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Improving children health and cognition : evidence from school-based nutrition intervention in India

Krämer, Marion; Kumar, Santosh; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2018

We present experimental evidence on the impact of delivering double-fortified salt (DFS), salt fortified with iron and iodine, through the Indian school-feeding program called "mid-day meal" on anemia, cognition, and math and reading scores of primary school children. We conducted a field...

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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India

Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020 - This Version: March 15, 2020

We incorporate gender bias against girls in the family, the school and the labor market in amodel of intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's educationbecause of credit market imperfections. Parents may underestimate a girl's ability, expect lowerreturns,...

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Identity and learning : a study on the effect of student-teacher gender matching on learning outcomes

Bhattacharya, Sukanta; Dasgupta, Aparajita; Mandal, Kumarjit - 2020

returns to education accrued to their parents; for girl students, a lower fraction of the return comes to their parental …

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Is gender destiny? : gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility in India

Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2021 - This version: March 22, 2021

We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family, school, and labor market. Mobility and investment equations from the model are estimated for India using data not truncated by coresidency. The standard linear model misses...

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Time allocation of daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in India : the role of education as bargaining power

Bhattacharya, Leena - 2023

-in-law's time allocation across different activities, where their education levels are used as indicators of bargaining power? The …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household … production and childcare increases when she co-resides with a daughter-in-law who has completed tertiary education. The father …

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Can a ban on child labour be self-enforcing?

Cigno, Alessandro - 2023

total one never is, if education is available, and the disutility of child labour can be compensated by the expected utility … self-enforcing, or actually counterproductive. If the government wants to re- duce child labour and raise education to the …

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Caste, courts and business

Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani; … - 2021

We study the role of formal institutions of contract enforcement in facilitating investments in small and medium firms(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical advantage, we argue that an efficient formal...

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Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship : India's informal sector firms

Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2020

How does informal economic activity respond to increased financial inclusion? Does it become more entrepreneurial? Does access to new financing options change the gender configuration of informal economic activity and, if so, in what ways and what directions? We take advantage of nationwide data...

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