longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …

middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia …

The existing literature on "missing women" has suggested that the problem is mostly concentrated in India and China … previously found (4-5 million excess female deaths per year), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, is … larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in China and India, and existed on a large scale in the US around 1900. We first show that …

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 … economic factors in explaining the declining workforce participation of women in India. We also explore other individual and …

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 … economic factors in explaining the declining workforce participation of women in India. We also explore other individual and …

longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …

is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the …