global development discourse and practice. The equal share of opportunities in different professions has led professionals such as development agencies, donors, corporations and non-governmental organisations to view women as crucial actors in solving poverty and a host of other social and economic problems, and not just victims of poverty. Women’s empowerment is not only a concerned with increasing wealth and income but is also related to the idea of how women use their time. In this respect, they lag behind in some aspects of life, one of which is time poverty. Time poverty means having less time than others because of personal commitments or unpaid housework. Extensive literature in this field was studied to analyse the term ‘time poverty’ broadly.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115186158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC GOODS PROVISION: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE MAJOR STATES OF INDIA","authors":"Enakshi Sinha Ray","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.07","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the paper is to identify the factors that affect the physical provision of public goods by the state governments and measure their impact. The empirical analysis is based on political and socio-economic panel data from the 14 major states of India during 1967-68 to 2000-01. The analysis indicates that variation in the provision of public goods can be explained by the proximity of a scheduled state legislative assembly election, the effective number of parties, and the caste heterogeneity of the population. It is observed that the proximity of a scheduled election lowers the provision of public goods that require large investments and more time to deliver physically and vice-versa. Effective numbers of parties raise zilla parishad road length and lower urban road length, wells, etc. Moreover, caste heterogeneity raises per capita net electricity generated but lowers net area irrigated. Keywords: Public goods, Infrastructures, Government investment analysis, Government policy, and Irrigation.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116704709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AN APPLICATION OF THIRLWALL'S MODEL TO BOTSWANA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH","authors":"Baitsile P.N, Motlaleng G.R., Kahaka Z","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2022.v04i02.06","url":null,"abstract":"This paper estimates economic growth of Botswana using Thirlwall's and the Extended Thirlwall's models for the period of 1980-2016. Parameters from the Thirlwall's model shows the calculated growth rate of 5.63 percent while the actual growth rate was 6.52%. These growth rates are very close to each other. This indicates that price and income elasticities of exports and imports influence Botswana's economic growth. Our empirical findings support those of Matsheka (1998). These empirical findings suggest that the Thirlwall's law holds in Botswana. i.e., Botswana's economic growth rate is balance of payments constrained. The Extended Thirlwall's model showed lower growth rate of 4.26% which is less than the actual growth rate. This suggested that the productivity factor has not played a significant role in the economic growth of Botswana. This might not be surprising. Botswana's economic growth is driven by the growth of diamonds exports where productivity might not be easily measured like in the manufacturing and services industries. These findings are in contrast to those of Romero and McCombie (2016) when investigating the impact of relative productivity growth on trade performance on developed countries. It is recommended that Botswana should improve her exports diversification strategies to increase economic growth without deteriorating her balance of payments","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129394574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"REMITTANCE OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS: CATALYTIC FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT","authors":"S. N. Tripathy","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.09","url":null,"abstract":"Immigrants have become an integral component of socio-economic development, and play a diverse set of roles, preserving a range of influences on the economy of their origin. International migration, usually network-driven is a natural consequence of capitalist market formation in the developing world penetrating peripheral regions. Every year 2.5 million (25 lakh) Indians migrate overseas, which is the highest annual number of migrants in the world. Indians represent the second largest U.S. immigrant group, after Mexicans and ahead of Chinese and Filipinos. The 2.7 million Indianimmigrants residing in the United States as of 2021 made up 6 per cent of the total foreignborn population, and their numbers continue to expand. USA ranks second on the list with so many growth opportunities accessible for Indians in the spheres of technology and biological sciences. Based on secondary sources of data, the present research assesses the trend, major flow of immigrants and their contribution to the development of Indian economy, which concludes that with the help of remittances, immigration can contribute positively to the developmental activity of a country, including employment, economic growth, poverty reduction, social empowerment, and technological progress.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114765891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SUSTAINABILITY AND DIETARY CHANGE: AN ANALYSIS OF INDIAN FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS","authors":"N. Gupta, M. Bhattacharjee, A. Saha","doi":"10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47509/ijaeb.2023.v05i01.05","url":null,"abstract":"Indian consumption pattern is diversifying towards high value agricultural products in search of a nutritious and healthier diet. The study analyses the trends of changing Indian food baskets in terms of social (nutrition), economic (affordability of a healthy diet) and environmental (global warming potential) sustainability. In terms of nutrition, the study finds that against a recommended calorie intake of 2503 kcal, the highest monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) section of urban and rural population is consuming 3143 and 3184 kcal respectively. The lower MPCE section consumes only 65% of what is recommended as a healthy diet by LANCET. A comparison of the Indian diets with the LANCET recommended diet finds the environmental impact of the latter to be 1.3 times that of the actual intakes by Indians. The cost of the LANCET diet is 1.6 and 1.2 times the cost of the actual intake and recommended diets in India respectively. While the Indian diet is environmentally more sustainable, a nutritious diet of the global standard is beyond reach of the poor. Concerted efforts are required for facilitating an affordable, accessible and sustainable diet.","PeriodicalId":344009,"journal":{"name":"INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"185 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114851336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}