publications

Journals

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

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

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

2014. Amrita Datta, Gerry Rodgers, Janine Rodgers and B.K.N. Singh, Contrasts in Development in Bihar: A Tale of Two Villages, Journal of Development Studies, 50(9).

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

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

Books and monographs

2013. Gerry Rodgers, Amrita Datta, Janine Rodgers, Sunil K. Mishra and Alakh N. Sharma, The Challenge of Inclusive Development in Rural Bihar, Institute for Human Development and Manak Publications, New Delhi.

Book Reviews:

Hirway, Indira (2014), Examining Bihar’s Turnaround, Economic and Political Weekly, 49(2)

Pandey, Vijay Laxmi (2014), Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 57(1)

Narayanan, Sudha (2014), Indian Journal of Human Development, 8(2)

2012. Alakh N. Sharma, Amrita Datta and Joyita Ghose, edited, Development Research on Bihar, 2000-2010: A Compendium, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi.

2012. Amrita Datta and Preet Rustagi, Status of Women in Bihar: Exploring Transformation in Work and Gender Relations, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi.

Chapters in books

Forthcoming, 2019. Dev Nathan and Amrita Datta, Gender Relations and Labour Markets in South Asia Labour and Employment Report, Oxford University Press.

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

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

2016. Amrita Datta, 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.

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

2013. Shivani Satija and Amrita Datta, Public Safety in Delhi in Delhi Human Development Report 2013: Improving Lives Promoting Inclusion, Institute for Human Development & Academic Foundation

Working papers

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

2013. Preet Rustagi, Dev Nathan, Amrita Datta and Ann George, Women and Work in South Asia: Changes and Challenges, Working Paper No. 1, Institute for Human Development.

2012. Amrita Datta, Gerry Rodgers, Janine Rodgers and B.K.N. Singh, A Tale of Two Villages, Contrasts in Development in Bihar, Working Paper No. 5, Institute for Human Development.

Book reviews

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).

policy brief and newspaper articles

2017. Shivani Satija and Amrita Datta, 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

2013. Amrita Datta and Alakh N Sharma, Are Women Losing Out on Employment in India?, The Financial Express, October 22. http://epaper.financialexpress.com/175290/Indian-Express/22-October-2013#page/7/2

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