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Essays On Women And Work In India And On Other-Regarding Preferences, Sai Madhurika Mamunuru
Essays On Women And Work In India And On Other-Regarding Preferences, Sai Madhurika Mamunuru
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation is a collection of three essays. In Essay I, I explore declining female workforce participation in India and propose the following explanation: Traditionally, Brahmin (upper caste) women were more secluded and did not work outside the house, while non-Brahmin, often poorer, women did. With increased income, non-Brahmin families withdraw women from the workforce in order to signal their enhanced social status. This is a part of a larger process of cultural emulation referred to as the Sanskritization of non-Brahmin families. Using a nationally representative panel dataset, I show, in favor of this hypothesis, that while Brahmin women’s participation …
Three Essays On The Social Determinants Of Early Childhood Health And Development, Andrew Barenberg
Three Essays On The Social Determinants Of Early Childhood Health And Development, Andrew Barenberg
Doctoral Dissertations
This three-paper dissertation examines the social determinants of early childhood and in-utero health. The first chapter examines the impact of early childhood stunting on educational outcome in Tanzania. Using the extent of third-trimester overlap with the Tanzania hunger season to create an exogenous variation in stunting, I find that a one standard deviation stunting decreases educational achievement by .88 school years compared to a child's siblings. A placebo group not affected by the hunger season is used to confirm that in-utero nutrition deprivation is the cause of the education differences. The second paper utilizes the food price shocks and price …