Published Work
“Women’s Work, Social Norms, and the Marriage Market” (with F. Afridi, A. Arora, K. Mahajan) Economic Development and Cultural Change (2025)
"Can bridging the learning gap improve test scores on a key national exam? Evidence from a remedial education program in Indian secondary schools" Economic Development and Cultural Change (2025)
"Women-Led Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) During Covid-19: Barriers and Opportunities” (with M. Kevane, A. Ratan) Feminist Economics (2024)
“Reshaping adolescents’ gender attitudes: Evidence from a school-based experiment in India” (with T. Jain, S. Jayachandran) American Economic Review (2022)
“Measuring Gender Attitudes: Developing and Testing Implicit Association Tests for Adolescents in India” (with T. Jain, A. Raj, V. Kapoor, V. Kapur) PLoS One (2022)
“Assessing the reliability of phone surveys to measure reproductive, maternal, and child health knowledge among pregnant women in rural India: a feasibility study” (with A. Ng, A. Lefevre, D. Mohan) BMJ Open (2022)
Evidence Review of the Global Childcare Crisis and the Road for post-COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience (with K.Grantham, L. Rouhani, N. Gupta, M. Melesse et al), IDRC and Gates Foundation: 2021
Strengthening Gender Measures and Data in the COVID-19 Era: An Urgent Need for Change (with ILO, World Bank, UN Women, Data2x, Stanford, UCSD EMERGE, GH5050), Gates Foundation: 2021
"Key learnings from an outcome and embedded process evaluation of a direct to beneficiary mobile health intervention among marginalised women in rural Bihar, India" (with L. Irani, A. Lefevre et al) BMJ Open (2022)
“Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey” (with D. Mohan, J. Bashingwa, N. Tiffin, N.Mulder, A. George, A. Lefevre), PLoS One (2020)
“Development of a Phone Survey Tool to Measure Respectful Maternity Care” (with A. LeFevre, K. Scott et al). Journal for Medical Internet Research (2019)
Are stage-based health information messages effective and good value for money in improving maternal newborn and child health outcomes in India? Protocol for an individually randomized controlled trial (with A. LeFevre, S. Agarwal, S. Chamberlain et al) Trials (2019)
“Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India” (with T. Jain, S. Jayachandran). Journal of Development Studies (2018)
“Associations between Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive and Maternal Health Outcomes in Bihar, India: A Cross-Sectional Study” (with J. Silverman, L. McDougal, A. Raj et al) Reproductive Health (2018)
Effects of an mHealth intervention for community health workers on maternal and child nutrition and health service delivery in India: protocol for a quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation (with S. Nimmagadda, L. Gopalakrishnan, R. Avula et al) BMJ Open (2018)
“Healthcare in India: A Fork in the Road,” (with N. Mor, S. Venkateswaran) in India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms (2017), ed. Rakesh Mohan, Penguin
“Associations of intimate partner violence with postnatal health practices in Bihar, India” (with S. Boyce, J. Silverman, L. McDougal, Y. Atmavilas, K.Hay, A. Raj) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2017)
Evaluation and Civil Society Stakeholders’ Perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development, ed. Jim Rugh and Marco Segone, UNICEF: 2013
Export Success and Industrial Linkages (with S. Khan, M. Navaid, M. Pradhananga, F. Siddique & S. Yanthrawaduge (2009), Palgrave Macmillan US.
Evaluation and Civil Society Stakeholders’ Perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development, ed. Jim Rugh and Marco Segone, UNICEF: 2013
"Can bridging the learning gap improve test scores on a key national exam? Evidence from a remedial education program in Indian secondary schools" Economic Development and Cultural Change (2025)
"Women-Led Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) During Covid-19: Barriers and Opportunities” (with M. Kevane, A. Ratan) Feminist Economics (2024)
“Reshaping adolescents’ gender attitudes: Evidence from a school-based experiment in India” (with T. Jain, S. Jayachandran) American Economic Review (2022)
- Press coverage in The Economist, The Hindu and Mint
“Measuring Gender Attitudes: Developing and Testing Implicit Association Tests for Adolescents in India” (with T. Jain, A. Raj, V. Kapoor, V. Kapur) PLoS One (2022)
“Assessing the reliability of phone surveys to measure reproductive, maternal, and child health knowledge among pregnant women in rural India: a feasibility study” (with A. Ng, A. Lefevre, D. Mohan) BMJ Open (2022)
Evidence Review of the Global Childcare Crisis and the Road for post-COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience (with K.Grantham, L. Rouhani, N. Gupta, M. Melesse et al), IDRC and Gates Foundation: 2021
- Press coverage in The Guardian, Forbes
Strengthening Gender Measures and Data in the COVID-19 Era: An Urgent Need for Change (with ILO, World Bank, UN Women, Data2x, Stanford, UCSD EMERGE, GH5050), Gates Foundation: 2021
"Key learnings from an outcome and embedded process evaluation of a direct to beneficiary mobile health intervention among marginalised women in rural Bihar, India" (with L. Irani, A. Lefevre et al) BMJ Open (2022)
“Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey” (with D. Mohan, J. Bashingwa, N. Tiffin, N.Mulder, A. George, A. Lefevre), PLoS One (2020)
“Development of a Phone Survey Tool to Measure Respectful Maternity Care” (with A. LeFevre, K. Scott et al). Journal for Medical Internet Research (2019)
Are stage-based health information messages effective and good value for money in improving maternal newborn and child health outcomes in India? Protocol for an individually randomized controlled trial (with A. LeFevre, S. Agarwal, S. Chamberlain et al) Trials (2019)
“Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India” (with T. Jain, S. Jayachandran). Journal of Development Studies (2018)
“Associations between Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive and Maternal Health Outcomes in Bihar, India: A Cross-Sectional Study” (with J. Silverman, L. McDougal, A. Raj et al) Reproductive Health (2018)
Effects of an mHealth intervention for community health workers on maternal and child nutrition and health service delivery in India: protocol for a quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation (with S. Nimmagadda, L. Gopalakrishnan, R. Avula et al) BMJ Open (2018)
“Healthcare in India: A Fork in the Road,” (with N. Mor, S. Venkateswaran) in India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms (2017), ed. Rakesh Mohan, Penguin
- Press coverage in Mint, Financial Express, Bloomberg Quint, The Hindu, Indian Express, NDTV, India Today
“Associations of intimate partner violence with postnatal health practices in Bihar, India” (with S. Boyce, J. Silverman, L. McDougal, Y. Atmavilas, K.Hay, A. Raj) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2017)
Evaluation and Civil Society Stakeholders’ Perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development, ed. Jim Rugh and Marco Segone, UNICEF: 2013
Export Success and Industrial Linkages (with S. Khan, M. Navaid, M. Pradhananga, F. Siddique & S. Yanthrawaduge (2009), Palgrave Macmillan US.
Evaluation and Civil Society Stakeholders’ Perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development, ed. Jim Rugh and Marco Segone, UNICEF: 2013
Working Papers
"Untangling Women’s Empowerment and Contraceptive Use: Longitudinal Evidence of the Cyclical Relationship from Five African Settings" (with M. Zimmerman, C. Myers, M. O'Brien)
“Indian Matchmaking: Are Working Women Penalized in the Marriage Market in India?” SSRN Working Paper: 2023
“What Makes Women Feel Safe: Evidence From New Delhi” (with K. Viswanath) Working paper: 2016 (on request)
“Indian Matchmaking: Are Working Women Penalized in the Marriage Market in India?” SSRN Working Paper: 2023
- Press coverage in Times of India, Times of India, CNBC TV18, Hindustan Times, CNBC-Awaaz, New Indian Express, The Swaddle, The Federal, Ideas for India, Navjivan and shared in World Bank blogs
“What Makes Women Feel Safe: Evidence From New Delhi” (with K. Viswanath) Working paper: 2016 (on request)
Recent Popular Writing
Misogyny in the matrimonial market: Data shows Indian men prefer wives without jobs, Indian Express (2024)
Investing in Communities means Investing in Childcare, Economist Impact (2023)
Filling the Gaps: Childcare laws for women's economic participation, World Bank Blogs (2022)
Indian Matchmaking: The marriage market penalty for working women, Ideas for India (2022). Hindi version here and short video here
Too Little, Too Late: Improving Post-Primary Learning Outcomes in India, Oxford Education.South Asia (2021)
Despite Recovery Efforts, Women's Unemployment Continues to Grow, Gates Foundation (2021)
Women's unpaid work has been unmeasured and undervalued for too long, King's College Global Institute for Women's Leadership (2020)