Is there a boy bias in household education expenditure: the case of Andhra Pradesh in India

This paper asks whether there is a boy bias in household-level education expenditure for households with children aged 5-19 years of age in Andhra Pradesh in India, based on round 2 of the Young Lives survey conducted in 2006. The sample contains 982 households comprising 2578 children. The analysis is based on both demand analysis and a hurdle model. The results show that there is a bias favouring boys in terms of school enrolment as the children get older, captured by age categories 10-14 and 15-19. There is also a bias favouring boys in household education expenditure allocation, given positive expenditure, when children are between 10-14 years of age, driven mainly by extra tuition fees. Quite notably, once the households have decided to educate a child beyond the upper-primary level (i.e., beyond grade 8), there is no gender based expenditure bias and an equal proportion of boys and girls are sent to private school that provides better quality education.Intrahousehold education gender India

PENGARUH EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT DAN BUDAYA ORGANSASI TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI PADA BADAN KESATUAN BANGSA DAN POLITIK KABUPATEN LAMPUNG TENGAH

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh data dan mengetahui pengaruh positif employeeengagement dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja pegawai pada badan kesatuan bangsa dan politik kabupaten lampung tengah. Teknik pengambilan sampel yaitu accidental samplingdidapat 150 sampel. Metode yang digunakan adalah mix methoddengan pendekatan kuantitatif yaitu dengan wawancara atau kuesioner. Dalam penelitian ini alat analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda untuk mengetahui variabel dependen dan independen dengan alat bantu program SPSS 25 for windows.Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan oleh peneliti menunjukan bahwa ada pengaruh employeeengagaement dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja pegawai pada badan kesatuan bangsa dan politik kabupaten lampung tengah.. Berdasarkan analisis data diperoleh Fhitung42.855> 0,000 yang ditunjukan dengan regresi linier dengan koefisien determinasi (R2) 0,716 yang berarti kinerja pegawai dipengaruhi oleh variabel employeeengagement dan budaya organisasi kerja sebesar 71,6% dan sisanya 28,4% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain

Analysis Of Properties Of Fatigue Loaded Backbone Discs

This study aims to find the effects of fatigue loading and rest on dynamic properties of healthy vertebra discs. The author’s objective is to use signal processing methods to analyze vertebra disc data and produce meaningful results of that analysis

Job turnover among workers in giant hypermarket Plentong / Rozana Othman

Using insights from the relevant literature and recent empirical data, this research investigates the job turnover in Retail Company in the case of GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd or well known as Giant Hypermarket in Plentong, Johor Bahru. This research proposes a mechanism of the determinants the job turnover in Giant Hypermarket Plentong which translates into individual decisions to quit. The strongest factors that bring to job turnover in Giant Hypermarket Plentong were identified which are external business environment, job satisfaction and role conflict. With all this factors, Giant Hypermarket Plentong will continuously facing increasing in job turnover and the number of turnovers is creating fear. Descriptive research is used in designing this research. Secondary data and primary data are used for the study. The turnover situation in Giant Hypermarket Plentong is being observed and 60 questionnaires are being distributed to the staff as respondent in order to gain the real opinion of the job turnover situation in this company. Furthermore, Exit Interview data also was collected and 20 staff have been interviewing to support the ideas of job turnover from resigned workers and illustrated the real causes or factors that lead to job turnover in Giant Hypermarket Plentong. This finding focuses on whether the all determinants are really impact on job turnover towards Giant Hypermarket Plentong. From the analysis, Giant Hypermarket Plentong can reduce the problem by do some modification on their company management by providing more comfortable workplace for their staff and also improve the work facilities in order to cope with new technology revolution and other competitors to make the workers stay longer in this company. In addition, Giant Hypermarket Plentong also should improve the quality standard of working environment and the level of job satisfaction among workers to ensure the job turnover problem in Giant Hypermarket Plentong will reduce more into safety level. Furthermore, revision by Human Resource team on Salary and benefit package that have been given to their staff also need to be done by improving the package to attract their workers become loyal and stay more longer with this company. This research also illustrates the importance for managers understand the extent to which turnover decisions can be prevented. Hopefully, it helps the company to improve their performance in futures

Young Lives Round 2 Survey Report Initial Findings: Andhra Pradesh, India

This report contains initial findings of the Young Lives survey (round 2)using quantitative methods, for Andhra Pradesh India. The survey was carried out in 2006/7 and has a sample of 3000 children spread across 2 cohorts. Young Lives is an international longitudinal study funded mainly by the DFID (UK), aiming to understand the causes and consequences of childhood poverty.childhood poverty; India; young lives; longitudinal

Modeling of sound propagation in urban streets containing trees using Markovian technique

It is claimed that the trees may become a possible control method for noise in streets and hence contribute another step towards a sustainable environment. This paper examined the capability of an abatement scheme containing absorbent facades and trees in streets through a simulation model developed using the novel approach based upon Markovian techniques. The study showed that sound pressure level in a street containing trees relative to that in an empty street predicted by the Markov model was in good agreement with predictions obtained using commercial software, RAYNOISE model. Within the scope and assumptions in this study, it is shown streets containing trees and absorbent building façade result in sound reductions typically less than 1.5 dB. Hence trees in streets appear to have only a slight effect on sound attenuation, and thus make no significant contribution towards producing a sustainable environment in this respect