We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …

of maternal autonomy on school enrolment age of children in India. The school entry age is modelled using a discrete time … by using proxy measures collected in the third round of the National Family Health Survey of India, on information … states in India – Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Our results indicate that female autonomy is not associated with …

, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less …

this respect. Using India as an important case in point, we intend to bridge this gap of the literature. Results using a … unique district-level panel data-set from 17 major states of India for the period 1992-2002 that we compile highlight a …

more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …

minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …

increasing preference for son and neglect for daughters. Multiple reports point to India as country confronted with both higher … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian …

in India of boys performing better. …

Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access …