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Gender inequality in the distribution of household expenditure in Bangladesh: a theil decompositon analysis
(BRAC University, 2007)This paper attempts to study the gender inequality situation in Bangladesh during 1995-96 through examining the effect the gender of a household head and their marital status has on the per capita household expenditure. ... -
Gendered marginalization of disabled bodies: understanding 'marginalization' as (perhaps) the most dangerous form of oppression
(BRAC University, 2005)The essay applies Iris Marion Young's discussion of marginalization as a form of oppression suffered differentially by specific social groups, in relation to women with disabilities. It draws on Young's frame, which ... -
Generation of supersonic solitions by earthquake emission in the van Allen rediation belt
(BRAC University, 2005)The parametric coupling between earthquake emitted circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation and ponderomotively driven ion-acoustic perturbations in the Van Allen Radiation Belt is considered. A cubic nonlinear ... -
Glimpse on child labor: a study on child labor situation in Dhaka city corporation area
(BRAC University, 2007)The prevalence of child labor has, in recent years, become a serious problem throughout the world and especially in many poor developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Being one of the most densely populated ... -
Global technological change impact on female textile and garment workers in Thailand
(BRAC University, 2004)Global technological change has significant impact on lower skilled female textile and garment workers in Thailand, as it brings new machines and manufacturing processes into the company. This study aims at identifying the ... -
Gravitational waves in a magnetized plasma
(BRAC University, 2005)An overview of gravitational wave and its possible detection while propagating in a plasma is given. The linear propagation of gravitational wave in magnetized plasma is considered. It is found that a × polarized gravitational ... -
Greenfield vs Acquisitions: determinants of choice in emerging economies
(BRAC University, 2009)This paper aims at finding determinants of entry mode choices for MNCs that enter emerging economy nations as wholly owned subsidiaries. Existing literature suggests that this area of international business literature is ... -
Handloom industry on the way of exticntion: an empirical study over the pre-dominant factors
(BRAC University, 2005)Handloom industry in Bangladesh is having glorious past, questionable present and blurry future due to a lot of internal and external factors that are acting behind the scene. In this paper, we have identified those ... -
Health, Nutrition and human resource development: a crucial link
(BRAC University, 2006)Health and nutrition is one of the important components of human resource development. The relationship between health-nutrition and human resource development is reciprocal and takes a cyclical fashion. The first section ... -
The heritage of Shankharibazar: peoples participation in the conservation process to promote cultural tourism
(BRAC University, 2007)Shankharibazar, the 300 years old urban settlement of Dhaka city was built during the Mughal period and the later part of the British rule. Most of the residents are specialist craftsmen who make 'Shankha' (a special kind ... -
Higher education in private universities of Bangladesh: A study on female students' enrollment behavior
(BRAC University, 2009)This paper investigates the enrollment behavior of the female students of private universities in Bangladesh. By collecting data from a sample of 900 female students of twelve private universities classified into two strata, ... -
Hindu women’s property rights: Bangladesh perspective
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016-10)In Bangladesh Hindu women are guaranteed meager property rights in comparison to their male relative as well as their other religious counterparts. Although Bangladesh is mandated through its constitution to prohibit all ... -
Housing for middle-income group of Dhaka: role of public and private sector
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016)Fast pace of urbanization and poor econoroy followed by inequitable distribution of resources bave created severe housing problems in Dhaka city, particularly for low and middle income population. With limited resource ... -
Human resource accounting (HRA) disclosure of Bangladeshicompanies and its association with corporate characteristics
(BRAC University, 2009)This study reports the relationship between corporate characteristics and Human Resource Disclosure (HRAD) level in fifty five randomly selected companies of Bangladesh. The relationships were determined using a HRAD Index ... -
Identity in conflict: image and reality of Bangladeshis in Malaysia
(BRAC University, 2004)Bangladeshis have often been associated with a nation that suffers from extreme poverty, embroiled in political turmoil, afflicted by floods, cyclones and by tragic accidents; these are the images that the mass media often ... -
Impact of price and other factors on tea in Bangladesh: sources of variation and disparity over division
(BRAC University, 2007)Tea is a beverage made by steeping leaving in boiling water. Tea is the most popular and cheapest beverage next to water in the world. It is consumed by a range of age groups in all levels of society. An attempt has been ... -
Implementing blogs as a learning tool in Asian EFL/ESL learning context
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016-10)“Weblogs” or “Blogs” is a type of technology that allows writing personal journals online that can be published and viewed over the web. Even though blogs are being used for personal, educational, journalistic and commercial ... -
In Richard Wright's native soon, the gaze of the white eye ironically selfblinding works as panopticon and makes the black go blind
(BRAC University, 2009)In Native Son Richard Wright explains the causes of the psychological blindness of the Blacks and of the Whites, along with their results. Wright illustrates how the white gaze and ideology work as panopticon and force the ... -
Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2008)There has been a dramatic increase in the representation of women in the workforce in Bangladesh and throughout the world. However, women face major hurdles in most parts of the world in their advancement in organizations ... -
Incorrect F-statistic to test nonhomogeneous hypothesis in bivariate regression analysis
(BRAC University, 2005)In Regression analysis, an F test can be viewed as a comparison between a full and a restricted model. The most general F formula compares the error sums of squares (SSE’s) of these two models. This F formula is always ...