Gender difference in mathematics learning in rural India
A growing body of evidence in developed countries has indicated that female disadvantage prevails and persists in mathematics learning outcomes, with the likely causes being social factors, cultural n...
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Upasak Das
Karan Singhal
24 January, 2022
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Covid-19: Identifying and addressing vaccine hesitancy using ‘personas’
Vaccine hesitancy poses a threat to India’s fight against Covid-19, and given the different motivations that drive vaccine hesitancy, a one-size-fits-all solution may not be feasible. In this post, ...
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Ishank Daral
Sneha Shashidhara
22 April, 2022
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Does increasing female representation in school management improve school quality?
The 2009 Right to Education Act (RTE) mandated public and private aided schools to constitute School Management Committees (SMCs) to improve accountability in schools through community participation. ...
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Chandan Jain
Bharti Nandwani
18 April, 2022
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Covid-19: Debunking fake news among slum-dwellers
Urban slum-dwellers are among the groups that are most at-risk of Covid-19, and their precarious situation is further compounded by rampant misinformation regarding the Virus. Based on a survey of abo...
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Alex Armand
Britta Augsburg
Antonella Bancalari
21 January, 2021
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Rising obesity in rural India, under the growing urban shadow
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2015-16, nearly 20% of India’s population is obese. This article shows that the country’s obesity trends have followed the nature of its econ...
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Anaka Aiyar
Prabhu Pingali
Andaleeb Rahman
12 January, 2021
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Collective action for environmental health: Evidence from sanitation in rural India
Access to and sustained use of improved household latrines have long been both a challenge as well as a policy priority in India, particularly in rural areas. Recognising the importance of social mech...
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Emily Pakhtigian
Subhrendu Pattanayak
08 January, 2021
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Does non-farm growth in rural areas reduce intergenerational educational mobility?
While the growth of the non-farm sector in a rural economy is known to reduce poverty, it may also exacerbate inequality. Comparing rural India and rural China the study finds that there is lower inte...
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M. Shahe Emran
Francisco Ferreira
Yajing Jiang
Yan Sun
04 January, 2021
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Pollution from coal-based power units and anaemic status of children and women
An extensive literature has considered the impact of air pollution on health. While studies have mainly focussed on outcomes such as general morbidity and mortality, this article evaluates the impact ...
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Sourangsu Chowdhury
Gaurav Datt
Sagnik Dey
Pushkar Maitra
Nidhiya Menon
Ranjan Ray
02 December, 2020
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Designing incentives for mid-level officials in India's public sector
In the Indian public education system, block/cluster resource persons are mid-level officials who are responsible for monitoring the performance of teachers. In this note, Vivek et al. discuss their e...
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Pradyumna Bhattacharjee
Utteeyo Dasgupta
Subha Mani
Kumar Vivek
18 November, 2020
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Using phone surveys to measure mental health
The public health and humanitarian crises caused by Covid-19 have led to greater recognition of the issue of poor mental health. Although mental health can affect work and quality of life much like ph...
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Diane Coffey
Payal Hathi
Nazar Khalid
Amit Thorat
12 November, 2020
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Does early motherhood impact the development of children?
According to a new UNFPA report, the Covid-19 pandemic might cause 13 million additional child marriages – a key driver of early motherhood. Using panel data from South India, this article shows tha...
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Marta Favara
Marcello Pérez-Alvarez
29 October, 2020
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Preferences or expectations? Understanding the gender gap in choice of college majors
A multidisciplinary literature – mostly focused on the US – shows that choice of majors among college students is gendered, and females are particularly under-represented in math-intensive fields....
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Aparajita Dasgupta
Anisha Sharma
23 October, 2020
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Teacher accountability: Non-teaching work over classroom engagement
While the Right to Education Act, 2009 mandates 200 days of teaching for primary classes, the actual number seems to be much lower in government schools. Based on qualitative fieldwork and a survey in...
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Indira Patil
22 October, 2020
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Locked out of critical care: Covid-19 lockdown and non-Covid mortality
India’s 10-week long national lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 was among the most severe in the world. This article investigates the effects of the lockdown restrictions on healthcare acce...
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Pascaline Dupas
Radhika Jain
01 October, 2020
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Covid-19: How the pandemic evolved in Kerala over the 'unlock' phases
Kerala, the state with the largest number of Covid-19 cases when India entered the lockdown on 25 March, had only 16 active cases on 20 May. However, the second wave of the pandemic in the state, coin...
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Benston John
29 September, 2020
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Hindu-Muslim fertility differentials in India: District-level estimates from Census 2011
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Ten steps to transform the quality of education in India
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