Upasak Das

Search results

• 2023

  Solving it correctly: Prevalence and persistence of gender gap in basic mathematics in rural India

  Das, U. & Singhal, K., 1 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 96, 102703.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gender 100%
  • India 33%
  • Persistence 33%
  • Learning Outcome 33%
  • Practice 16%
• 2022

  Adding fuel to human capital: Exploring the educational effects of cooking fuel choice from rural India

  Biswas, S. & Das, U., 1 Jan 2022, In: Energy Economics. 105, 105744.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fuels 100%
  • Child 66%
  • Household 50%
  • Returns to Education 50%
  • India 33%

• Are High-Altitude Residents More Susceptible to Covid-19 in India? Findings and Potential Implications for Research and Policy

  Chakraborty, S., Das, U., Rathore, U. & Sarkhel, P., 5 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Health Services. 52, 4, p. 455-469 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Altitude 100%
  • Policy 66%
  • Public 66%
  • Datum 66%
  • Support 66%

• Examining norms and social expectations surrounding exclusive breastfeeding: Evidence from Mali

  Bicchieri, C., Das, U., Gant, S. & Sander, R., 1 May 2022, In: World Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Breastfeeding 100%
  • Behavior 75%
  • Infant 75%
  • Expectations 50%
  • Children 37%

• Social beliefs and women's role in sanitation decision making in Bihar, India: An exploratory mixed method study

  Ashraf, S., Kuang, J., Das, U., Sphenev, A., Thulin, E. & Bicchieri, C., 27 Jan 2022, In: PlosOne.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Woman 100%
  • Decision 70%
  • Sanitation 52%
  • Household 47%
  • Belief 35%
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• Women as Pioneers: Examining Their Role in Decision Making on Toilet Construction in India

  Das, U., Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Sphenev, A. & Bicchieri, C., 23 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Construction 100%
  • Decision 66%
  • Households 66%
  • Decision Making 50%
  • India 33%
• 2021

  Birds of a feather flock together? Diversity and spread of COVID-19 cases in India

  Rathore, U., Das, U. & Sarkhel, P., 2021, University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, 33 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Inequality 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Homogeneity 100%
  • Community 74%
  • India 50%

• Can information campaigns reduce last mile payment delays in public works programme? Evidence from a field experiment in India

  Das, U., Paul, A. & Sharma, M., 2021, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research.

  Research output: Working paper

  Open Access

  • Information 100%
  • Programs 100%
  • Evidence 50%
  • Campaign 50%
  • India 50%

• Evidence of Low Willingness to Pay for COVID Vaccines

  Das, U., Pal, R. & Rathore, U., Jul 2021, In: Economic & Political Weekly. 56, 28

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Health Consequences of Patriarchal Kinship System for the Elderly: Evidence from India

  Rathore, U. & Das, U., 21 Jul 2021, In: The Journal of Development Studies. 58, 1, p. 145-163 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Protection 100%
  • Employment 100%
  • Expenditure 100%
  • Conditionality 100%
  • Parent 100%
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• Love Thy Neighbour? Perceived Community Abidance and Private Compliance to COVID-19 Norms in India

  Das, U., Sarkhel, P. & Ashraf, S., 15 Nov 2021, In: South Asia Economic Journal .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Community 100%
  • Altruism 42%
  • India 28%
  • Washing 28%
  • Behavioral Intervention 28%
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• Norms and Social Network–Centric Behavior Change Intervention (Nam Nalavazhvu) for Improved Toilet Usage in Peri-Urban Communities of Tamil Nadu: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

  Ashraf, S., Bicchieri, C., Delea, M. G., Das, U., Chauhan, K., Kuang, J., Sphenev, A. & Thulin, E., 3 May 2021, In: JMIR research protocols. 10, 5, e24407.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Behavior 100%
  • Expectations 66%
  • Legal Procedure 50%
  • Tamil 50%
  • India 33%

• On willingness to pay for Covid-19 vaccines: a case study from India

  Das, U., Rathore, U. & Pal, R., 10 Nov 2021, In: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Vaccine 100%
  • Linear Regression 25%
  • Probit Regression 25%
  • Indicator 12%
  • Case Study 12%
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• Rural employment guarantee programme in India and its impact on household educational decisions: A focus on private coaching

  Das, U., 7 May 2021, In: Journal of International Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Decision 100%
  • Employment 100%
  • India 100%
  • Expenditure 100%
  • Household 100%

• What’s the worth of a promise? Evaluating the longer-term indirect effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

  Biswas, S. & Das, U., Aug 2021, University of Manchester, Global Development Institute.

  Research output: Working paper
• 2020

  Awareness, Risk Perception, and Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Tamil Nadu, India

  Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Das, U. & Bicchieri, C., 30 Sep 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Bias in the perceived prevalence of open defecation: Evidence from Bihar, India

  Das, U., Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Delea, M. G., Sphenev, A., Bicchieri, C., Thulin, E. & McNally, P., 11 Sep 2020, In: PLoS ONE.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Biases 100%
  • Behavior 50%
  • Groups 25%
  • Public Health 25%
  • Attention 25%

• COVID-19 and the case for global development

  Oldekop, J., Horner, R., Hulme, D., Adhikari, R., Agarwal, B., Alford, M., Bakewell, O., Banks, N., Barrientos, S., Bastia, T., Bebbington, A., Das, U., Dimova, R., Duncombe, R., Enns, C., Fielding, D., Foster, C., Foster, T., Frederiksen, T., Gao, P., & 26 othersGillespie, T., Heeks, R., Hickey, S., Hess, M., Jepson, N., Karamchedu, A., Kothari, U., Krishnan, A., Lavers, T., Mamman, A., Mitlin, D., Monazam Tabrizi, N., Müller, T. R., Nadvi, K., Pasquali, G., Pritchard, R., Pruce, K., Rees, C., Renken, J., Savoia, A., Schindler, S., Surmeier, A., Tampubolon, G., Tyce, M., Unnikrishnan, V. & Zhang, Y-F., 1 Oct 2020, In: World Development. 134, p. 1-4 4 p., 105044.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Public Health 100%
  • Assumptions 100%
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• Does more schooling imply improved learning? Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer programme in India

  Das, U. & Sarkhel, P., 2020, University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, 32 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Learning Outcome 100%
  • Learning 83%
  • Conditionality 83%
  • Programs 83%
  • Enrolment 50%

• Sanitation Practices during Early Phases of COVID-19 Lockdown in Peri-Urban Communities in Tamil Nadu, India

  Ashraf, S., Kuang, J., Das, U. & Bicchieri, C., 30 Aug 2020, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103, 5, p. 2012-2018 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Toilet 100%
  • Defecation 27%
  • Public 18%
  • India 18%
  • Family 18%

• Towards conceptualization of a household educational indicator: Incorporating externalities

  Das, U. & Mishra, U. S., 25 Mar 2020, In: Social Indicators Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Household 100%
  • Welfare 66%
  • Education 41%
  • Training 41%
  • Higher Education 25%
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• Using information and technology to improve the efficacy of welfare programmes: evidence from a field experiment in India

  Das, U., Paul, A. & Sharma, M., 2020, University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, 39 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Information 100%
  • Programs 75%
  • Evidence 50%
  • Work 50%
  • India 50%

• Using information and technology to improve the efficacy of welfare programmes: evidence from a field experiment in India

  Das, U., Paul, A. & Sharma, M., Aug 2020, Centre for Development Studies, 66 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Information 100%
  • Evidence 50%
  • India 50%
  • Social Security Benefits 50%
  • Programs 50%

• Women are more likely to expect social sanctions for open defecation: evidence from Tamil Nadu India

  Kuang, J., Ashraf, S., Sphenev, A., Delea, M. G., Das, U. & Bicchieri, C., 13 Oct 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Behavior 100%
  • Sanitation 100%
  • Community 75%
  • Sanction 75%
  • Evidence 50%
• 2019

  Accuracy of Targeting under the Rural Employment Guarantee Programme: Comparison between West Bengal and Rest of India

  Das, U., 10 Mar 2019, In: Journal of International Development. 31, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Targeting 100%
  • Employment 100%
  • Surety 50%
  • Comparison 50%
  • Guarantee 50%
  104 Downloads (Pure)

• Post-Clientelistic Initiatives in a Patronage Democracy: the distributive politics of India's MGNREGA

  Das, U. & Maiorano, D., 7 Feb 2019, In: World Development. 117, p. 239-252

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Support 100%
  • Strategy 100%
  • Occupations 100%
  • Politics 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%

• Revisiting the Role of Private Schooling on Children Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Rural India

  Singhal, K. & Das, U., 25 Sep 2019, In: South Asian Economic Journal. 20, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Children 100%
  • Learning Outcome 100%
  • Training 75%
  • India 75%
  • Private Education 75%
• 2018

  Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: A study of India’s MGNREGA

  Maiorano, D., Das, U. & Masiero, S., 2018, In: Oxford Development Studies. 46, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Simulation Mode 50%
  • Guarantee 50%
  • Clientelism 50%
  • Surety 50%

• Explaining the Superior Education Outcomes of Kerala: The Role of State Activism and Historical Endowment

  Rathore, U. & Das, U., Nov 2018, In: Oxford Development Studies. 47, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Education 100%
  • Training 100%
  • Activism 100%
  • Employment 66%
  • Literacy 66%
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• 2017

  Accuracy of Targeting and Implications of Rationing in Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from West Bengal, India

  Das, U., 2017, Contemporary Issues in Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development in India. Moktan, A. (ed.). New Delhi Publishers

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Labour 100%
  • Employment 28%
  • Surety 28%
  • Targeting 14%
  • Regression Analysis 14%

• Inclusiveness of Information Access in Agriculture: Evidence from India

  Chakraborty, A. & Das, U., 2017, The Economies of China and India. Cooperation and Conflict: Economic Growth, Employment and Inclusivity: The International Environment. Agarwal, M., Wang, J. & Whalley, J. (eds.). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Vol. 3. p. 143-158 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Information 100%
  • Farmers 60%
  • Agriculture 20%
  • Consumption 20%
  • Government Agency 20%

• Shift of Rural Work Force from Farm to Non-Farm Employment: Some Determinants

  Das, U. & Rathore, U., 2017, Indian Agriculture after Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges. Goswami, B., Bezbaruah, M. P. & Mandal, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 168-182

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Agriculture 100%
  • Employment 40%
  • Agricultural Sector 40%
  • Regression Analysis 40%
  • Access to Education 40%

• The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

  Narayanan, S., Das, U., Liu, Y. & Barrett, C., 2017, International Food Policy Research Institute , 68 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

  • Employment 100%
  • Rationing 100%
  • Implementation 75%
  • Evidence 50%
  • Work 50%

• The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

  Narayanan, S., Das, U., Liu, Y. & Barrett, C., 18 Sep 2017, In: World Development. 100, p. 31-44

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Employment 100%
  • Rationing 100%
  • Implementation 75%
  • Evidence 50%
  • Work 50%
  200 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  MGNREGA Works and their Impacts: A Study of Maharashtra

  Das, U., Narayanan, S., Barrett, C. & Liu, Y., 2016, Social Policy. Orient Blackswan Private Limited

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Public works programme in India: An evaluation of the rural employment guarantee programme in West Bengal

  Das, U. & Kumar, I., 2016, Economics of China and India, Cooperation and Conflict: China and India: The International Context and Economic Growth, Manufacturing Performance and Rural Development. Agarwal, M., Wang, J. & Whalley, J. (eds.). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Vol. 1. p. 277-299 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Surety 50%
  • Guarantee 50%
  • Unemployment 33%
  • Intermediate Labor Market 33%

• Quality of Social Science Research in India

  Ray, A. S., Parameswaran, M., Agarwal, M., Ghosh, S., Mishra, U. S., Das, U. & Abraham, V., Apr 2016, Centre for Development Studies, 56 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Quality 100%
  • Indexes 85%
  • India 71%
  • Social Research 71%
  • Social Science Research 71%

• Quality of Social Science Research in India

  Ray, A. S., Parameshwaran, M., Agarwal, M., Ghosh, S., Mishra, U. S., Das, U. & Abraham, V., 2016, Social Science Research in India: Status, Issues and Policies. Thorat, S. & Verma, S. (eds.). Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Quality 100%
  • Periodicals 100%
  • Research 33%
  • Social Research 33%
  • Search 33%

• The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

  Narayanan, S., Das, U., Liu, Y. & Barrett, C., 2016, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Employment 100%
  • Rationing 100%
  • Implementation 75%
  • Evidence 50%
  • Work 50%
• 2015

  Can the rural employment guarantee scheme reduce rural out-migration: evidence from West Bengal, India

  Das, U., 2015, In: Journal of Development Studies. 51, 6, p. 621-641 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Work 50%
  • Social Participation 50%
  • Guarantee 50%
  • Out-Migration 50%

• Does political activity and affiliation affect allocation of benefits in the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from West Bengal

  Das, U., 2015, In: World Development. 67, p. 202-217 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Programs 100%
  • Employment 66%
  • Surety 66%
  • Allocation 66%
  • Labour 33%

• Dynamics of marriage and female labour participation: The case of India

  Das, U. & Kumar, R., 2015, In: Artha Vijnana. 57, 2, p. 83-98 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Work 100%
  • Labour 100%
  • Marriage 66%
  • Social Participation 50%
  • Woman 33%

• Increasing compulsion to work for wages: old age labor participation and supply in India over the past two decades

  Singh, A. & Das, U., 25 Jun 2015, In: Journal of Population Ageing. 8, p. 303–326 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Participation 100%
  • Work 80%
  • Elderly (Age Groups) 80%
  • Wage Labor 80%
  • Labour 80%

• MGNREGA works and their impacts: A Study of Maharashtra

  Kulkarni, A., Ranaware, K., Narayanan, S. & Das, U., Mar 2015, In: Economic & Political Weekly. 50, 13, p. 53-61 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Work 100%
  • Labour 100%
  • Employment 33%
  • Evidence 33%
  • Support 16%

• Rationing and accuracy of targeting in India: the case of the rural employment guarantee act

  Das, U., 2015, In: Oxford Development Studies. 43, 3, p. 361-378 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Labour 100%
  • Targeting 100%
  • Employment 40%
  • Surety 40%
  • Poverty 20%
• 2014

  Employment Guarantee for Women in India: Evidence on Participation and Rationing in the MGNREGA from the National Sample Survey

  Narayanan, S. & Das, U., Jun 2014, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, 23 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Employment 100%
  • Social Participation 50%
  • Guarantee 50%
  • Surety 50%
  • Child 33%

• Women participation and rationing in the employment guarantee scheme

  Narayanan, S. & Das, U., 15 Nov 2014, In: Economic & Political Weekly. 49, 46

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Guarantee 50%
  • Surety 50%
  • Social Participation 33%
  • Child 33%
• 2013

  Child Disability and Maternal Work Participation: New Evidence from India

  Gupta, P., Das, U. & Singh, A., 15 Jan 2013, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 25 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

  • Child 100%
  • Work 40%
  • Mothers 40%
  • Labour 40%
  • India 30%

• Household headship and academic skills of Indian children: a special focus on gender disparities

  Singh, A., Gaurav, S. & Das, U., 25 Apr 2013, In: European Journal of Population. 29, p. 445-466 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Households 100%
  • Gender 66%
  • Woman 50%
  • Men 50%

• How inclusive has regular employment been in India? a dynamic view

  Singh, A., Das, U. & Agarwal, T., 23 Apr 2013, In: The European Journal of Development Research. 25, p. 486–494 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Inequality 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Employment System 66%
  • Region 50%
  • India 33%