Finance is a vital ingredient for economic growth, but there can also be too much of it. This study investigates what … fifty years of data for OECD countries have to say about the role of the financial sector for economic growth and income … than boost growth. The composition of finance matters for growth. More credit to the private sector slows growth in most …

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

students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender …

. This paper uses a unique data set with more than 20,000 adolescents in rural India to examine whether socioeconomic status …

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

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

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

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

and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second … raising female labour force participation with a package of pro-growth and pro-women policies could boost the growth rate by …

This paper deals with an important but neglected aspect of female labor force participation (LFP) in urban India …. Contemporary literature that deals with urban female LFP in India typically focuses on the entire urban sector, and invariably …-slum areas of three metro cities of India, viz. Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. It further explores the similarities and differences …