decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …

to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …

focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …

Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings …

labour market. A unique, rich and representative data survey for all Indian states and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998-1999) allows … married women aged 15 to 49. Our results for urban and rural India show that the FP effect is significant in rural India, that … India, we compare this effect with that one of Governmental Policies (GP) supporting household income and promoting …

scores and schooling from rural India, we show that higher wages increase human capital investment in early life (in utero to …

estimate the model with the use of data from Pakistan villages. Empirical results are consistent with the economic arguments …