Prashant Poddar

Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
Prashant Poddar

Prashant Poddar is an Assistant Professor in the Economics area at the Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar. Prior to joining the institute, he pursued his PhD with a specialisation in Economics at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

His research interests are in the field of development economics, with a focus on issues related to gender, education, health, and religion. He is also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and a member of the LSE SEAC Early Career Researcher Network.

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The unintended positive consequences of India’s safe motherhood programme

India’s flagship maternal health intervention, Janani Suraksha Yojana, provided conditional cash transfers to women opting for institutional deliveries. In this study, Chatterjee and Poddar document large positive spillovers of this programme on children’s educational outcomes. They find that these spillovers accrue to the already born elder children in the household through increased investments in human capital and changes in fertility preferences among women beneficiaries of the programme.

11 April 2023
Human Development
Human Development
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भारत के सुरक्षित मातृत्व कार्यक्रम के अनपेक्षित सकारात्मक परिणाम

भारत के प्रमुख मातृ स्वास्थ्य हस्तक्षेप, जननी सुरक्षा योजना के माध्यम से संस्थानों में प्रसव करवाने का विकल्प चुनने वाली महिलाओं को सशर्त नकद हस्तांतरण उपलब्ध कराया गया है। इस अध्ययन में चटर्जी और पोद्दार ने बच्चों के शैक्षिक परिणामों पर इस कार्यक्रम के बड़े सकारात्मक स्पिलओवर (लाभ) को दर्शाया है। उन्होंने पाया कि ये स्पिलओवर मानव पूंजी में निवेश में वृद्धि और कार्यक्रम के महिला लाभार्थियों की प्रजनन वरीयताओं में बदलाव के माध्यम से घर में पहले से पैदा हुए बड़े बच्चों को मिलते हैं।

12 May 2023
Miscellany
Miscellany

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