women pradhans, I estimate the effect of the Panchayati Raj institutions on age and autonomy over marriage. Results indicate … that women in local government decrease the likelihood of child marriage, and increase the age at first marriage and gauna …. The effects seem to be driven by changes in gender and cultural norms, because there is a reduction in the prevalence of …

Family Health Survey in India (1992, 1998 and 2005), I find that the probability of a male birth varies significantly across …

This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find … steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses …

an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …

an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …