This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official … rates during these years was sharper for the socially disadvantaged groups relative to upper caste groups, so that a … discussion of the recent controversies in India regarding the choice of poverty lines …

This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are … literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labor market, have greater decision-making autonomy within … misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender, and for targeting anti-poverty programs …

communities. The analysis focuses on two types of social barriers: stigma based on caste affiliation and female seclusion that is … boys. However, low-caste children, both boys and girls, are deterred from enrolling when the most convenient school is in a … hamlet dominated by high-caste households. In particular, low-caste girls, the most educationally disadvantaged group …

pooled individual-level data for India, the paper compares the age structure and anemia status of women by the sex of their …This paper is the first to show that excess mortality among adult women can be partly explained by strong preference … first-born and uncovers several new findings. First, the share of living women with a first-born girl is a decreasing …

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent … in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs?This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …

Despite their increasing prominence in policy debates, little is known about gender inequities in non …, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the individual portfolio choice and … productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs …

is underreported in Kerala, India, using the list randomization technique. The results indicate that the level of …, women and those who are professionally educated tend to underreport more than others. Underreporting is also higher among …

. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …

equality or non-discrimination as a guiding principle of the country's constitution. In the initial period, 75 countries had …-section and within countries over time, the removal of gender gaps in rights is associated with greater participation of women in …This study uses a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 …

own assets, to sign legal documents in one's own name, and to have equality or non-discrimination as a guiding principle … international conventions, such as the Committee to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), women's political …Using a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 years …