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University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a collegiate public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.&nbsp;Within India it is recognized as a &quot;Five-Star University&quot; and accredited &quot;A&quot; Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

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The University of Calcutta has secured the Fifth position among the Universities of India in the prestigious &quot;Indian University Ranking 2019&quot; list, released by the NIRF of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

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It was established on 24 January 1857, and was one of the first institutions in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and Western-style university. Its alumni and faculty include several heads of state, heads of government, social reformers, prominent artists, only academy award winner and Dirac medal winner in India, many Fellows of the Royal Society and five Nobel laureates as of 2019 which is highest in South Asia.

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Formal institutions, caste network and occupational mobility

BMC health services research

Health financing strategies to reduce out-of-pocket burden in India: a comparative study of three states

Crime and Women's Labor Force Participation

Econ Political Wkly

West Bengal's successful Kanyashree Prakalpa programme needs more push from state and beneficiaries

Business Management

Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance

Microfinance and human development: A cross-generation study

International Trade, Welfare and the Theory of General Equilibrium

Negative Production Externalities, Labor Market Imperfection and Production Tax Policy in a Developing Economy

In this paper, we construct a three-sector general equilibrium model of a small open economy with an informal sector and examine the impact of a less protectionist policy on output levels, factor prices, and the level of urban employment. We show that the urban unemployment rate has reduced with the contraction of an import-competing manufacturing sector consequent upon tariff reductions. The informal intermediate sector has contracted as well. A possibility to expand the exportable agricultural sector exists, with an increased wage rate. Our analysis is then extended to introduce foreign capital inflow and examine the output effects and the level of unemployment. Interestingly, in the extended model, urban unemployment is aggravated as a result of an inflow of foreign capital. © 2018 The Applied Regional Science Conference (ARSC) and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION, THE INFORMAL SECTOR, AND URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS

Background: To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Indian States have implemented different strategies to arrest high out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and to increase equity into healthcare system. Tamil Nadu (TN) and Rajasthan have implemented free medicine scheme in all public hospitals and West Bengal (WB) has devised Fair Price Medicine Shop (FPMS) scheme, a public-private-partnership model in the state. In this background, the objectives of the paper are to - 1. Study the utilization pattern of public in-patient care facilities for the states, 2. Examine the effectiveness of the strategies adopted by the states to arrest high OOPE and 3. Analyze the extent of equity in public in-patient care services in the states. Methods: National Sample Survey (71st and 60th round) data, Detailed Demand for Grants of the state governments and the National Rural/Urban Health Mission data have been used for the study. Exploratory data analysis and benefit incidence analysis have been applied to estimate the utilization, OOPE and extend of equity in the states. Results: The results show that overall utilization of public facilities in TN and Rajasthan has increased substantially; whereas, utilization of public facility has decreased in WB even among the poorest. In addition, OOPE for both medical and medicine is the highest in WB among three states for public sector hospitalizations. Surprisingly, OOPE on medicine is the highest for the poorest class of WB. Analysis showed that the mismatch between actual need and FPMS drug-list has led to high OOPE in the state. Overall, benefit incidence of public subsidy is the highest among the poorest class in all the states. However, geographical sector-wise inequity in public subsidy distribution persists in the states. Analysis of cost of inpatient care shows that TN provides the maximum subsidy for hospitalization and WB provides the minimum. An inverse relationship between utilization of inpatient care and public subsidy has been observed from the analysis. Conclusion: In conclusion we could say that TN & Rajasthan have successfully implemented their health financing strategies to reduce the health expenditure burden. However, policy-level changes are required to improve the situation in WB. © 2018 The Author(s).

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Health financing strategies to reduce out-of-pocket burden in India: A comparative study of three states 16 Studies in Human Society 1605 Policy and Administration 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 14 Economics 1402 App

The present paper develops a two-sector, specific factor general equilibrium framework for analyzing endogenous skill formation in a dynamic set-up and examining the consequence of a public subsidy policy on education on the skilled-unskilled wage inequality in a small open economy. It shows that given the technologies of production the policy produces a favorable impact on the wage inequality only in one of the two periods while producing an adverse consequence in the other. If the wage income inequality improves (deteriorates) in period 1 it worsens (ameliorates) in period 2 under the same sufficient conditions. The results are found to be more or less valid even in the presence of unemployment of unskilled labour. Finally, some composite policy recommendations have been suggested so that the relative wages always move in favor of the poorer section of the working population. © 2017 Elsevier Inc.

International Review of Economics and Finance

Can public subsidy on education necessarily improve wage inequality?

World Journal of Applied Economics

Wage Gap and Employment Status in Indian Labour Market