We examine the causal effect of women's age at marriage on prevalence of domestic violence using newly available … household data from India. We employ an empirical strategy that utilizes variation in age at menarche to obtain exogenous … variation in women's age at marriage. We find robust evidence that a one-year delay in women's marriage causes a significant …

This paper analyzes the labor supply response of married women to their husbands' job losses (Added Worker Effect) due …

agricultural sovereignty in a manner that ensures greater financial and social security for rural women not only in India, but …This paper explores the gendered causes and impacts of India's farmer suicide crisis. It begins with a discussion of … property regime intersects with India's trade liberalization efforts to create negative impacts on the country's agricultural …

from India, we find evidence of positive effects of women’s age at marriage on their own and their spouses’ labor market …The labor market impacts of women’s age at marriage have recently received significant attention from social scientists … marriage affects labor market prospects of women in developing countries. This paper addresses this gap in the existing …

under the “Self-reliant India Mission” specifically targeting unregistered informal workers such as street vendors …, construction workers and domestic workers. However, home-based workers, a significant category within India’s most vulnerable …