Tag Search: “gender”
What explains the decline in female labour force participation in India?
It is often argued that female labour force participation is declining in India due to rising incomes that allow more women to stay at home, which is the preferred household choice in a predominantly...
- Urmila Chatterjee Rinku Murgai Martin Rama
- 13 January, 2017
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Assessing the impact of demonetisation through the gender lens
In this article, Mitali Nikore, Senior Consultant at PwC India, highlights how demonetisation is impacting women differentially, and offers policy suggestions on how the negative effects can be mitiga...
- Mitali Nikore
- 04 January, 2017
- Perspectives
Women and work in rural India
In contrast to the global average of 48%, only 32.6% of the half-a-billion working-age women in India report to be working. It is puzzling that the rapid fertility transition, broad increases in femal...
- Farzana Afridi Taryn Dinkelman
- 31 December, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Female Politicians and Economic Growth: Evidence from State Elections in India
This project investigates whether women legislators are good for economic growth using constituency level data for all elections to State Legislative Assemblies in India during 1992-2012.
- Thushyanthan Baskaran Sonia Bhalotra Yogesh Uppal
- 31 December, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Surrogacy bill: Implications and way forward
Contributing to the ongoing debate on India’s surrogacy bill, Dutta and Sarkar discuss the potential implications of the bill on the country’s billion-dollar surrogacy industry. They contend that Indi...
- Souvik Dutta Subhasree Sarkar
- 06 November, 2016
- Perspectives
Can the female sarpanch deliver? Evidence from Maharashtra
One-third of all seats in village councils are reserved for women. The government has proposed an increase in quota to 50%, and in the period of reservation from five to 10 years. Based on a survey co...
- Mithila Biniwale Stephan Klasen Jan Priebe Dhanmanjiri Sathe
- 23 October, 2016
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Whither female disadvantage? An analysis of private school enrolment in India
Given the poor condition of government schools and the perceived efficiency of private schools, Indian parents are increasingly choosing to send their children to private schools. This column examines...
- Pushkar Maitra Sarmistha Pal Anurag Sharma
- 07 October, 2016
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Banning commercial surrogacy in India
In an attempt to protect the welfare of surrogate mothers, the Indian government has proposed to introduce legislation that will ban commercial surrogacy in the country. In this article, Ajit Karnik, ...
- Ajit Karnik
- 05 October, 2016
- Perspectives
Why are older women missing in India? The age profile of bargaining power and poverty
The ratio of women to men is particularly low in India relative to developed countries. It has recently been argued that close to half of these ‘missing’ women are of post-reproductive ages. What dri...
- Rossella Calvi
- 19 September, 2016
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Surrogacy bill: Boon or ban(e)?
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy and restrictions on altruistic surrogacy. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, London School...
- Maitreesh Ghatak
- 07 September, 2016
- Perspectives
The missing men
Studies on skewed sex ratios in India typically focus on female deficits attributed to factors such as gender discrimination. This column finds that regions covering over 200 million people in India ...
- Chinmay Tumbe
- 01 September, 2016
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Courting women's votes: What does this mean for women?
In the recent state assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, political parties targeted women voters with specific handouts and proposed policies such as alcohol bans. This column contends that while the in...
- Sarah Khan
- 01 July, 2016
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