Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

• Female Legislators and Forest Conservation in India (with Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay, Pranabes Dutta & Naveen Hari)

 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, accepted, December 2025.

• • Policy/Media Articles: Ideas for India, The Print, International Growth Centre (IGC) 

• Soil Endowments and Intra-Household Distribution of Consumption in India: A Structural Approach (with Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay), 

Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming. 

• • Policy/Media Articles: Ideas for India

  • DSE & Econometric Society Best Paper Award in Econometrics/Applied Econometrics, 2022 Winter School.

• Political Regime and Women's Marriage Outcomes (with Sumedha Shukla)

Economica, Vol 93, Issue 369, pp. 130-159, January 2026.

• Cultural Norms and Women's Health: Implications of the Practice of Menstrual Restrictions in Nepal (with Rahul Kumar)

     World Development Perspectives, Vol 27, 100450, September 2022.

• The Impact of Work-Life Balance Policies on the Time Allocation and Fertility Preference of Japanese Women  (with Miki Kohara)

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol 60, 101134,  June 2021.

• Consumption and Time-Use Effects of India's Employment Guarantee and Women's Participation 

Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol 68, No. 4, pp. 1185-1231, July 2020.

• Comparing Health Outcomes Across Scheduled Tribes and Castes in India   

World Development, Vol 96, pp. 163-181, August 2017.

• Inter-State Differences in the Performance of Anganwadi Centres under ICDS Scheme 

Economic & Political Weekly,  Vol LI, Issue 51, pp. 59-66, December 2016.

Work in Progress:

• Widowhood, Environmental Shocks and Intra-Household Resource Allocation (with Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay)

• The Impact of Extreme Weather on Household Welfare: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay & Digvijay Singh Negi)

• The Legacy of Female Landlords in India (with Siwan Anderson)