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Sonalde Desai

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First Name:Sonalde
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Last Name:Desai
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RePEc Short-ID:pde522
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Twitter: @sonaldedesai
Terminal Degree:1987 (from RePEc Genealogy)

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(99%) National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

New Delhi, India
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Working papers

  1. Sharan Sharma & Sonalde Desai & Debasis Barik & O.P. Sharma, 2024. "Gone and Forgotten? Predictors of Birth History Omissions in India," NCAER Working Papers 166, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  2. Sonalde Desai & Debasis Barik & Pallavi Choudhuri, 2024. "Rethinking Social Safety Nets in a Changing Society," NCAER Working Papers 171, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  3. Pallavi Choudhuri & Santanu Pramanik & Sonalde Desai, 2022. "Urban Exclusion: Rethinking Social Protection in the Wake of the Pandemic in India," NCAER Working Papers 135, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  4. Sonalde Desai & Feinian Chen & Shilpa Reddy & Amy McLaughlin, 2022. "Measuring Women's Empowerment in the Global South," NCAER Working Papers 134, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  5. Santanu Pramanik & Neerad Deshmukh & Sonalde Desai & Bijay Chouhan & Manjistha Banerji & Reem Ashraf & Dinesh Tiwari, 2022. "Coverage and Nonresponse Bias in Telephone Surveys during the COVID-19 Lockdown in India," NCAER Working Papers 136, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  6. Choudhuri, Pallavi & Desai, Sonalde, 2020. "Gender inequalities and household fuel choice in India," MPRA Paper 110340, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  7. Kriti, Vikram & Feinian, Chen & Desai, Sonalde, 2018. "Mothers' work patterns and Children's cognitive achievement: Evidence from the India Human Development survey," MPRA Paper 111169, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  8. Wei-Jun Jean, Yeung & Desai, Sonalde & Gavin W., Jones, 2018. "Families in Southeast and South Asia," MPRA Paper 111170, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2018.
  9. Tyler W., Myroniuk & Reeve, Vanneman & Desai, Sonalde, 2017. "Getting a Child through Secondary School and to College in India: The Role of Household Social Capital," MPRA Paper 111168, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  10. Sonalde Desai, 2016. "Gender Inequalities and Demographic Behaviour," Working Papers id:11452, eSocialSciences.
  11. Basu, Alaka & Desai, Sonalde, 2016. "Hopes, Dreams and Anxieties: India’s One-Child Families," MPRA Paper 117304, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  12. Sonalde Desai & Prem Vashishtha & Omkar Joshi, 2015. "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Catalyst for Rural Transformation," Working Papers id:7259, eSocialSciences.
  13. Barik, Debasis & Agrawal, Tushar & Desai, Sonalde, 2014. "After the Dividend:Caring for a Greying India," MPRA Paper 77247, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 02 Jun 2015.
  14. Sonalde Desai, 2014. "Demographic Deposit, Dividend and Debt," NCAER Working Papers 108, National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  15. Barik, Debasis & Desai, Sonalde, 2014. "Determinants of private healthcare utilisation and expenditure patterns in India," MPRA Paper 77220, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  16. Desai, Sonalde & Kiersten, Johnson, 2005. "Women's decision making and child health: Familal and social hierachies," MPRA Paper 111171, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  17. Maitreyi Bordia Das, and Sonalde Desai, 2003. "Why are educated women less likely to be employed in India? Testing competing hypotheses," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 27868, The World Bank.
  18. Bloch, Francis & Rao, Vijayendra & Desai, Sonalde, 1999. "Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption : Signaling Social Status in Rural India," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 1999022, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
  19. Desai, Sonalde, 1992. "Children at Risk: The role of family structure in Latin America and West Africa," MPRA Paper 117301, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  20. Desai, Sonalde & Linda J., Waite, 1991. "Women's employment during pregnancy and after the first birth: Occupational characteristics and work commitment," MPRA Paper 111172, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  21. Desai, S. & Michael, R.T. & Chase-Landale, P.L., 1990. "The Home Environment : A Mechanism Through which Maternal Employment Affects Child Development," University of Chicago - Economics Research Center 90-9, Chicago - Economics Research Center.
  22. Desai, S. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. & Michael, R.T., 1988. "Mother Or Market? Effects Of Maternal Employment On Cognitive Development Of Four-Year-Old Children," University of Chicago - Economics Research Center 88-11, Chicago - Economics Research Center.
  23. Sonal Desai & Robert T. Michael & P. L. Chase-Lansdale, "undated". "The Home Environment: A Mechanism Through Which Maternal Employment Affects Child Development 1991," University of Chicago - Population Research Center 90-9, Chicago - Population Research Center.
  24. Pallavi Choudhuri & Santanu Pramanik & Sonalde Desai, "undated". "Urban Exclusion: Rethinking Social Protection in the Wake of the Pandemic in India," Margin-The Journal of Applied Economic Research v:19:y:2023:i:2023-1:p:59, National Council of Applied Economic Research.

Articles

  1. Hope Xu Yan & Sonalde Desai & Debasis Barik, 2024. "Gender and Generation: Landownership and Older Indians’ Autonomy," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 172-210, January.
  2. Sojin Yu & Feinian Chen & Sonalde Desai, 2023. "Aligning household decision-making with work and education: A comparative analysis of women’s empowerment," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 48(19), pages 513-548.
  3. Pallavi Choudhuri & Santanu Pramanik & Sonalde Desai, 2023. "Urban Exclusion: Rethinking Social Protection in the Wake of the Pandemic in India," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 17(1-2), pages 59-93, February.
  4. Desai, Sonalde & Menon, Gautam I. & Afridi, Farzana & Pritchett, Lant & Jhabvala, Renana, 2022. "POLICY ROUNDTABLE 2: India Emerging from the Long Shadow of COVID-19," India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 18(1), pages 181-189.
  5. Lei, Lei & Desai, Sonalde, 2021. "Male out-migration and the health of left-behind wives in India: The roles of remittances, household responsibilities, and autonomy," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 280(C).
  6. Sonalde Desai, 2021. "Ankush Agarwal and Vikas Kumar Numbers in India's Periphery: The Political Economy of Government Statistics Cambridge University Press, 2020, 371 p., $120.00," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(2), pages 559-560, June.
  7. Sonalde Desai & Neerad Deshmukh & Santanu Pramanik, 2021. "Precarity in a Time of Uncertainty: Gendered Employment Patterns during the Covid-19 Lockdown in India," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1-2), pages 152-172, April.
  8. Choudhuri, Pallavi & Desai, Sonalde, 2021. "Lack of access to clean fuel and piped water and children’s educational outcomes in rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
  9. Sonalde Desai, 2021. "Isabel Wilkerson Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Random House, 2020. 496 p. $32.00," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(1), pages 267-271, March.
  10. Zhiyong Lin & Sonalde Desai & Feinian Chen, 2020. "The Emergence of Educational Hypogamy in India," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(4), pages 1215-1240, August.
  11. Lei Lei & Sonalde Desai & Feinian Chen, 2020. "Fathers' migration and nutritional status of children in India: Do the effects vary by community context?," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 43(20), pages 545-580.
  12. Sonalde Desai, 2020. "Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. 312 p. $27.95," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 46(2), pages 387-390, June.
  13. Sonalde Desai, 2020. "Neeraj Kaushal, Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement, Columbia University Press, 2019. 220 p. $30.00 (paper)," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 46(2), pages 392-393, June.
  14. Sonalde Desai, 2019. "Frederick F. Wherry, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Anthony Alvarez Credit Where It's Due New York: Russell Sage, 2019. 159 p," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 45(3), pages 685-686, September.
  15. Sonalde Desai, 2019. "Jason Beckfield Political Sociology and The People's Health New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 173 p. $29.95 (hardcover)," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 45(1), pages 252-253, March.
  16. Lei Lei & Sonalde Desai & Reeve Vanneman, 2019. "The Impact of Transportation Infrastructure on Women's Employment in India," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 94-125, October.
  17. Sonalde Desai, 2019. "Tim Dyson A Population History of India: From the First Modern People to the Present Day Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 336 p. $50.00," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 45(1), pages 249-251, March.
  18. Sonalde Desai & Omkar Joshi, 2019. "The Paradox of Declining Female Work Participation in an Era of Economic Growth," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 62(1), pages 55-71, March.
  19. Barik, Debasis & Desai, Sonalde & Vanneman, Reeve, 2018. "Economic Status and Adult Mortality in India: Is the Relationship Sensitive to Choice of Indicators?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 176-187.
  20. Esha Chatterjee & Sonalde Desai & Reeve Vanneman, 2018. "Indian paradox: Rising education, declining womens' employment," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 38(31), pages 855-878.
  21. Thorat, Amit & Vanneman, Reeve & Desai, Sonalde & Dubey, Amaresh, 2017. "Escaping and Falling into Poverty in India Today," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 413-426.
  22. Sonalde Desai, 2017. "Carole R. McCann Figuring the Population Bomb: Gender and Demography in the Mid-Twentieth Century Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2016 . 328 p. $90.00; $30.00 (pbk.)," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 43(3), pages 579-580, September.
  23. Desai, Sonalde & Vanneman, Reeve, 2015. "Enhancing Nutrition Security via India's National Food Security Act: Using an Axe Instead of a Scalpel?," India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 11(1), pages 67-118.
  24. Sonalde Desai & Gheda Temsah, 2014. "Muslim and Hindu Women’s Public and Private Behaviors: Gender, Family, and Communalized Politics in India," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(6), pages 2307-2332, December.
  25. Vikram, Kriti & Vanneman, Reeve & Desai, Sonalde, 2012. "Linkages between maternal education and childhood immunization in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 331-339.
  26. Sonalde Desai & Lester Andrist, 2010. "Gender scripts and age at marriage in India," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 47(3), pages 667-687, August.
  27. Sonalde Desai & Lijuan Wu, 2010. "Structured Inequalities—Factors Associated with Spatial Disparities in Maternity Care in India," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 4(3), pages 293-319, August.
  28. Sonalde Desai & Veena Kulkarni, 2008. "Changing educational inequalities in india in the context of affirmative action," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 45(2), pages 245-270, May.
  29. Sonalde Desai & Amaresh Dubey & Reeve Vanneman & Rukimini Banerji, 2008. "Private Schooling in India: A New Educational Landscape," India Policy Forum, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 5(1), pages 1-58.
  30. Francis Bloch & Vijayendra Rao & Sonalde Desai, 2004. "Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption: Signaling Social Status in Rural India," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 39(3).
  31. Sonalde Desai & Soumya Alva, 1998. "Maternal education and child health: Is there a strong causal relationship?," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 35(1), pages 71-81, February.
  32. Sonalde Desai & P. Chase-Lansdale & Robert Michael, 1989. "Mother or Market? Effects of Maternal Employment on the Intellectual Ability of 4-Year-Old Children," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 26(4), pages 545-561, November.

Books

  1. Desai, Sonalde & Dubey, Amaresh & Joshi, Brij Lal & Sen, Mitali & Sharif, Abusaleh & Vanneman, Reeve, 2010. "Human Development in India: Challenges for a Society in Transition," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198065128.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (3) 2021-11-22 2024-06-17 2024-10-14
  2. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2022-05-09 2024-02-26
  3. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2022-05-09 2024-02-26
  4. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2021-11-22
  5. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2021-11-22
  6. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2022-05-02
  7. NEP-INV: Investment (1) 2024-06-17
  8. NEP-IPR: Intellectual Property Rights (1) 2024-10-14
  9. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2022-05-09

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