prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … timing in women's spike in labor force attachment. Parental assortative mating is also an important factor in both countries …

Micro-credit is seen as a vital tool for poverty alleviation & the empowerment of women in developing socities. This … volume examines micro-credit interventions in India …

line with rising women’s average years of education and labor market participation. Interesting heterogeneities across …

In this paper, we examine the intergenerational occupational mobility in India among men born during 1945-85. Following …

concave or convex, and gender biasaffects both relative and absolute mobility. We test these predictions in India and China … rural India, the mechanisms are underestimation of ability of girlsand unfavorable school environment. There is some … evidence of pure son preference in rural India.The girls in rural China do not face bias in financial investment by parents …

, school, and labor market. Mobility and investment equations from the model are estimated for India using data not truncated …