The central idea of this paper is to explore link between socio-economic positions of women working in unorganized … sector with special reference to beedi rolling. In India Beedi making is an age old industry and one of the largest job … providers for women in the unorganized sector. Women are having inherent advantage in this job in this job of beedi rolling due …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries …. This paper uses a unique data set with more than 20,000 adolescents in rural India to examine whether socioeconomic status … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and … program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other …

Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has … expenditures in India. Contrary to most previous research, I find evidence of discrimination against girls. Results at the all-India … in the analysis at the state level. In general, girls experience gender discrimination especially from age 10 onwards …