Dr. Akanksha Choudhary

PhD IIT Bombay

Faculty of Economics

School of Management and Entrepreneurship

IIT Jodhpur

Contact:

Email: akanksha@iitj.ac.n

Awards/Honors

2020 Excellence in P.hD. Research Award, IIT Bombay

2017- RDW Fellowship award recipient, ILO, Geneva

Her area of expertise and research is predominantly in development economics, education and health economics, public policy and gender studies with a special focus on intergenerational and mobility studies. Her research work has been published in leading international journals such as Social Indicators Research, PloS One, and International Journal of Social Economics. She has also published a book chapter for the book ‘Population Change and Public Policy’ published by Springer Publishing Company. She is an active contributor of articles to platforms such as live mint, Ideas for India and IHDS newsletters with an aim to disseminate the findings of her research to a larger general audience and contribute to the society in a meaningful way. She has presented her work at various renowned international conferences in the area of development economics such as SASE, HDCA and RDW conferences. She is a recipient of the prestigious RDW fellowship award by the International Labor Organization, Geneva for her work on the role of occupation on interpersonal violence.

Research Interests

Development Economics

Public Economics

Economics of the Family

Inequalities

Intergenerational Studies

Teaching Interests

Managerial Economics

Macroeconomics

Development Economics

Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

- - - - Choudhary, A., Muthukkumaran, G. T., & Singh, A. (2019). Inequality of Opportunity in Indian Women. Social Indicators Research, 145(1), 389–413. (ABDC rating- A)
      - Choudhary, A., & Singh, A. (2019). Do Indian daughters shadow their mothers?: A case of intergenerational educational mobility among women. International Journal of Social Economics, 46(9), 1095–1118. (ABDC rating- B)
      - Choudhary, A., & Singh, A. (2018). Effect of intergenerational educational mobility on health of Indian women. PLOS ONE, 13(9), 1–16. (ARC rating- A)
      - Choudhary, A., & Singh, A. (2018). Examination of intergenerational occupational mobility among Indian women. International Journal of Social Economics, 45(7), 1071–1091. (ABDC rating- B)
      - Choudhary, A., & Singh, A. (2017). Are daughters like mothers: Evidence on intergenerational educational mobility among young females in India. Social Indicators Research, 133(2), 601–602. (ABDC rating- A)

BOOK CHAPTER

Choudhary and Singh (2020). Experience of domestic violence by young women in India: Does the nature of occupation play any role?’ Population Change and Public Policy, Chapter 15, Springer publications (Upcoming in November 2020).

FEATURED ARTICLES

‘What drives inequality among women?’ 07 Aug 2019, Live mint (https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/what-drives-inequality-among-women-1565171168240.html)
‘Inequality of opportunity among Indian women’, 05 August 2019, Ideas for India (https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/inequality-of-opportunity-among-indianwomen.html)
‘Inequality of Opportunity in Indian Women’, March 2019 Newsletter, India Human Development Survey https://myemail.constantcontact.com/IHDS-India-Forum-Newsletter-March-2019.html?soid=1125900612750&aid=PgwP7z3LTwo
‘Are Indian girls more educated than their mothers?’, 05 September 2018, Ideas For India (https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/are-indian-girls-more-educatedthan-theirmothers.html)

Reviewer for International Journals

Gender & Society, SAGE Publications
Social Indicators Research Journal, Springer
International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Publishing

Conferences

“Experience of domestic violence by young women in India: does the nature of occupation play any role?” presented at 2019 Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics (SASE) 31st annual meet 27th June- 29th June 2019, New York, USA.

“Experience of domestic violence by young women in India: does the nature of occupation play any role?” presented at 2017 conference on Regulating for Decent Work 3-5 July 2017, ILO Geneva, Switzerland.

“Intergenerational educational mobility among women in India: Special focus on socioeconomic differentials.” Presented at 2017 Society for the Advancement of Socio Economics (SASE) 29th annual meet 29th June- 1st July 2017, Lyon, France.

“Are Daughters Like Mothers: Evidence on Intergenerational Educational Mobility among Young Females in India.” presented at 2016 Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference, 1-3 September 2016, Tokyo, Japan.