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Working Papers

2025

1. Do Minimum Wages Reduce Inequality? Evidence from India
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics
2. Firm Size and Female Employment
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
3. Scaling Up to Decrease the Divide: Firm Size and Female Employment
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics

2024

4. Are Crop Residue Burning Bans Effective? Evidence from India
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics
5. Banking the Underbanked: Capital Investment and Credit-Constrained Firms
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics

2023

6. Minimum Wages and Changing Wage Inequality in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2023) View citations (2)
7. Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2024) (2024)
8. Women's Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
9. Women’s Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market∗
   Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics

2022

10. Maternity Support, Child Health and Unintended Gendered Effects
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics

2021

11. COVID-19, Income Shocks and Female Employment
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics
12. Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection during a Pandemic
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection During a Pandemic, Oxford Open Economics, Oxford University Press (2022) View citations (7) (2022)
13. The Gendered Effects of Climate Change: Production Shocks and Labor Response in Agriculture
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
14. The Importance of being Earnest: What Explains the Gender Quota Effect in Politics?
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (2021) View citations (2)
15. Words Matter: Gender, Jobs and Applicant Behavior
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (2021) View citations (4)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (4)
    Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK (2021) View citations (4)

2020

16. Access to Toilets and Violence Against Women
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Access to toilets and violence against women, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
17. Evolution of wage inequality in India (1983-2017): The role of occupational task content
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
18. Gendering Technological Change: Evidence from Agricultural Mechanization
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
19. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruptions
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (8)

2019

20. Public Safety for Women: Is Regulation of Social Drinking Spaces Effective?
    Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Public Safety for Women: Is Regulation of Social Drinking Spaces Effective?, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
21. What Determines Women's Labor Supply? The Role of Home Productivity and Social Norms
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article What determines women's labor supply? The role of home productivity and social norms, Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press (2024) (2024)

2018

22. Back to the Plough: Women Managers and Farm Productivity in India
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
    See also Journal Article Back to the plough: Women managers and farm productivity in India, World Development, Elsevier (2019) View citations (8) (2019)

2016

23. Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? A Decomposition Analysis over Two Decades
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (28)

2015

24. Caste, Female Labor Supply and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (7)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (2015) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Caste, Female Labor Supply, and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (23) (2017)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Trade Disruptions and Reshoring
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, 17, (1), 239-70
2. When Do Gender Quotas Change Policy? Evidence from Household Toilet Provision in India
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025, 73, (2), 749 - 779

2024

3. What determines women's labor supply? The role of home productivity and social norms
   Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90, (1), 55-87
   Also in JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90, (1), 55-87 (2024)
   See also Working Paper What Determines Women's Labor Supply? The Role of Home Productivity and Social Norms, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2023

4. COVID-19, Income Shocks, and Women’s Employment in India
   Feminist Economics, 2023, 29, (4), 285-317
5. Gender and mechanization: Evidence from Indian agriculture
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 105, (1), 52-75 View citations (13)
6. Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51, (3), 880-898 View citations (1)

2022

7. Access to toilets and violence against women
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, 114, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Access to Toilets and Violence Against Women, Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
8. Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection During a Pandemic
   Oxford Open Economics, 2022, 1, 1-15 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Employment Guaranteed? Social Protection during a Pandemic, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
9. Public Safety for Women: Is Regulation of Social Drinking Spaces Effective?
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (1), 164-182 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Public Safety for Women: Is Regulation of Social Drinking Spaces Effective?, Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
10. The gendered effects of droughts: Production shocks and labor response in agriculture
    Labour Economics, 2022, 78, (C) View citations (13)

2021

11. COVID‐19 and Supply Chain Disruption: Evidence from Food Markets in India†
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (1), 35-52 View citations (31)

2019

12. Back to the plough: Women managers and farm productivity in India
    World Development, 2019, 124, (C), - View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Back to the Plough: Women Managers and Farm Productivity in India, 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia (2018) (2018)

2018

13. Why are fewer married women joining the work force in rural India? A decomposition analysis over two decades
    Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, (3), 783-818 View citations (83)

2017

14. Caste, Female Labor Supply, and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 65, (2), 339 - 378 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Caste, Female Labor Supply and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
15. Rainfall Shocks and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Indian Agriculture
    World Development, 2017, 91, (C), 156-172 View citations (34)

2015

16. Farm wages and public works
    Indian Growth and Development Review, 2015, 8, (1), 19-72 View citations (3)

Chapters

2024

1. Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills
   A chapter in Big Data Applications in Labor Economics, Part B, 2024, vol. 52B, pp 171-223
   See also Working Paper Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) View citations (1) (2023)