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Female Agency and its Implications on Mental and Physical Health: Evidence from the city of Dhaka
Upasak Das, Gindo Tampubolon
Women agency defined as the ability to conceive of purposeful plan and to carry out action consistent with such a plan can play an important role in determining health status. Usin…
Solving it correctly Prevalence and Persistence of Gender Gap in Basic Mathematics in rural India
Upasak Das, Karan Singhal
Mathematical ability is among the most important determinants of prospering in the labour market. Using multiple representative datasets with learning outcomes of over 2 million ch…
Adding fuel to human capital: Exploring the educational effects of cooking fuel choice from rural India
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
The study examines the effect of cooking fuel choice on educational outcomes of adolescent children in rural India. Using multiple large-scale nationally representative datasets, w…
Whats the worth of a promise? Evaluating the indirect effects of a program to reduce early marriage in India
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
One important dimension of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs apart from conditionality is the provision of continuous frequency of payouts. On the contrary, the Apni Beti Apna Dha…
Examining norms and social expectations surrounding exclusive breastfeeding: Evidence from Mali
Cristina Bicchieri, Upasak Das, Samuel Gant +1
Why do people engage in certain behavior. What are the effects of social expectations and perceptions of community behavior and beliefs on own behavior. Given that proper infant fe…
Moving Away from the Joneses to Move Ahead: Migration, Information Gap and Signalling
Shihas Abdul-Razak, Upasak Das, Rupayan Pal
Signalling social status through the consumption of visible goods has often been perceived as a way in which individuals seek to emulate or move up compared to others within the co…
Social Diversity and Spread of Pandemic: Evidence from India
Upasak Das, Udayan Rathore, Prasenjit Sarkhel
Compliance with the public health guidelines during a pandemic requires coordinated community actions which might be undermined in socially diverse areas. In this paper, we assess…
Presence of Women in Economics Academia: Evidence from India
Ambrish Dongre, Karan Singhal, Upasak Das
This paper documents the representation of women in Economics academia in India by analyzing the share of women in faculty positions, and their participation in a prestigious confe…
Duration of exposure to inheritance law in India: Examining the heterogeneous effects on empowerment
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das, Prasenjit Sarkhel
Higher duration of programs that involve legal protection may entail gradual positive changes in social norms that can be leveraged by potential beneficiaries in their favor. This…
Love Thy Neighbor? Perceived Community Abidance and Private Compliance to COVID-19 Norms in India
Upasak Das, Prasenjit Sarkhel, Sania Ashraf
Compliance with measures like social distancing, hand-washing and wearing masks have emerged as the dominant strategy to combat health risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. These behavi…