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S Chandrasekhar chandra@igidr.ac.in
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Education: Ph.D. (Economics) The Pennsylvania State University, 2004
Office Telephone: +91-22-28416551
Research Interests: Development Economics

 Selected Publications:

Journal Publications:

 

·  “Effect of Conflict on Age at Marriage and Age at First Birth in Rwanda”, Forthcoming in Population Research and Policy Review, co-authored with Tesfayi Gebreselassie and Anuja Jayaraman. (Working Paper Version)

 

·  “Willingness to Contribute to Sanitation Projects – Evidence from India”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol 5 No.2, July 2007

 

·  “Primary Education as a Fundamental Right: Cost Implications”, Economic and Political Weekly, Sept 2006, 3797-3804, co-authored with Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay

 

 Book Chapters:

·  “Migration and Urbanization: Evidence from India”, in Deborah Balk, and Mark R Montgomery, edited, Projecting the Urban Future: New Methods and Data for Developing Countries, Springer (Forthcoming)

 

·  “Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in Urban India”, in George Martine, Gordon McGranahan, Mark R Montgomery, and Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla edited, New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century, Earthscan, 2008, co-authored with Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay

 

·  “Overview – Growth: Achievements and Distress”, in R Radhakrishna, edited, India Development Report 2008, Oxford University Press, 2008,  co-authored with R Radhakrishna

 

·  “Exploring Intra Urban Differences in Economic Well Being in India”, in R Radhakrishna, edited, India Development Report 2008, Oxford University Press, 2008, co-authored with Tesfayi Gebreselassie

 

·  “Access to Water and Sanitation and the Willingness to Pay for Projects: Evidence from Female and Male-Headed Households in Rural India”, in Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, edited, Fluid Bonds: Views on Gender and Water, The National Institute of Environment, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2006, co-authored with Priyodorshi Banerjee

 

·  “Improving Demographic Outcomes in Slums”, in Parth J Shah and Makarand Bakore, edited, Ward Power: Decentralised Urban Governance, Centre for Civil Society, 2006

 Working Papers:

·  “Maternal Health Care Seeking Behavior in a Post-Conflict HIPC: The Case of Rwanda”, with T. Gebreselassie and A. Jayaraman (Working Paper Version)

 

·  “An Empirical Examination of Multiple Dimensions of Urban Well-Being in India”, with A Mukhopadhyay (Working Paper Version)

 

 Projects:

·  “Construction of Composite Index for Household Amenities”, Study Commissioned by Planning Commission, Government of India, 2007

 

·  “Poverty Hotspots in Rural India”, Report Submitted to United Nations Development Programme as part of the National Research Programme on Growth and Human Development, 2005, (with Shovan Ray)

 

·  “Lessons from ‘Akshaya’ E-literacy Project in Malappuram, Kerala”, Report submitted to the Gender Caucus, World Summit on Information Society, 2005, (with Anuja Jayaraman)

 

·  “Rural-Urban Disparities in Maharashtra”, Research Study Undertaken for National Institute of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, 2005, (with Vijay Laxmi Pandey)

 

 Work In Progress:

·  “Poverty and Housing in Urban India”, with Mark R. Montgomery

 

·   Mapping the Risks of Climate Change in Developing Countries”,Deborah Balk, Gordon McGranahan, Mark R. Montgomery, S. Chandrasekhar, Christopher Small, Valentina Mara, and Donghwan Kim

 

·  “Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender differences in Time Use among Children in Bangladesh”, with Sajeda Amin


 
 
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