Vani K Borooah
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 343046 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vani K Borooah |
| NOMBRES | Vani K |
| APELLIDO | Borooah |
| FIRMA | BOROOAH V K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ulster |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0162-5566 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 58 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 262 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Education, inequality and integration in Northern Ireland
Inequalities in undergraduate participation and performance in Irish higher education
This paper focuses on two aspects of gender inequality in Irish higher education: inequality in participation by gender and inequality of performance by gender, institution and subject. We use a rich set of data from the Higher Education Authority of Ireland which detail inter alia enrolment in institutions of higher education—Universities and Institutes of Technology—and record the class of degree received by graduating students, by subject and …
Differences in the Graduate Educational Attainment of Social Groups in India
The focus of this article is on the ‘educational attainment’ of social groups in India, defined as the proportion of 21–29-year-olds in the different social groups that are graduates. Within this context, the article makes three contributions. The first is in terms of decomposition methodology: It shows how decomposition analysis can be used to breakdown graduate educational attainment (GEA) by population subgroups and region to offer insight int…
Development, Sanitation and Personal Hygiene in India
The Progress of Education in India
Caste and Regional Influences on the Practice of 'Untouchability' in India
Millions of people in India are born with scars that will last a lifetime. These are scars of social rather than physical blemish and they reduce the capacity of such persons to function in life, free of prejudice and untainted by stigma. The source of these wounds is the practice of 'untouchability', meaning that any physical contact with them is avoided because they are considered 'unclean'. This article studies the nature of households in Indi…
Gender Disparities in Health Outcomes of Elderly Persons in India
This article uses data from India’s National Sample Survey (NSS), relating to respondents’ health outcomes between January and June 2014, to quantify a particular form of gender inequality: inequality in self-rated health (SRH) outcomes between men and women aged 60 years and above. In so doing, it makes five contributions to the existing literature. The first is in terms of analytical technique; this study contains a more detailed and nuanced ex…
Deconstructing Corruption
This article employs a unique set of data to paint a quantitative picture of the nature of corruption in rural India by computing the proportion of approaches to various officials that resulted in a bribe, thus providing a ranking of officials by ‘corruption rate’; examining the size of the bribe associated with the different reasons for approaching officials; showing that in the case of officials who received approaches for a variety of purposes…
The Economics of Schooling in a Divided Society
Countries that have suffered ethnic or religious conflict and become segregated societies reflect these divisions in education provision for their children. Northern Ireland is a case study in point w
Access and performance inequalities
Northern Ireland's schools system is undergoing a radical review. The first stage in this process is to reform the post-primary sector in response to the Education Minister's call to ‘put pupils first’ and raise the overall standard of educational performance. An excess of school places, reduction in public expenditure on education, and opportunities to examine segregated schooling have all hastened this reform. Drawing on data gathered by educat…
Segregation, inequality, and educational performance in Northern Ireland
Confidence in Public Bodies, and Electoral Participation in India
The contribution of ‘shared education’ to Catholic–Protestant reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has achieved political stability and its devolved government is now tackling public policy issues neglected during periods of sectarian violence. Notwithstanding the prevailing political optimism, one legacy of the conflict is a deeply divided society. This is particularly manifest in the education system where around 90% of children attend either state (controlled) schools ( de facto Protestant) or Catholic (maintained) schools,…
Inter-country differences in voter satisfaction with the democratic process
Social Identity and Educational Attainment
The aim of this article is to gauge the size of the educational gap between children, aged 8–11 years, belonging to the different social groups in India. It is well established that educational attainments vary considerably between India's caste and religious groups with Muslims, Dalits (the Scheduled Castes), Adivasis (the Scheduled Tribes), and the ‘Other Backward Classes’ (the OBC) being the most backward. Using data from the Indian Human Deve…
Health, Employment and the Quality of Life in Ireland
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the Quality of Life (QoL) in Ireland using a sample of 3,500 respondents to the Irish Health Service Executive's Survey of Consumers' Experience of the Health Services in Ireland (HSE Survey) carried out between November 2006 and March 2007. Using an ordered logit model, we show that the likelihood of being satisfied with one's QoL is enhanced by social class, income, employment and,…
Terrorist Incidents in India, 1998-2004
Using data from the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database II, this paper first provides information on the nature of terrorist incidents in India in the period 1998-2004: the Indian states that were worst affected by terrorist incidents and fatalities; the terrorist groups responsible for such incidents and their modus operandi. Next, the paper focuses on the issue of fatalities from terrorist incidents. It inquires into the extent t…
Measuring Economic Inequality
One way of measuring the deprivation or poverty of persons is to use money-based measures: a person is regarded as ‘poor’ if his/her income (or expenditure) falls below a poverty line value. Such an approach – usually termed poverty analysis – has spawned a large literature embodying several sophisticated measures of poverty. The downside to this is that low income or expenditure may not be very good indicators of deprivation. Another way, usuall…
The Effectiveness of Jobs Reservation
This article investigates the effect of jobs reservation on improving the economic opportunities of persons belonging to India's Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Using employment data from the 55th NSS round, the authors estimate the probabilities of different social groups in India being in one of three categories of economic status: own account workers; regular salaried or wage workers; casual wage labourers. These probabilities…
Equity‐sensitive Indicators of Living Standards With an Application to Northern Ireland
The level of a region's achievement with respect to a particular outcome is usually measured by the mean value of that outcome. This, however, ignores the fact that the distribution of that outcome, between population or geographical subgroups in that region, may be unequal: in order to reflect this inequality, ‘equity‐sensitive’ indicators make a downward adjustment to the mean value of the outcome. This paper extends the notion of ‘equity‐sensi…
Caste, Inequality, and Poverty in India
This paper analyses inequality and poverty in India within the context of caste‐based discrimination. It does so by decomposing the difference between (caste) Hindu and Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) households in: their average household incomes; their probabilities of being in different income percentiles; their probabilities of being at different levels of poverty into: a “discrimination effect”, which stems from the fact that a…
Vidya , Veda , and Varna
This paper argues that Vidya (education), Veda (religion) and Varna (caste) are inter-linked in India. It examines whether, and to what extent, the enrolment of children at school in India is influenced by community norms such as those of religion (Hindu or Muslim) or caste (Scheduled or non-Scheduled). The econometric estimates are based on unit record data from a survey of 33,000 rural households, in 1,765 villages, from 16 states of India. The…
The height-for-age of Indian children
On the incidence of diarrhoea among young Indian children
The effect of career breaks on the working lives of women
In this paper we examine the effect of career breaks on the working lives of women using survey data from the state of Queensland in Australia. After estimating the income penalty faced by women with career interruptions – according to the duration of, and reasons for, the interruptions – we seek to address a wider set of issues regarding: patterns of job change and income gains or losses related to job change; determinants of career re-entry pla…
Logit and Probit
Gender bias among children in India in their diet and immunisation against disease
The American Political Economy
Journal Article The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics Get access The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics. BY DOUGLAS A. HIBBS J R . (Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. xiii + 404. £27.95, US$41.95 hardback. ISBN 0 784 02735 3.) Vani K. Borooah Vani K. Borooah University of Ulster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
The effect of career breaks on the working lives of women
In this paper we examine the effect of career breaks on the working lives of women using survey data from the state of Queensland in Australia. After estimating the income penalty faced by women with career interruptions – according to the duration of, and reasons for, the interruptions – we seek to address a wider set of issues regarding: patterns of job change and income gains or losses related to job change; determinants of career re-entry pla…
Paying for Inequality
Journal Article Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice. Get access Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice. Edited by Glyn (Andrew) and Miliband (David). (London: Rivers Oram Press, 1994). Pp. xiii + 248. £30.00 hardback, £12.95 paperback. ISBN 1 85489 058 1, 1 85489 059 X.)For Richer, For Poorer: The Changing Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom, 1961-91. By Goodman (Alissa) and Webb (Steven). (…
Crime and Fear
This study, which is based on unit record data from the Queensland Crime Victim Survey of 1991, conducts, using a common set of explanatory variables, a joint analysis of the probabilities of becoming, and of being afraid of becoming, a victim of personal and of housing crime. It then proceeds to analyse the relationship between previous victimization experience and fear of crime (personal and housing). Its broad conclusion is that unlike persona…
Segregation, inequality, and educational performance in Northern Ireland
British Government Popularity and Economic Performance
Journal Article British Government Popularity and Economic Performance: A Comment Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah Department of Applied Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar F. van der Ploeg F. van der Ploeg University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 92, Issue 366, 1 June 1982, Pages 405–410, https://doi.org/10.2…
The Effectiveness of Jobs Reservation
This article investigates the effect of jobs reservation on improving the economic opportunities of persons belonging to India's Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Using employment data from the 55th NSS round, the authors estimate the probabilities of different social groups in India being in one of three categories of economic status: own account workers; regular salaried or wage workers; casual wage labourers. These probabilities…
The contribution of ‘shared education’ to Catholic–Protestant reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has achieved political stability and its devolved government is now tackling public policy issues neglected during periods of sectarian violence. Notwithstanding the prevailing political optimism, one legacy of the conflict is a deeply divided society. This is particularly manifest in the education system where around 90% of children attend either state (controlled) schools ( de facto Protestant) or Catholic (maintained) schools,…
The Effect of Changes in Britain's Industrial Structure on Female Relative Pay and Employment
Journal Article The Effect of Changes in Britain's Industrial Structure on Female Relative Pay and Employment Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah University of Ulster and University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar K. C. Lee K. C. Lee University of Ulster and University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 98, Iss…
Caste and Regional Influences on the Practice of 'Untouchability' in India
Millions of people in India are born with scars that will last a lifetime. These are scars of social rather than physical blemish and they reduce the capacity of such persons to function in life, free of prejudice and untainted by stigma. The source of these wounds is the practice of 'untouchability', meaning that any physical contact with them is avoided because they are considered 'unclean'. This article studies the nature of households in Indi…
Economic performance and political popularity in the Republic of Ireland
Targeting Social Need
This article addresses two issues. First, using data drawn from the Sample of Anonymised Records of the 1991 Northern Ireland Census, for over 13,000 individuals, it constructs a deprivation index and then, using this index, compares the deprivation levels of Catholics and Protestants. Second, it relates the level of deprivation of the individuals in the sample to their personal characteristics and circumstances. In particular, it examines the po…
Political Control of the Macroeconomy
Journal Article Political Control of the Macroeconomy: The Political Economy of Public Policy Making Get access Political Control of the Macroeconomy: The Political Economy of Public Policy Making. By PAUL WHITELEY. (London & Beverly Hills: SAGE, 1986, Pp. 212. à £22.50 hardback, à £7.95 paperback.) Vani Borooah Vani Borooah University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volu…
Aggregate Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom
Journal Article Aggregate Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom: An Econometric Analysis Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar D. R. Sharpe D. R. Sharpe University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 96, Issue 382, 1 June 1986, Pages 449–466, ht…
Political Aspects of the Economy
Journal Article Political Aspects of the Economy Get access Political Aspects of the Economy. By VANI K. BOROOAH and FREDERICK VAN DER PLOEG. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 180. £15-00.) John Hudson John Hudson University of Bath Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 376, 1 December 1984, Pages 991–993, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232329 Published: 01 …
Gender Disparities in Health Outcomes of Elderly Persons in India
This article uses data from India’s National Sample Survey (NSS), relating to respondents’ health outcomes between January and June 2014, to quantify a particular form of gender inequality: inequality in self-rated health (SRH) outcomes between men and women aged 60 years and above. In so doing, it makes five contributions to the existing literature. The first is in terms of analytical technique; this study contains a more detailed and nuanced ex…
Inter-country differences in voter satisfaction with the democratic process
Births, Infants and Children
This article undertakes an econometric analysis of the constellation of factors that serve to determine some outcomes with respect to demography and to schooling in India. These are: the numbers of pregnancies, live births and infant survivals to women, the chances of children being enrolled at school and, if enrolled, of continuing in school. The econometric estimates are based on unit record data from a survey - carried out by the National Coun…
The supply of hotel rooms in Queensland, Australia
Occupational class and the probability of long-term limiting illness
Labour Market Outcomes and Economic Exclusion
Is Low Spending or Low Income a Better Indicator of Whether or Not a Household is Poor
The identification of the poor in this paper follows that of most contemporary applied work and consists of comparing a scaler indicator of welfare with a predetermined minimum level. The data is provided by the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey. Two measures of welfare are developed, one based on income which reflects the entitlement analysis of poverty and the other on expenditure, reflecting the standard of living. Households ranked very low by e…
Explorations into Constitutional Economics
Journal Article Explorations into Constitutional Economics Get access Explorations into Constitutional Economics. By JAMES M.BUCHANAN. (Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Pp. x + 437. US S48.50 hardback. ISBN 0 89096 325 8.) Vani K. Borooah Vani K. Borooah University of Ulster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 399, 1 March 1990, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.…
The Changing Criteria of Economic Success
Economic Conditions, Class and Voter Behavior
British Government Popularity and Economic Performance
Journal Article British Government Popularity and Economic Performance: A Comment Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah Department of Applied Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar F. van der Ploeg F. van der Ploeg University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 92, Issue 366, 1 June 1982, Pages 405–410, https://doi.org/10.2…
Political Aspects of the Economy
Journal Article Political Aspects of the Economy Get access Political Aspects of the Economy. By VANI K. BOROOAH and FREDERICK VAN DER PLOEG. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 180. £15-00.) John Hudson John Hudson University of Bath Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 376, 1 December 1984, Pages 991–993, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232329 Published: 01 …
On the Interaction Between State and Private Sector. A Study in Political Economics
Journal Article On the Interaction Between State and Private Sector. A Study in Political Economics Get access On the Interaction Between State and Private Sector. A Study in Political Economics. By F. A. A. M. VAN WINDEN. (Amsterdam & New York: North-Holland, 1983. Pp. xxi + 288.) Vani Borooah Vani Borooah University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 375, …
Household Income, Consumption and Savings in the United Kingdom, 1966‐82
The Business Cycle after Keynes
Aggregate Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom
Journal Article Aggregate Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom: An Econometric Analysis Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar D. R. Sharpe D. R. Sharpe University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 96, Issue 382, 1 June 1986, Pages 449–466, ht…
Political Control of the Macroeconomy
Journal Article Political Control of the Macroeconomy: The Political Economy of Public Policy Making Get access Political Control of the Macroeconomy: The Political Economy of Public Policy Making. By PAUL WHITELEY. (London & Beverly Hills: SAGE, 1986, Pp. 212. à £22.50 hardback, à £7.95 paperback.) Vani Borooah Vani Borooah University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volu…
Income Distribution, Consumption Patterns and Economic Outcomes in the United Kingdom
Journal Article INCOME DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Get access VANI BOROOAH VANI BOROOAH University of Ulster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Contributions to Political Economy, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 1988, Pages 49–63, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cpe.a035729 Published: 01 March 1988
The Effect of Changes in Britain's Industrial Structure on Female Relative Pay and Employment
Journal Article The Effect of Changes in Britain's Industrial Structure on Female Relative Pay and Employment Get access V. K. Borooah, V. K. Borooah University of Ulster and University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar K. C. Lee K. C. Lee University of Ulster and University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 98, Iss…
The American Political Economy
Journal Article The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics Get access The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics. BY DOUGLAS A. HIBBS J R . (Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. xiii + 404. £27.95, US$41.95 hardback. ISBN 0 784 02735 3.) Vani K. Borooah Vani K. Borooah University of Ulster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
Economic performance and political popularity in the Republic of Ireland
Explorations into Constitutional Economics
Journal Article Explorations into Constitutional Economics Get access Explorations into Constitutional Economics. By JAMES M.BUCHANAN. (Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Pp. x + 437. US S48.50 hardback. ISBN 0 89096 325 8.) Vani K. Borooah Vani K. Borooah University of Ulster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 399, 1 March 1990, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.…
Trade union behaviour and inter-regional variations in unemployment rates
The Regional Dimension of Competitiveness in Manufacturing
BOROOAH V. K. and LEE K. C. (1991) The regional dimension of competitiveness in manufacturing: productivity, employment and wages in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, Reg. Studies 25, 219–229. The regional dimension of competitiveness in manufacturing industry is examined by comparing the UK with one of its poorest regions, Northern Ireland. An overview is provided of total factor productivity and real wage developments in Northern Ireland…
Is Low Spending or Low Income a Better Indicator of Whether or Not a Household is Poor
The identification of the poor in this paper follows that of most contemporary applied work and consists of comparing a scaler indicator of welfare with a predetermined minimum level. The data is provided by the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey. Two measures of welfare are developed, one based on income which reflects the entitlement analysis of poverty and the other on expenditure, reflecting the standard of living. Households ranked very low by e…
Modelling institutional behaviour
Working Wives and Income Inequality in the UK
BOROOAH V. K., McGREGOR P. P. L. and McKEE P. M. (1995) Working wives and income inequality in the UK, Reg. Studies 29, 477–487. The purpose of this paper is to use Family Expenditure Survey data to chart the rise in the numbers of working wives, to describe the salient features of this process and to analyse the impact of this rise upon overall income inequality between families. While there has been, over 1979–93, a significant rise in the prop…
Labour Market Outcomes and Economic Exclusion
Paying for Inequality
Journal Article Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice. Get access Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice. Edited by Glyn (Andrew) and Miliband (David). (London: Rivers Oram Press, 1994). Pp. xiii + 248. £30.00 hardback, £12.95 paperback. ISBN 1 85489 058 1, 1 85489 059 X.)For Richer, For Poorer: The Changing Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom, 1961-91. By Goodman (Alissa) and Webb (Steven). (…
Unemployment and Labour Market (In)Flexibility
Although high rates of unemployment have emerged over the past decade as a pressing problem for the countries of the European Union there has been a marked shift in opinion as to the appropriate policies that should be followed in order to combat unemployment. In particular, the cosy certainties of the 1950s and 1960s that demand management policies could deliver full employment have (as the previous chapter showed) given way to the realisation t…
Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government
The purpose of this book is to set out in a comprehensive, but succinct manner, the key points surrounding four economic issues that generate, today, much discussion and debate. These are the issues o
Crime and Fear
This study, which is based on unit record data from the Queensland Crime Victim Survey of 1991, conducts, using a common set of explanatory variables, a joint analysis of the probabilities of becoming, and of being afraid of becoming, a victim of personal and of housing crime. It then proceeds to analyse the relationship between previous victimization experience and fear of crime (personal and housing). Its broad conclusion is that unlike persona…
Factors Affecting Self-Employment among Indian and Black Caribbean Men in Britain
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