Published Work
"Evidence Review of Women-Led Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Before, During, and After Covid-19” (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
“Mitigating Communal Conflict by Engaging Youth” (with A. Mandelbaum, A. Farrand) Search for Common Ground: 2009
“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
“Mitigating Communal Conflict by Engaging Youth” (with A. Mandelbaum, A. Farrand) Search for Common Ground: 2009
Working Papers
“Too little, too late: Improving Post-primary Learning Outcomes in India” (with G. Chiplunkar, R. Nagesh)
Revise & Resubmit, Economic Development and Cultural Change
“Indian Matchmaking: Are Working Women Penalized in the Marriage Market in India?” SSRN Working Paper: 2023
"Women's Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market" (with. F. Afridi, A. Arora, K. Mahajan)
“What Makes Women Feel Safe: Evidence From New Delhi” (with K. Viswanath) Working paper: 2016 (on request)
Revise & Resubmit, Economic Development and Cultural Change
“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
"Women's Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market" (with. F. Afridi, A. Arora, K. Mahajan)
“What Makes Women Feel Safe: Evidence From New Delhi” (with K. Viswanath) Working paper: 2016 (on request)
Recent Popular Writing
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)