- Date
- Friday 18 Sep 2020, 09:00 - 11:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- This defence will take place online
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
Due to the coronavirus, the defence will take place online. You can follow the proceedings via ISS Livestream.
On 18 September 2020, Tanmoy Majilla will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'Essays in Empirical Development Economics'
It is well documented that the economic status of men and women is not equal in most societies. However, South Asia stands out as an extreme case. The region is well-known for its strong son preference, it has a large number of ‘missing women’ and low female labour force participation.
Motivated by the stark gender differences both within the household and at the point of labour market entry, this thesis examines issues that are pertinent to son preference and labor market entry of young women.
The 4 essays in this thesis consider various elements of son preference and its economic consequences is various settings. Issues of research include:
- parental allocation of educational resources in India
- parental allocation of educational resources in Pakistan
- motherhood penalty in urban India and the link between community gender norms and the motherhood penalty
- the extent to which access to childcare support mitigates the motherhood penalty
Doctoral board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisor
Co-supervisor
Members of the Full Doctoral Committee
Professor Abhiroop Mukhopadhya, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Professor Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus University
Professor Stefan Klonner, University of Heidelberg
Professor Chris Elbers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Professor Irene van Staveren, ISS