Exam Details
| Subject | Economics of Social Sector and Environment | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in Economics | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Answer any two questions from this section in about 500 words each.
1. How is poverty defined? What are its different measures?
2. Explain the rationale of including the changes in the level of natural resources in national income accounting. What are the modifications that need to be made in usual estimation of GDP so that environmental degradation is taken into account?
3. Distinguish between private and social demand for education. Explain important factors that determine the demand for education.
4. What are the limitations of considering the level of income as an indicator of development Explain how Human Development index overcomes such limitations.
Answer any five questions from this section in about 250 words each.
5. Critically analyse the techniques of manpower forecasting.
6. Explain the role of natural resources in development.
7. Critically discuss the indicators measuring disability burden.
8. Explain briefly the major thrust areas of institutional economics.
9. Highlight the major arguments in support of government intervention in an economy.
10. Write short notes on
Human Development Index
Information asymmetry and adverse selection
11. Explain how the demand for health care gets influenced in the presence of health insurance
12. Explain the contingent valuation method of valuing environment.
1. How is poverty defined? What are its different measures?
2. Explain the rationale of including the changes in the level of natural resources in national income accounting. What are the modifications that need to be made in usual estimation of GDP so that environmental degradation is taken into account?
3. Distinguish between private and social demand for education. Explain important factors that determine the demand for education.
4. What are the limitations of considering the level of income as an indicator of development Explain how Human Development index overcomes such limitations.
Answer any five questions from this section in about 250 words each.
5. Critically analyse the techniques of manpower forecasting.
6. Explain the role of natural resources in development.
7. Critically discuss the indicators measuring disability burden.
8. Explain briefly the major thrust areas of institutional economics.
9. Highlight the major arguments in support of government intervention in an economy.
10. Write short notes on
Human Development Index
Information asymmetry and adverse selection
11. Explain how the demand for health care gets influenced in the presence of health insurance
12. Explain the contingent valuation method of valuing environment.
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Actuarial Economics: Theory and Practice
- Econometrics Methods
- Economics of Growth and Development
- Economics of Social Sector and Environment
- Financial Institutions and Markets
- Indian Economic Policy
- International Trade and Finance
- Macroeconomic Analysis
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Public Economics
- Quantitative Methods
- Research Methods In Economics