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Working Papers

2020

  1. (In)Visibility, Care and Cultural Barriers: The Size and Shape of Women’s Work in India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads
  2. Is COVID-19 'The Great Leveler'? The Critical Role of Social Identity in Lockdown- induced Job Losses
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) Downloads View citations (6)
  3. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work: Evidence from India
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (11)
  4. The Covid-19 Lockdown in India: Gender and Caste Dimensions of the First Job Losses
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads View citations (2)
  5. The Covid-19 Pandemic and Lockdown: First Effects on Gender Gaps in Employment and Domestic Work in India
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (20)
  6. The Covid-19 Pandemic and Lockdown: First Order Effects on Gender Gaps in Employment and Domestic Time Use in India
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) Downloads View citations (9)
  7. The Impact of an Adult Literacy Program on the Next Generation: Evidence from India
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads
  8. Which Indian Children are Short and Why? Social Identity, Childhood Malnutrition and Cognitive Outcomes
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (3)

2019

  1. (In)Visibility, Care and Cultural Barriers: The Size and Shape of Women's Work in India
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Can Weak Ties Create Social Capital? Evidence from Self-Help Groups in Rural India
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads
  3. Nakusha? Son Preference, Resource Concentration and Gender Gaps in Education
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics Downloads

2018

  1. Social Identity and Perceived Income Adequacy
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) Downloads
    See also Journal Article Social identity and perceived income adequacy, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2020) Downloads View citations (1) (2020)

2017

  1. Stigma or Red Tape- Roadblocks in the Use of Affirmative Action
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2017) Downloads
  2. The Impact of Adult Education on Knowledge, Self-Awareness and Confidence: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in India
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2017) Downloads

2016

  1. Dominant or Backward? Political Economy of the Demand for Quotas by Jats, Patels and Marathas
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Double jeopardy?: Caste, affirmative action, and stigma
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Identity, Perceptions and Institutions: Caste Differences in Earnings from Self-Employment in India
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (2016) Downloads View citations (5)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) Downloads View citations (5)
  4. THE IMPACT OF A COMPUTER BASED ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM ON LITERACY AND NUMERACY-EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads
    Also in IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) (2016) Downloads
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research Downloads

    See also Journal Article The Impact of a Computer-based Adult Literacy Program on Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from India, World Development, Elsevier (2017) Downloads View citations (6) (2017)
  5. The Changing Contours of Inter group Disparities and the Role of Preferential Policies in a Globalizing World: Evidence from India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads
    Also in Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (2016) Downloads View citations (5)

2015

  1. BAD KARMA OR DISCRIMINATION? MALE-FEMALE WAGE GAPS AMONG SALARIED WORKERS IN INDIA
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (11)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) Downloads View citations (11)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2015) Downloads View citations (21)

    See also Journal Article Bad Karma or Discrimination? Male–Female Wage Gaps Among Salaried Workers in India, World Development, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (26) (2018)
  2. Disadvantage and Discrimination in Self-Employment: Caste Gaps in Earnings in Indian Small Businesses
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (2014) Downloads View citations (1)
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2015) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment: caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses, Small Business Economics, Springer (2016) Downloads View citations (21) (2016)

2013

  1. Entrepreneurship or Survival? Caste and Gender of Small Business in India
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (38)
  2. How Backward are the Other Backward Classes? Changing Contours of Caste Disadvantage in India
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2013) Downloads View citations (6)

2012

  1. WHO IS THE IDENTIFIABLE VICTIM?--CASTE INTERACTS WITH SYMPATHY IN INDIA
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (1)

2010

  1. DOES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY IN THE INDIAN RAILWAYS?
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads View citations (2)

1997

  1. LOAN PUSHING AND TRIADIC RELATIONS
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Downloads

Journal Articles

2020

  1. Early Effects of Lockdown in India: Gender Gaps in Job Losses and Domestic Work
    The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2020, 63, (1), 87-90 Downloads View citations (9)
  2. Social identity and perceived income adequacy
    Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (2), 339-361 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Social Identity and Perceived Income Adequacy, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2018) Downloads (2018)

2019

  1. Local Social Inequality, Economic Inequality, and Disparities in Child Height in India
    Demography, 2019, 56, (4), 1427-1452 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Traditional hierarchies and affirmative action in a globalizing economy: Evidence from India
    World Development, 2019, 118, (C), 63-78 Downloads View citations (15)

2018

  1. Bad Karma or Discrimination? Male–Female Wage Gaps Among Salaried Workers in India
    World Development, 2018, 102, (C), 331-344 Downloads View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper BAD KARMA OR DISCRIMINATION? MALE-FEMALE WAGE GAPS AMONG SALARIED WORKERS IN INDIA, Working papers (2015) Downloads View citations (11) (2015)

2017

  1. The Impact of a Computer-based Adult Literacy Program on Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from India
    World Development, 2017, 96, (C), 451-473 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper THE IMPACT OF A COMPUTER BASED ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM ON LITERACY AND NUMERACY-EVIDENCE FROM INDIA, Working papers (2016) Downloads (2016)

2016

  1. Book Review: The Global Rise of Asian Transformation: Trends and Developments in Economic Growth Dynamics edited by Pongsank Hoontrakul, Christopher Balding and Reena Marwah
    China Report, 2016, 52, (2), 173-175 Downloads
  2. Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment: caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses
    Small Business Economics, 2016, 46, (2), 325-346 Downloads View citations (21)
    Also in Small Business Economics, 2016, 46, (2), 325-346 (2016) Downloads View citations (19)

    See also Working Paper Disadvantage and Discrimination in Self-Employment: Caste Gaps in Earnings in Indian Small Businesses, Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (1) (2015)
  3. Who Is the Identifiable Victim? Caste and Charitable Giving in Modern India
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64, (2), 299 - 321 Downloads View citations (6)

2014

  1. Does Affirmative Action Reduce Productivity? A Case Study of the Indian Railways
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 169-180 Downloads View citations (20)

2011

  1. Who Is Eligible? Should Affirmative Action be Group‐ or Class‐Based?
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2011, 70, (1), 238-268 Downloads View citations (9)

2008

  1. Book Review: Capabilities, Freedom and Equality: Amartya Sen's Work from a Gender Perspective
    Indian Economic Review, 2008, 43, (2), 317-318

2007

  1. Overlapping Identities under Liberalization: Gender and Caste in India
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (4), 735-760 Downloads View citations (31)

2002

  1. Assets versus Autonomy? The Changing Face of the Gender-Caste Overlap in India
    Feminist Economics, 2002, 8, (2), 19-35 Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Book Review: India' s Development Experience: Selected Writings of S. Guhan
    Indian Economic Review, 2002, 37, (1), 135-136
  3. Tale of Two Cities: Regional Inequality in China on the Eve of its Entry into WTO
    China Report, 2002, 38, (4), 523-546 Downloads

2001

  1. Caste at Birth? Redefining Disparity in India
    Review of Development Economics, 2001, 5, (1), 130-144 Downloads View citations (63)

2000

  1. Does Caste Still Define Disparity? A Look at Inequality in Kerala, India
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 322-325 Downloads View citations (89)
  2. Intergroup Economic Inequality Across Countries: An lntroductory Essay
    Review of Social Economy, 2000, 58, (3), 273-276 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Recasting Economic Inequality
    Review of Social Economy, 2000, 58, (3), 381-399 Downloads View citations (13)
  4. Tracing the Divide: Intergroup Disparity across Countries
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2000, 26, (1), 75-85 Downloads View citations (10)

1998

  1. Continuing the Open Door Policy: Promoting Capitalism?
    China Report, 1998, 34, (1), 111-117 Downloads

1997

  1. Book Review: The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform
    Indian Economic Review, 1997, 32, (2), 233-235
  2. The debt overhang and the disincentive to invest
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 52, (1), 169-187 Downloads View citations (62)

1996

  1. Book Review: Migration, Remittances and Capital Flows: The Indian Experience
    Indian Economic Review, 1996, 31, (2), 252-254
  2. The Role of Foreign Capital in Chinese Reforms: A Survey
    China Report, 1996, 32, (3), 295-328 Downloads

1995

  1. III Book Reviews: KUTTAN MAHADEVAN, CHI-HSIEN TUAN, JINGYUAN YU, M SUMANGALA and G P RAMACHANDRA (Eds.), Society and Development in China and India. B R Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 1994. xxviii + 423 pp. Rs. 450 (hardbound)
    China Report, 1995, 31, (4), 538-540 Downloads
  2. THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF TRADE
    The Japanese Economic Review, 1995, 46, (4), 333-350 Downloads View citations (1)

Books

2011

  1. The Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (101)

Edited books

2010

  1. Globalization and Development: A Handbook of New Perspectives
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

Chapters

2013

  1. Social justice through affirmative action in India: an assessment
    Chapter 18 in Capitalism on Trial, 2013 Downloads View citations (2)

2008

  1. Caste and Diversity in India
    Chapter 11 in The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, 2008 Downloads
 
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