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Bipasha Maity

Ashoka University
bipasha.maity@ashoka.edu.in

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 acc...

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