publications

BOOKS

Edited volumes

ARTICLES IN JouRNALS

Datta, Amrita, Shivani Satija, Ragini Rao Munjuluri, and Uddipta Roy. 2024. “Unpacking Women’s Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Feminist Analysis of Mainstream Print Media.” Journal of Gender Studies, July, 1–16. 

Datta, Amrita, and S. Irudaya Rajan. 2024. "Internal Migration and Development in India." Indian Journal of Human Development, 18(1): 7-19. 

Irudaya Rajan, S., and Amrita Datta. 2024. The Future of Urbanisation: Migration Policies in the Post-pandemic World." Urbanisation 9(1): 7-12. 

Kulkarni, Pranita, and Amrita Datta. 2024. "Trade Unions in Contemporary India: Revitalisation Strategies and Migrant Workers." Indian Journal of Human Development 18(1): 90-106. 

Datta, Amrita. 2020. "Circular Migration and Precarity: Perspectives from Rural Bihar." Indian Journal of Labour Economics 63(4): 1143–1163. 

Datta, Amrita, Tanuka Endow and Balwant Singh Mehta. 2020. "Education, Caste and Women’s Work in India".  Indian Journal of Labour Economics 63(1): 387–406 (2020). 

Datta, Amrita, and Shivani Satija. 2020. “Women, Development, Caste, and Violence in Rural Bihar, India.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 26 (2): 223–44. 

Datta, Amrita. 2018. “Pride and Shame in the City: Young People’s Experiences of Rural–Urban Migration in India.” Children’s Geographies 16 (6): 654–65. 

Datta, Amrita. 2016. "Migration, Remittances and Changing Sources of Income in Rural Bihar (1999-2011): Some Findings from a Longitudinal Study." Economic and Political Weekly 51(31): 85–93. 

Satija, Shivani, and Amrita Datta. 2015.  "Crime against Women and Children in Delhi – An Analysis of Secondary and Empirical Data." Economic and Political Weekly 50(9): 87–97. 

Datta, Amrita, Gerry Rodgers, Janine Rodgers, and Bkn Singh. 2014. “Contrasts in Development in Bihar: A Tale of Two Villages.” The Journal of Development Studies 50 (9): 1197–1208. 

Datta, Amrita, and Sunil K Mishra. 2011. "Glimpses of Women’s Lives in Rural Bihar: Impact of Male Migration." Indian Journal of Labour Economics 54(3): 457–477. 

Datta, Amrita. 2009. "Public-Private Partnerships in India: A Case for Reform?" Economic and Political Weekly, 44(33): 73–78. 

Chapters in books 

Datta, A. (2023). Urban-Rural Inequality in Jodhka, S.S. and Rehbein, B. (eds) Global Handbook of Inequality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97417-

Datta, A. (2019). Gendered Spatialities of Migration in Contemporary India: The Case of Bihar in Iruduya Rajan and Sumeetha Maruthur (eds) Handbook of Migration in India, SAGE. 

Datta, A. (2019). Rural Development in James Midgley, Rebecca Surender, Laura Alfers (eds) Handbook of Social Policy and Development, Edward Elgar. 

Datta, A. (2016). Migration from Rural Bihar: Insights from a Longitudinal Study (1981 – 2011) in Himanshu, Praveen Jha and Gerry Rodgers (eds): Longitudinal Research in Village India: Methods and Findings, Oxford University Press. 

Datta, A. (2016). Migration from Contemporary Bihar in Deepak Mishra (ed): Internal Migration in Contemporary India, Sage Publications.

Satija S., and A. Datta (2013). Public Safety in Delhi in Delhi Human Development Report 2013: Improving Lives Promoting Inclusion, Institute for Human Development & Academic Foundation. 

Working papers

Datta, A. (2015). Determinants of Migration from Rural Bihar, SARNET Working Paper, Institute for Human Development. 

Rustagi, P., Nathan, D., Datta, A. and A. George (2013). Women and Work in South Asia: Changes and Challenges, Working Paper No. 1, Institute for Human Development. 

Datta, A., Rodgers, G., Rodgers, J and B.K.N. Singh (2012). A Tale of Two Villages, Contrasts in Development in Bihar, Working Paper No. 5, Institute for Human Development. 

Book reviews

2024. Work, Family and Integration. Indian Migrant Farmers in Northern Italy, Meenakshi Thapan, Contributions to Indian Sociology. 

2024. Migration, food security and development: Insights from rural India, Chetan Choithani, Gender and Development, 32(3). (with Kunal Munjal). 

2024. Protecting the rights of women migrant domestic workers: structural violence and competing interests in The Philippines and Sri Lanka, Sophie Henderson, South Asian Diaspora, 16(1). (with Amal Latif). 

2023. Women and Labour Market Dynamics: New Insights and Evidences, Balwant Singh Mehta and Ishwar Chandra Awasthi, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 30(2) (with Iswarya Priya Jagannathan).

2014. India Migration Report 2013: Social Costs of Migration, S. Irudaya Rajan (ed.), Indian Journal of Human Development, 7(2). 

2012. Women at the Threshold of Globalisation, Narendar Pani and Nikky Singh, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 55(3).

2011. Gender and Development in India, U Kalapagam, Indian Journal of Human Development, 5(2). 

2011. Planning Families, Planning Gender, Mary E. John, Ravinder Kaur, Rajni Palriwala, Saraswati Raju, Alpana Sagar, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 18(1). 

Research Compendium/Report

Sharma, A.N., Datta, A. and J, Ghose eds (2012). Development Research on Bihar, 2000-2010: A Compendium, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. 

Datta, A. and P. Rustagi (2012). Status of Women in Bihar: Exploring Transformation in Work and Gender Relations, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. 

policy brief, newspaper and Magazine articles

Rajan, S.I. and A. Datta. (2024). A Snapshot of Distress Migration in Odisha. The Hindu. November 20. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-snapshot-of-distress-migration-in-odisha/article68885703.ece

Datta, A. (2023). How Long Will Migrant Workers Remain Outside of Policy Discourse? Outlook Magazine. 30 March. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/the-cost-of-poverty-magazine-274721

Datta, A. (2022). How ‘Sons of Soil’ Laws Hamper Economic Development. The India Forum, 9 November. https://www.theindiaforum.in/economy/how-sons-soil-laws-hamper-economic-development

Datta, A. (2019). Rural Migrants in the City. Geography and You Magazine, Vol 19, Issue 27. 

Satija, S. and A. Datta (2017). Public Safety in Delhi, Policy Brief prepared for UNDP and the Government of Delhi. http://www.ihdindia.org/hdidelhi/pdf/Safety-and-Security-03-09.pdf

Datta, A. and A.N, Sharma (2013). Are Women Losing Out on Employment in India?, The Financial Express, October 22. https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/are-women-losing-out-on-employment-in-india/1185431

Datta, A. (2006). Together in Success, The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 15. http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/10/15/stories/2006101500100400.htm