This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … men age 20-24 is unity, and that this explains about 35% of the rise in gender-based violence since 1995. Although less …

Gender gaps in leadership roles may be reduced by increasing the number of women in career stages that typically … women to a career pipeline can reduce gender gaps in higher-ranking positions over time. Specifically, we examine the … effects of women's local electoral success on subsequent female candidacy at higher levels of government in India from 1977 to …

This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial …

attainment levels between male and female in India is staggering. Reduction in such gap is essential for more than one reason …. Latest population census 2001 indicates considerable difference in literacy rate at all India as well as state level between … technique to depict the state level pattern of gender inequality in literacy rate based on Census data. Section III deals with …

This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes in India, a setting where discrimination … against women and girls is severe. We use survey data on gender attitudes (specifically, views about the appropriate roles and … likely to hold the view. As a benchmark, classmates' average gender attitudes have a similar effect size. We find that …

As trade liberalization in India has unleashed a new wave of competitive forces in the economy since 1991, firms have … increasing competitive forces from India's trade liberalization affected the wages of male and female workers differently … impact of international trade on the gender wage gap could be positive or negative depending on the initial size of Becker …

children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the …

How can infrastructure help to reduce the gender education gap in developing countries? In this paper, I analyze the … complementarity of all-weather roads and a bicycle program in Bihar, India, which aimed to increase girls' secondary school enrollment …-weather roads. Their net secondary school enrollment rate increased by over 87 percent, reducing the respective gender education gap …

children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the …