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Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay
Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore. He received his Ph.D. in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Delhi in 2017. His primary research interests are applied welfare economics, development economics, food and agricultural trade. His current research includes understanding the spatial impact of trade liberalisation, measures of subjective well-being, as well as prevalence of intra-household gender discrimination and poverty.
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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.