The effects of rainfall shocks on education depend on local labour markets and are not gender neutral.
A new paper by @ohetuk and @anahitark shows that rainfall shocks shape education not just through income, but through local labour demand, increasing child labour and widening gender gaps.
So, what does this mean for climate and education policy?
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🚨🚨 New Working Paper Alert! 🚨🚨
Working Paper 157: "Heat, Gender, and Time: The Impact of Temperature on Time Allocation in India"
Check out the paper here: ashoka.edu.in/research/heat-…
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🚨 Post-doc alert 🚨
Ashoka University, in collaboration with Axis Bank, is offering two postdoc positions in Economics. The positions are initially for one year but can be renewed for another year upon satisfactory performance.
ashoka.edu.in/axis-bank-post…
Deadline: April 30th
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📢New article by Aparajita @ohetuk which delves into disproportionate climate change impacts on women & explores how social protection programs can foster resilience. But challenges remain! iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
@EfD_initiative @WinEED_EfD #EconTwitter
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Part of the EFD India group at @EfD_initiative annual workshop in Nairobi. Beautiful weather, good company and enlightening talks. Looking forward to the next four days. @cecfee @shivani2408 @ohetuk @TanuGupta_
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The @cecfee gang ready at 5 am for a game drive at the Nairobi nat park. @EfD_initiative @ohetuk @TanuGupta_ @praveenkumar235 @anu_khatri21 @shivani2408
Is female labour force participation a good proxy for gendered time use? Check this out:
link.springer.com/article/10…
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📢 In our latest article with @voxeu, Aparajita Dasgupta @ohetuk discusses a recent study revealing how #road connectivity through the PMGSY program led to decreased fertility and improved child health outcomes in #India 📈 @EconAtAshoka @CedaAshoka bit.ly/46GArv2
Very happy to share my article on road access and fertility, written with two of my former students:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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It’s a wrap! We thank our speakers for some marvellous presentations @4th Workshop on #WomenintheEconomy 2024 organized under #DPWEE initiative. Kudos to the organizing team for all the efforts put in! Keep an eye on our website for highlights.
🔗 digitalplatformsandwomen.ifm…
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#AparajitaDasgupta talks about her paper 'Gendered Transport Subsidy and its Short-Run Effect on Female Employment: Evidence from Delhi’s Pink Pass Scheme'. The discussant for session is #ShabanaMitra #DPWEE 4th Workshop on #WomenMobility #FLFP #SDG5 @AshokaUniv @ShivNadarUniv
How does a ban on sex‐selective abortions affect child health? Check out our article in Health Economics - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Hindi version of our previously published I4I article posted on Ideas for India. With @Sukanta12715971, @ohetuk and Kumarjit Mandal. Thanks to @Ideas4India
ideasforindia.in/topics/soci…
My take on the Lives versus Livelihood debate:
Lives versus Livelihood: is there really a choice?link.medium.com/NDSgU5lcT5
sharing new publication doi.org/10.1186/s40176-018-0…
I just uploaded 'Systematic measurement error in self- reported health: is anchoring vignettes the …' to @academia! academia.edu/36951014/System…
Does MNREGA buffer child outcomes during shocks? ideasforindia.in/article.asp… #MNREGA #child health #Andhra Pradesh













