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    Why Aren’t India’s Women Working?
    … participation  is falling, and develop an effective policy response. Data shows a complex and puzzling picture: Women … our work with young women targeted by vocational training programs in rural India, we have witnessed men refusing to … supported by safe and effective job training and placement programs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day …
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    Illustration of woman working in the kitchen wearing her graduation regalia. Assa Ariyoshi
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    How To Get India’s Women Working? First, Let Them Out Of The House
    … Indian women want to work but held back by lack of skills, social norms Our research at  Evidence for Policy Design … rates. But they are constrained by lack of skills, and by social norms restricting their mobility. Women who work … and cities through Skill India and Make in India. Both programs include quotas to ensure a certain proportion of …
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    North East Universities Gender Day 2025: Advancing Research on Gender Economics
    … (Harvard) highlighted the tradeoff women face between social tasks (where they have a comparative advantage) and … importance of last-mile efforts to increase awareness of existing policies. Ruchi Mahadeshwar (Brown University) … with criminalization. Her findings show that policies leveraging workers’ responsiveness to prices can decrease the …
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    A woman in a green shirt presents at the front of a conference Jackson Martin
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    Looking back on the Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Economic Justice Virtual Symposium
    … 2020 book  Caste , Isabel Wilkerson relates the social stratification system in India with equivalent … sessions explored how social stratification affects policy response and policy design.  The studies in the morning … In comparison, two-dimensional quotas consistently improve relations and diminish conflict. “Are Quotas in Two …
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    Co-organizers of the Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Economic Justice Virtual Symposium (L-R): Rohini Pande, Yusuf Neggers, Gerald Jaynes, and Ceren Baysan.
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    Mayara Felix
    … She studies the design and effects of policies intended to improve market efficiency in developing countries, such as … She studies the design and effects of policies intended to improve market efficiency in developing countries, such as … She studies the design and effects of policies intended to improve market efficiency in developing countries, such as …
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    Mayara Felix
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #8: Understanding Fertility Decline
    … in the future are shaped by the current economic and social environment.  Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan EGC Deputy … are not only a reflection of changing norms but also a response to economic restructuring. This challenges the idea … (FHA) and Veteran’s Administration (VA) loan insurance programs—set the stage for the mid-twentieth century U.S. …
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    A map showing variation in recruitment intensity across Burkina Faso based on archival records.
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    Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development
    … in India’s rural and urban areas. “Good wives:” How do social norms about women’s reputation and gendered care work affect women’s economic and social participation? The social networks of mothers Gender … propose a signaling model. An overview of formal childcare programs Provision of formal childcare may increase female …
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    A woman in a tan sweater asks a question during a conference Julia Luckett
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    Data poverty makes it harder to fix real poverty. That’s why the UN should push countries to gather and share data.
    … addresses data deprivation, by stating an aim to build on existing initiatives and “support statistical capacity … suffer adverse consequences when researchers analyze their programs, then the impetus to resist reform becomes strong. … datasets. Denmark facilitated access to de-identified social security data from one central hub in 2005, and …
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