… Harvard Kennedy School, where she led research aimed at working with policymakers to assist the poor and vulnerable. … increase women’s access to health care and employment in India — and economics as an agent of social justice. … of my predecessor, Mark Rosenzweig. There is a big push toward evidence-based policy both in the policy and …

… to distance themselves from the stigma associated with working outside of the home. “ Why Veil? Religious … The paper gives preliminary evidence that administrative data may provide a promising avenue to enhance equal … of discriminated identitied (women of low castes in India, for example) are often neglected in affirmative action …

… on October 6, 2016. New Delhi:  The fact that women in India make up nearly half the population but account for less … after completing training, only 20% of women were still working, whereas 35% of men had stuck it out. Once again, it … figure for Indian men is 80%. Moreover, according to the data analysis website IndiaSpend, 25 million women have left …

… paths that are environmentally sustainable. On October 19, speakers and members of the global community working on … Rao , for instance, explored how court backlogs in India limit economic growth by freezing investable assets in … the objectives of South Korean export policies. Using data from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, Barteska found …

… the new Gender and Growth Gaps research project … January 19, 2022 | News EGC launches the new Gender and Growth Gaps … at an Inclusion Economics study site in Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo by Ishan Tankha. Economists have long studied … and well-being. Yet such research is often limited by poor data, inadequate metrics, and the fact that technological …

… microenterprise growth. Our study setting is urban India, where educational attainment has risen dramatically in … completion has increased from 22% to 44% over the past 19 years. At the same time, though, India has one of the … To estimate intergenerational treatment effects, we needed data on all children who had ever been born, not just those …

… and economic participation. How can we better collect data to understand which norms restrict women’s economic … that began at a previous EGC workshop in Bangalore, India, under the  Gender and Growth Gaps  research project. … influence intra-household decision-making. Research in Nepal focused on understanding whom individuals interpret as …

… the auditing of VCCs. In  research conducted in Gujarat, India , co-authors and I found that auditors conducting … preserving forests, are still considered a key policy in working to prevent climate breakdown. This year, Blue Carbon, … these arguments create a strong case that all the data and supporting methodology that support the credibility …

… completed a month-long trek to the Everest base camp in Nepal with her husband, Yale economics professor Lloyd … on her knowledge of departmental politics from her time working as a secretary during college.  “My mother would sit …