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2019
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Seminar Series: Sonalde Desai

Neither at Home, Nor in the Market: Low Returns to Women's Education in India

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Today school enrollment in India is virtually universal and a majority of youth continue to secondary education, even girls. However, rising education does not translate into rising employment opportunities for women or ability to secure husbands with high levels of education. Using data from India Human Development Survey, a nationally representative survey of over 42,000 households, I examine educational differentials in women’s employment and marriage patterns and examine the extent to which secular increases in income and education account for these puzzling results.

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Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, room 320
291 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
USA

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Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, room 320

291 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
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Professor of Sociology

University of Maryland