exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …

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

The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases …

random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …

depression, relative to women in the control group. We also find positive impacts on economic outcomes: household food security …

illnesses. A job loss, experienced by millions of Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to negatively affect food … security of families. This research explores the effect of a recent job loss during the Covid-19 crisis on food sufficiency …. The findings suggest that a job loss in the family is associated with greater food insecurity, reduced likelihood that a …

The COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus, is currently spreading around the world. While a growing literature …