1. 1. “The Political Budget Cycles in the presence of a Fiscal Rule: The Case of Farm Debt Waivers", Journal of Policy Modelling, Forthcoming (with Vidya Mahambare and Pragati Mittal)

• Related Media article: "Farm loan waivers are announced in election season. Karnataka worst offender", The Print, 6 Jan 2022

• Working paper version: Are India’s farm debt waivers an opportunistic political tool and how do they impact government finances?”, Working Paper 211/2021, Madras School of Economics.

1. 2. “Women's challenging commutes in southern India: A case of the metropolitan region of Chennai”, Cities, Forthcoming, (with Vidya Mahambare)

• Related Media article: “The gender divide in urban mobility”, The Hindu Business Line, 3rd Nov 2018

1. 3. “Male Backlash and Female Guilt: Women’s employment, gender identity and partner violence in urban India”, Feminist Economics, 2022, 28:1, 170-198, DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2021.1986226, (with Vidya Mahambare)

• • • Media coverage:

    • Working women face more domestic violence, Sowmya Dhanaraj and Vidya Mahambare, The Hindu Business Line, Mar 5, 2021

    • Women who overturn gender norms face more violence in marriage: Study, Satviki Sanjay, IndiaSpend, Sep 30, 2021

    • Women who overturn gender norms face more violence in marriage: Study, Satviki Sanjay, The Business Standard, Oct 1, 2021

    • Women who upend patriarchal norms and exceed their husband's status face more violence: Study, Satviki Sanjay, Scroll.in, Oct 3, 2021.

1. 4. “Family structure, education, and women’s employment in rural India”, World Development, 2019, 115:17-29, (with Vidya Mahambare)

• Media coverage: Great Indian family doesn't help working women, Rukmini S. The Mint. 19 Feb 2019

• Working paper version: Family structure, education and women’s employment in rural India. WIDER Working Paper 2017/195. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER.

1. 5. "Household income dynamics and investment in children: Evidence from India", Education Economics, 2019, 27(5): 507-520, (with Smit Gade and Christy Mariya Paul)

• Working paper version: Household income dynamics and investment in Children: Evidence from India, Working Paper 177/2018, Madras School of Economics

1. 6. “From Income to Household Welfare: Lessons from refrigerator ownership in India”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2018, 16: 573 (with Vidya Mahambare and Poonam Munjal)

• Related media article: The hidden truth behind India's low refrigerator ownership, Vidya Mahambare, The Economic Times, Mar 24, 2017

• Working paper version: From Income to Household Welfare: Lessons from refrigerator ownership in India, Working Paper 199/2020, Madras School of Economics

1. 7. “Child Work and Schooling in rural north India: What do time use data say about tradeoffs and drivers of human capital investment?”, Indian Journal of Human Development, 2018, 12(3): 378-400 (with Sudha Narayanan)

• Working paper version: Child work and schooling in rural north India: What do time use data say about tradeoffs and drivers of human capital investment?, Working Paper 157/2017, Madras School of Economics

1. 8. "Effects of parental health shocks on children’s schooling: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India", International Journal of Educational Development, 2016, 49: 115-125

• Working paper version: Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India. WIDER Working Paper 2015/004. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER.

1. 9. "Economic vulnerability to health shocks and coping strategies: evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India", Health Policy and Planning, 2016, 31(6): 749-758

• Working paper version: Health Shocks and Coping Strategies: State Health Insurance Scheme of Andhra Pradesh, India. WIDER Working Paper 2014/003. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER.

1. 10. "Dynamic interdependence between US and Asian markets: An empirical Study", Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2013, 5(2): 220-237 (with Arun G and Suresh Babu M)

Refereed Book Chapters

1. “Women and work in urban India”, in India Development Report 2020, OUP, Forthcoming (with Vidya Mahambare)

2. "The Socio-economic profile of the state of Tamil Nadu", book chapter in Socioeconomic Profile of Rural India, Vol I: South India, For the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration for IAS training, forthcoming 2022 (with Vidya Mahambare)

3. 'Gender Empowerment' in 'Sustainable Development Goals: An Assessment of the Challenge Facing Urban India' commissioned by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), forthcoming 2022

4. "Characterising the Indian Workforce in the 21st Century: Patterns, Heterogeneities and Policy Priorities" in "Indian Economy in 21st Century - Essays for Professor V N Balasubramanyam (Baloo)", Edited by Deb Kusum Das and Homagni Choudhury, Springer Publications, Forthcoming