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href="/2021/02/coping-with-the-consequences-of-short-term-illness-shocks-the-role-of-intra-household-labour-substitution/" rel="permalink">Coping with the Consequences of Short-Term Illness Shocks: The Role of Intra-Household Labour Substitution </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Abhishek Dureja, Digvijay S. Neg </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/too-costly-to-follow-blindly-endogenous-learning-and-herding/" rel="permalink">Too Costly To Follow Blindly: Endogenous Learning and Herding </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Srijita Ghosh </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/career-concerns-and-distortion-in-credit-uptake-evidence-from-indias-lead-bank-scheme/" rel="permalink">Career Concerns and Distortion in Credit Uptake: Evidence from India鈥檚 Lead Bank Scheme </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Samarth Gupta </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/acceptable-utility-bounds-in-sequencing-problems-with-incentives/" rel="permalink">Acceptable Utility Bounds in Sequencing Problems with Incentives </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Sreoshi Banerjee, Parikshit De, Manipushpak Mitra </p> </article> </div> </div> <a href="#page-title" class="back-to-top">Back to Top ↑</a> </section> <section id="labor-and-demographic-economics" class="taxonomy__section"> <h2 class="archive__subtitle">Labor and Demographic Economics</h2> <div class="entries-list"> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2022/02/perceptions-biases-and-inequality/" rel="permalink">Perceptions, Biases, and Inequality </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Dyotona Dasgupta, Anuradha Saha </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/11/measuring-monetary-policy-shocks-in-india/" rel="permalink">Measuring Monetary Policy Shocks in India </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Aeimit Lakdawala, Rajeswari Sengupta </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/09/dont-cross-the-line-bounding-the-causal-effect-of-hypergamy-violation-on-domestic-violence-in-india/" rel="permalink">Don鈥檛 Cross the Line: Bounding the Causal Effect of Hypergamy Violation on Domestic Violence in India </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Punarjit Roychowdhury, Gaurav Dhamija </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/06/women-violence-and-work-threat-of-sexual-violence-and-womens-decision-to-work/" rel="permalink">Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women鈥檚 Decision to Work </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Tanika Chakraborty, Nafisa Lohawala </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/06/participatory-theater-empowers-women-evidence-from-india/" rel="permalink">Participatory Theater Empowers Women: Evidence from India </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Karla Hoff, Jyotsna Jalan, Sattwik Santra </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/06/job-specialization-and-labor-market-turnover/" rel="permalink">Job Specialization and Labor Market Turnover </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Srinivasan Murali </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/do-workers-discriminate-against-their-out-group-employers-evidence-from-an-online-platform-economy/" rel="permalink">Do workers discriminate against their out-group Employers? Evidence from an Online Platform Economy </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Sher Afghan Asad, Ritwik Banerjee, Joydeep Bhattacharya </p> </article> </div> </div> <a href="#page-title" class="back-to-top">Back to Top ↑</a> </section> <section id="health-education-and-welfare" class="taxonomy__section"> <h2 class="archive__subtitle">Health, Education, and Welfare</h2> <div class="entries-list"> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/06/identity-and-learning-a-study-on-the-effect-of-student-teacher-gender-matching-on-learning-outcomes/" rel="permalink">Identity and Learning: A Study on the Effect of Student-Teacher Gender Matching on Learning Outcomes </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Sukanta Bhattacharya, Aparajita Dasgupta, Kumarjit Mandal, Anirban Mukherjee </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/preferences-or-expectations-understanding-the-gender-gap-in-major-choice/" rel="permalink">Preferences or Expectations Understanding the Gender Gap in Major Choice </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Aparajita Dasgupta, Anisha Sharma </p> </article> </div> </div> <a href="#page-title" class="back-to-top">Back to Top ↑</a> </section> <section id="macroeconomics-and-monetary-policy" class="taxonomy__section"> <h2 class="archive__subtitle">Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy</h2> <div class="entries-list"> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2022/02/perceptions-biases-and-inequality/" rel="permalink">Perceptions, Biases, and Inequality </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Dyotona Dasgupta, Anuradha Saha </p> </article> </div> <div class="list__item"> <article class="archive__item" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <h2 class="archive__item-title no_toc" itemprop="headline"> <a href="/2021/02/aggregate-shocks-domestic-trade-collapse-andregional-realignment/" rel="permalink">Aggregate Shocks, Domestic Trade Collapse and Regional Realignment </a> </h2> <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">Authors: Anindya S. 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