20 February, 2019Sparking the #MeToo revolution in India: Delhi's 'Nirbhaya' case
In 2012, anger erupted on the streets of Delhi following the violent rape and murder of a young woman. This article estimates the impact of the incident on the reporting of crimes against women in Del...
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Akshay Bhatnagar Aparna Mathur Abdul Munasib Devesh Roy 
29 April, 2019
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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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A family affair: Family members’ role in female employment decisions in India
A factor behind low female labour force participation in India is family members’ objection to women working. Based on an experiment in Karnataka, this article assesses whether employers can use lig...
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Joshua Dean Seema Jayachandran
- 13 May, 2019
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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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Unity in cricket: Integrated leagues and caste divisions
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that intergroup contact can reduce discrimination. However, different types of contact – collaborative or adversarial – may have different effects. Bas...
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Matt Lowe
- 23 May, 2018
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What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men?
Several studies find that male-operated – but not female-operated – microenterprises benefit from access to grants or loans. Applying the lens of household-level rather than individual-level inves...
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Arielle Bernhardt Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol
- 02 May, 2018
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Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity
Debates surrounding abortion invoke both religion and politics. This column examines whether the religious identity of legislators influences abortion rates in the districts in which they are elected,...
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Irma Clots-Figueras Sonia Bhalotra Lakshmi Iyer
- 09 April, 2018
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Empowering India's daughters
This article explores how women’s economic empowerment can be a crucial step in addressing India’s long-standing son preference, as highlighted by the latest Economic Survey. It discusses key tre...
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Nalini Gulati
- 08 March, 2018
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Union Budget 2018: What's in it for women?
In this article, Nalini Gulati analyses the Union Budget 2018-19 through a gender lens. She emphasises the need to firmly institutionalise Gender Responsive Budgeting within the government at the nat...
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Nalini Gulati
- 02 February, 2018
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Give women credit
Since its inception in the 1970s microfinance has emerged as an important tool to support livelihoods among those who lack access to traditional banking services, though the method has its critics. Er...
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Erica Field Rohini Pande
- 24 November, 2017
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Political reservation and the quality of governance
Existing evidence suggests that while political reservation for traditionally marginalised groups tilts governance outcomes in favour of those groups, there are non-discernable or negative effects on ...
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Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois
- 23 October, 2017
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Role of common pool resources
Absence of effective public service delivery and well-functioning markets makes the rural poor highly dependent on common pool resources such as forests and water resources for their livelihoods. In ...
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Nirali Bakhla
- 15 September, 2017
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Impact of the two-child limit for local politicians
Some Indian states debar individuals with more than two children from contesting local elections. This column finds that while the law has significantly reduced fertility among the general population...
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- 02 March, 2015
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Political reservation in India: The effect on poverty
Over the last 60 years, India’s Constitution has set aside seats in parliament for people from historically discriminated groups, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. This column documents one...
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- 10 December, 2012
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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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