Using the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar Living-Standard Measurement Survey (1997) this paper examines the factors that have created a wedge in the grade completion levels of the male and the female children. Our study reveals that in the context of educational outcomes, the birth order of the child as...

This paper focuses on the violent crime scenario in India. India faces a high level of crime incidences every year which calls for appropriate policy measures to combat the high level of crime; given limited crime prevention resources, identifying and appropriate targeting of these resources is...