01 July, 2021Measuring caste inequality across Indian states
Although recent research on inequality shows that upper castes have the highest levels of material well-being, there is a wide variation in caste inequality across India. Measuring three forms of cast...
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Poulomi Chakrabarti 
13 September, 2021
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Reducing intimate partner violence: Laying the groundwork with young males
Two out of five ever-married women in Bihar have experienced marital violence. Based on a study of ‘Do Kadam Barabari Ke Ore’ – a programme imparting gender-transformative life skills to young ...
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K.G. Santhya A.J. Francis Zavier
- 02 June, 2021
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India’s ‘missing girls’: Women’s education and declining child sex-ratios
Although women’s education has been proposed as a solution to the persistent issue of ‘missing girls’ in India, studies have reached contradictory conclusions on the impact of female education o...
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Pradeep Chhibber Francesca R. Jensenius Susan L Ostermann
- 30 June, 2021
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Webinar: Growing concern around violence against women
On 25 November 2020, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the India Programme of the International Growth Centre – in collaboration with the Asian Development Researc...
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Michele Mary Bernadine Nalini Gulati
- 10 December, 2020
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Caste gaps in behaviour and personality traits: A study of university students
While numerous studies have examined gaps in health and educational outcomes across castes, there is little evidence on caste gaps in behavioural preferences and personality traits. Based on incentivi...
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Utteeyo Dasgupta Subha Mani Smriti Sharma Saurabh Singhal
- 04 December, 2020
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Leveraging behavioural insights for informed policymaking
Application of behavioural insights – backed by decades of research in behavioural economics and social psychology – to the design and implementation of social programmes is gaining traction in I...
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Steven Walker
- 03 December, 2020
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International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November is observed by the United Nations as the International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, there is a particular focus on the alarming increase in domestic violen...
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I4I Team
- 25 November, 2020
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Gender norms and competitiveness: Evidence from the tribes of Northeast India
The under-representation of women in leadership positions is often attributed to systematic gender differences in the inclination to compete. Do gender-balanced social norms have the potential to clos...
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Stefan Klonner Sumantra Pal Christiane Schwieren
- 24 November, 2020
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Mental health disparities in India
While a large, multidisciplinary literature focusses on disparities in physical health across social groups, the mental health dimension remains invisible. Analysing data from a WHO survey conducted i...
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Diane Coffey Aashish Gupta Meghana Mungikar
- 13 November, 2020
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A road map for closing gender gaps in Bihar: Gender Responsive Budgeting
The state of Bihar was one of the early starters on Gender Responsive Budgeting in India, having published its first ‘Gender Budget Statement’ in 2008-09. Based on a review of the literature on th...
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Shrijna Dixon Yamini Mishra
- 03 November, 2020
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A permanent cordon-sanitaire: Dalits and Muslims in urban India
Near-perfect segregation and hierarchical ordering of residential space, based on caste or religious identity, is a well-known feature of rural India. Studies have also documented the persistence of s...
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Naveen Bharathi Deepak Malghan Andaleeb Rahman
- 09 October, 2020
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Does the gender of your co-worker matter? Evidence from call centres
Several theories suggest that gender integration in the workplace may have negative effects in gender-segregated societies. Based on an experiment conducted with 765 employees in call centres located ...
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Deepshikha Batheja
- 05 October, 2020
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Nakusha: Son preference, ‘unwanted’ girls, and gender gaps in schooling
Indian society is commonly associated with a strong cultural preference for sons. Using nationally representative data from 1986-2017, this article examines parental investment in the education of son...
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Ashwini Deshpande Apoorva Gupta
- 25 September, 2020
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Atrocities, murders, and untouchability: Measuring caste-based discrimination
How can we best measure inter-caste tension and discrimination in India? In this post, Victoire Girard highlights the limitations of using statistics compiled under the Prevention of Atrocities Act, w...
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Victoire Girard
- 23 September, 2020
- Perspectives
Covid-19: ‘Shadow pandemic’ and violence against women
Violence against women is a problem worldwide, with economic costs ranging from 1% to 4% of global GDP. This article investigates if the magnitudes and types of violence against women have changed dur...
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Saravana Ravindran Manisha Shah
- 17 September, 2020
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Sex ratios and religion in India and South Asia
In South Asia, low child sex ratios are increasingly an isolated Indian phenomenon. Within India, child sex ratios are ‘normal’ among Christians and Muslims but much lower among Hindus, Sikhs, and...
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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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Dowry payments are an important part of household finances in India, typically exceeding a year of earnings. This article analyses data from an all-India sample of over 70,000 marriages to document fa...
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