Review of : India’s Long-Term Growth Experience: Lessons and Prospects by Sadiq Ahmed. Sage India, New Delhi, February 2007.

Using NFHS 2005 data, we estimate a cox proportional hazard model to identify the determinants of age at marriage and age at first birth. We find that women who grew up in the countryside or in towns are more likely to marry early and have children earlier. We find a similar result for women...

This paper seeks to understand temporal changes in poverty and well-being in Indian cities during the era of economic reforms. The evidence on improvements in well being is mixed. During this period, there was an increase in the number of urban poor. Using two nationally representative samples,...

<p>This paper seeks to understand temporal changes in poverty and well-being in Indian cities during the era of economic reforms. The evidence on improvements in well being is mixed. During this period, there was an increase in the number of urban poor. Using two nationally representative samples,...</p>

This paper addresses gender equity in parents‘ educational investments in children in a context of rising school attendance in rural Bangladesh. Our premise is that in addition to factors such as school enrollment and aspects of school quality, attention should focus on household level...