longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … in adult life, including labour force participation, nature of employment, and earnings. Thus our findings reveal how …

crime in India. We exploit the quasi-random variation in the outcome of close elections between candidates with and without …

investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …

polluted days, mainly driven by decreased engagement in employment-related activities. This effect varies significantly across …

This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … participation despite substantial economic growth, strong fertility decline and expanding female education in India has been studied … in the recent literature. However, no study so far has looked into the dynamics of employment in terms of labour force …

India. We measure teacher’s bias through an index capturing teacher’s subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

in the 6-10 age group. Using a household-level longitudinal survey covering 43 villages in a poor state in India, we find … more likely to enter the labour force). Further, using a nationally representative survey for India (National Sample Survey …