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Working Papers

2024

1. Does Restricting Access to Credit Affect Learning Outcomes? Evidence from a Regulatory Shock to Microfinance in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2. The Political Economy of Privatization of Education: Role of Local Politicians in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

3. Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
4. Impact of Early Childhood School Intervention on Enrollment and Learning Outcomes: Evaluation of a Public Program in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2023)

2022

5. Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
6. Is economic development affected by the leaders' education levels?: Evidence from India
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)
7. When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2021

8. Affirmative action and application strategies: Evidence from field experiments in Columbia
   DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) View citations (8)
9. Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Biased teachers and gender gap in learning outcomes: Evidence from India, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
10. Social Identity and STEM Choice: Evidence from Higher Secondary Schooling in India
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (2)

2019

11. Does female economic empowerment promote development?
    PEGNet Policy Briefs, PEGNet - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

2018

12. Gender Segregation in Education and Its Implications for Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from India
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (6)
13. Short-term Migration in Rural India: The Impact of Nature and Extent of Participation in Agriculture
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (2)
    Also in Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India (2018) View citations (2)

2017

14. Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Employment transitions of women in India: A panel analysis, World Development, Elsevier (2019) View citations (48) (2019)
15. Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What Do we Know and What do Recent Data Have to say?
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (3)
16. Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What do we know & What do recent data have to say?
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
    Also in Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India (2016) View citations (2)
17. Seasonal Migration and Feminization of Farm Management: Evidence from India
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Seasonal Migration and Feminization of Farm Management: Evidence from India, Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2013

18. Female labor force participation and child education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
    Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi View citations (10)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (32)

2012

19. Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Does access to secondary education affect primary schooling? Evidence from India, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2016) View citations (13) (2016)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Do educated politicians facilitate better public health? Evidence from India
   Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 366, (C)

2024

2. Caste, gender, and intersectionality in stream choice: evidence from higher secondary education in India
   Education Economics, 2024, 32, (1), 20-46
3. Does women's economic empowerment promote human development in low- and middle-income countries? A meta-analysis
   World Development, 2024, 178, (C)
4. Who eats last? Intra-household gender inequality in food allocation among children in educationally backward areas of India
   Population Studies, 2024, 78, (1), 63-77

2023

5. A glass ceiling at the playhouse? Gender gaps in public and private preschool enrollment in India
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2023, 103, (C)
6. Biased teachers and gender gap in learning outcomes: Evidence from India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
7. The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51, (3), 1068-1093 View citations (3)

2022

8. Land use and cropping decisions of agricultural households in India
   Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2022, 14, (3), 621-635
9. Seasonal Migration and Feminization of Farm Management: Evidence from India
   Feminist Economics, 2022, 28, (1), 86-113 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Seasonal Migration and Feminization of Farm Management: Evidence from India, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2020

10. Are educated leaders good for education? Evidence from India
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, (C), 42-62 View citations (34)

2019

11. Employment transitions of women in India: A panel analysis
    World Development, 2019, 115, (C), 291-309 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

12. Intra-Household Gender Disparity in School Choice: Evidence from Private Schooling in India
    Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53, (10), 1714-1730 View citations (29)
13. PROTOCOL: The effect of interventions for women's empowerment on children's health and education: A systematic review of evidence from low‐ and middle‐income countries
    Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017, 13, (1), 1-61
14. PROTOCOL: The impacts of interventions for female economic empowerment at the community level on human development: a systematic review of the evidence in low‐ and middle‐income countries
    Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017, 13, (1), 1-50

2016

15. Does access to secondary education affect primary schooling? Evidence from India
    Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, (C), 124-142 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)
16. Female labor force participation and child education in India: evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-27 View citations (56)

Chapters

2023

1. Regional Patterns and Dynamics of Learning Outcomes in India
   Springer
2. Sample Selection Models for Panel Data: Application to Labor Force Participation in India
   Springer