We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family … uneducated fathers face lower relative and absolute mobility (rural and urban). We find gender equality in absolute mobility for …

We incorporate gender bias against girls in the family, the school and the labor market in amodel of intergenerational … concave or convex, and gender biasaffects both relative and absolute mobility. We test these predictions in India and China … the gender gap closes when the fathers are collegeeducated. In China, the CEF is convex for sons in urban areas, but …

students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender … the medium-performing students, having a female teacher significantly reduces the gender gap in math performance. As a …

subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related education and labour market outcomes. Using three …’s education significantly explain some portion of the caste-based gaps, but they do not explain the gender gap that persists even …This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the …

state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …-in-law's time allocation across different activities, where their education levels are used as indicators of bargaining power? The …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household …

. Specifically, we ask if a student benefits by learning from a teacher of her same gender. Unlike the existing literature which … explains such interaction through role model effect or Pygmalion effect, we explain such interaction in terms of gender based … returns to education accrued to their parents; for girl students, a lower fraction of the return comes to their parental …

discontinued. Post-birth outcomes like immunization and education also improved. …

market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … participation. The probability to participate in the paid labour market shows an increasing trend with education levels higher than …

poor youths in India, focusing on two dimensions of individuals' identity: caste and gender. Our empirical findings suggest … skills. Individual-level and household-level factors mediate some of the aspiration gaps based on caste and gender. We find … evidence that for SC/ST female participants, the disadvantages on both caste and gender dimensions add up; this is reflected in …