Why is maternal employment higher in rural than in urban India? Among the relevant supply‐
side factors, previous research has emphasized that rural work is more compatible with …

India has witnessed increasing trends in internal migration over the last three decades. In
India, migrant children are not a homogeneous group and their reasons for movement and …

This study evaluates the impact of Indian Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY),
a large-scale conditional cash transfer (CCT) program targeting women during their first …

Investing in early childhood development is paramount to building development resilience.
Children born to poor parents are less likely to be well nourished, finish school, earn less …

This thesis examines the marital household as a site and a set of relations that shapes
young married women's access to reproductive healthcare. I aim to develop a critical …

We study the impact of a maternity benefit conditional cash transfer scheme from India, on
child and maternal outcomes. By exploiting the spatial variation in implementation and …

In his recent Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about
increasing maternity leave for working women to 26 weeks from 12 as a mark of his …

Background: India's under-five mortality rates (U5MRs) contribute 15.5% to the global
U5MR. This study examines the relationship between socioeconomics, India's caste system …

The National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)–which provides financial assistance to families
in the event of the death of a breadwinner–has been plagued by low budget allocations …

This study aimed to investigate designing and challenges of the implementing gender-
specific benefits in social security schemes ie, National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and …