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Sujata Balasubramanian
Sujata Balasubramanian is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California.
Her research explores how different kinds of programmes and government policies can help to reduce poverty and improve welfare in developing countries. In recent projects she has explored issues such as whether India’s food subsidy policies help to improve nutrition in poor households, and whether micro-credit programmes actually benefit the poor women they are targeted at.
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Could better jobs for men have improved gender equality?
Evidence indicates that economic growth can improve gender equality. In this post, Sujata Balasubramanian suggests that India’s high-growth period from 1982-83 to 2011-12 failed to do so substantially. She examines structural changes over those three decades, concluding that the failure was due to insufficient employment – not just for women, but also for poorer men. The analysis therefore emphasises the importance of employment for both pro-poor growth and gender equality.
