Does ‘Love’ make a difference? Marriage choice and post-marriage decision-making power Manjistha Banerji Ashwini S. Deshpande

Women's limited intra-household decision-making power has several dimensions: geographic, cultural, economic, and demographic. The dimension we focus on in this paper relates to women's transition into marriage. Marriages in India are near universal and age at marriage is low implying that nearly all women spend...   Read More

Economic Status and Adult Mortality in India: Is the Relationship Sensitive to Choice of Indicators? Debasis Barik Sonalde Desai Reeve Vanneman

Research on economic status and adult mortality is often stymied by the reciprocity of this relationship and lack of clarity on which aspect of economic status matters. While financial resources increase access to healthcare and nutrition and reduce mortality, sickness also reduces labor force participation, thereby...   Read More