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 …

. 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 … positive gender matching effect only for urban, private schools. We find support for our theoretical predictions when we test …