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Bipasha Maity
Bipasha Maity is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University. Her research areas are development economics, gender/family economics, and applied econometrics. Through her research, she is interested in exploring the roles of institutions, public policy or environmental shocks in affecting decision-making within the household. These encompass consumption and time allocation as well as marriage, health and educational outcomes of household members. Other recent research focuses on how women’s representation in public office influences environmental conservation in India. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of British Columbia in 2016.
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Soil characteristics, women’s workforce participation and intra-household consumption distribution
When women’s participation in agriculture increases relative to men, does the intra-household distribution of consumption become more gender-equitable? Is there a positive impact on children’s access to consumption resources within households? This article analyses 2011 Consumption Survey Data and finds that regions where geographical conditions favour greater participation of women in agriculture, have significantly higher shares of consumption resources among both women and children within the household.
Female legislators and forest conservation
While women are known to be more concerned about the environment than men, do these preferences translate into action when women hold political power? This article shows that in constituencies reserved for historically marginalised communities, when female politicians win close races against male candidates, there is an immediate positive effect on forest conservation efforts. In other constituencies, the benefits accumulate over time.