20 February, 2019Taking other religions seriously: A comparative survey of Hindus in India
While the study of religion in political science has re-emerged as a growing field of inquiry in the past few decades, most research still focuses on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What religion is...
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Ajay Verghese 
21 December, 2018
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Whose education matters? An analysis of inter-caste marriages in India
The rate of inter-caste marriages in India was as low as 5.82% in 2011 and there has been no upward trend over the past four decades. This article examines the relationship between inter-caste marriag...
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Arka Roy Chaudhuri Tridip Ray Komal Sahai
- 30 November, 2018
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The macroeconomic benefits of gender diversity
The persistent gap between female and male labour force participation comes at a significant economic cost. This article argues that because women and men complement each other in the production proce...
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Christine Lagarde Jonathan D. Ostry
- 04 January, 2019
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The macroeconomic benefits of gender diversity
The persistent gap between female and male labour force participation comes at a significant economic cost. This article argues that because women and men complement each other in the production proce...
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Christine Lagarde Jonathan D. Ostry
- 04 January, 2019
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Taking other religions seriously: A comparative survey of Hindus in India
While the study of religion in political science has re-emerged as a growing field of inquiry in the past few decades, most research still focuses on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What religion is...
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Ajay Verghese
- 21 December, 2018
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Are women politicians good for economic growth?
There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this influences economic performance. This article investiga...
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Sonia Bhalotra
- 05 December, 2018
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Whose education matters? An analysis of inter-caste marriages in India
The rate of inter-caste marriages in India was as low as 5.82% in 2011 and there has been no upward trend over the past four decades. This article examines the relationship between inter-caste marriag...
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Arka Roy Chaudhuri Tridip Ray Komal Sahai
- 30 November, 2018
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Perceived risk of street harassment and college choice of women in Delhi
In New Delhi, 95% of women aged 16-49 report feeling unsafe in public spaces. This article shows that in order to feel safer, women in the capital city choose lower quality colleges, travel for a long...
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Girija Borker
- 02 November, 2018
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Women’s inheritance rights and son preference in India
An important driver of India’s unnaturally male-biased population sex ratio is the desire among Indian parents to have sons. This article investigates the extent to which this desire is driven by th...
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Sonia Bhalotra Rachel Brulé Sanchari Roy
- 29 October, 2018
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Political reservations for women and policy influence of low-castes in India
Many policies are designed along a particular identity dimension, such as gender or ethnicity. However, such policies overlook the fact that individuals are associated with several identity dimensions...
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Guilhem Cassan Lore Vandewalle
- 19 September, 2018
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Are Indian girls more educated than their mothers?
While intergenerational educational mobility of father-son pairs in India has been documented to some extent, there is negligible analysis on how daughters compare to their mothers in terms of educati...
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Ashish Singh
- 05 September, 2018
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Do property rights exacerbate son preference?
While land reform has been shown to have benefits like increased agricultural productivity and access to credit, not much attention has been devoted to investigating its impact on gender inequality wi...
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Sonia Bhalotra Abhishek Chakravarty Dilip Mookherjee Francesco J. Pino
- 24 August, 2018
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When electoral quotas reduce caste-based discrimination
While affirmative action policies are widely used to tackle the underrepresentation of certain groups, their efficiency is fiercely debated. This article uses novel data from India to explore how quot...
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Victoire Girard
- 08 August, 2018
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How women’s age at marriage impacts domestic violence
Domestic violence affects one in three women in their lifetime worldwide, and has serious adverse health and economic consequences. Analysing data from the latest National Family Health Survey of Indi...
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Gaurav Dhamija Punarjit Roychowdhury
- 02 July, 2018
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Social identity and perceived income adequacy
Perceptions about income adequacy, in addition to actual income adequacy, are a critical part of individual well-being. However, factors that determine these perceptions have not been well-investigate...
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Ashwini Deshpande Deepti Goel
- 13 June, 2018
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