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Ethnic inequality: theory and evidence from formal education in Nigeria
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)
Inequality across social groups with distinct identities and cultures is one of
the most important issues facing modern societies. Disparities in economic
opportunities, employment, earnings, and asset holding are generally ...
More is not always better: the case of counter terrorism security
(Sage, 2019-01-11)
Can counterterrorism security be counterproductive? We argue that it can be when the at-risk population acts strategically. We model a two-stage game where the government first chooses the defensive security level for a ...
People, not the state, must own their data
(Business Line, 2019-03-21)
Breaking “bad” links: impact of Companies Act 2013 on the Indian corporate network
(Social Networks, 2020)
Board interlock networks are known to exhibit concentration of influence by a small group of elites. In this paper, we study a policy intervention aiming to curb this influence. We analyze the evolution of Indian board ...
No lockdown for abuse
(The Hindu, 2020-04-09)
Networks of information exchange: Are link formation decisions strategic?
(Elseveir, 2018)
This paper presents an empirical investigation into whether the decision to form a link with a node takes into account how well connected that node is. Given data in the form of a random sample from a network, this paper ...
Group identity in a network formation game with cost sharing
(Wiley, 2018-01)
This paper introduces the choice of group identity, which is comprisedof characteristics and commitments to these characteristics,in a network formation model where links costs are shared. Playerswant to link to the largest ...
Modelling the impact of ovulatory cycle knowledge on the number of children and age of women at first birth
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-11-04)
Unplanned pregnancies are an important public health issue, and 15% of unplanned
pregnancies across the world happen in India. Ovulatory cycle knowledge (OCK) is an
important yet relatively unexplored component in ...
COVID-19 and period products usage among menstruating women in urban and rural India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-11-03)
This paper estimates the impact of the lockdown across various zones on the period product consumption for menstruating women in India. We have used the national-level panel data from the CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids Household ...
Domestic workers and sexual harassment in India: examining preferred response strategies
(Elsevier, 2022-03-30)
The purpose of this research is to understand how women working as domestic workers, who are part of the informal sector, are likely to respond to sexual harassment incidents. Unlike the organized sector, women in informal ...