Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "India"
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Changing patterns of social inequalities in anaemia among women in India: cross-sectional study using nationally representative data
(BMJ Group, 2013)Objectives: To examine the patterns of social inequalities in anaemia over time among women of reproductive age in India. Design: Repeated cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from the 1998/1999 and ... -
Description and phylogeny of Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012)Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Namanereidinae)is described from the southern coast of Kerala in southwest India. One important characteristic feature of the species is the lack of notochaetae in all ... -
Does it Take a Village? Essays on Social Context and Child Development in India
(2022-11-23)International discourse on community determinants of child health largely draws from evidence on high income countries. Adverse social and contextual exposures are deeply rooted in local histories, oppressions, and societal ... -
Essays on Gender, Intra-Household Allocation and Development
(2014-06-06)This dissertation studies gender, intra-household allocation and development. Industrialization and globalization has expanded opportunities for women in developing countries to work in manufacturing and service sector ... -
Essays on Intragroup Processes in Intergroup Relations
(2020-11-23)This dissertation studies the intragroup dynamics that guide the intergroup behavior and attitudes of groups in tension. The first essay develops a categorization for peace-building interventions and a theory of intragroup ... -
Essays on Local Economic Growth in India
(2013-10-18)This dissertation explores how local circumstances affect local -
Getting Better or Feeling Better? How Equity Investors Respond to Investment Experience
(National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014)Using a large representative sample of Indian retail equity investors, many of them new to the stock market, we show that both years of investment experience and feedback from investment returns have significant effects ... -
Governing Islam: Law and Religion in Colonial India
(2013-08-09)This dissertation charts how the legal regulation of Islam in colonial India fostered a conception of religion that focused on dividing it from secular economy and politics. Colonial law segregated religious law from other ... -
The impact of power generation emissions on ambient PM2.5 pollution and human health in China and India
(Elsevier BV, 2018-12)Emissions from power plants in China and India contain a myriad of fine particulate matter (PM2.5, PM≤2.5 micrometers in diameter) precursors, posing significant health risks among large, densely settled populations. Studies ... -
The Incidence of Burns Among Sex-Trafficking Victims in India
(YJBM, 2014)Sex trafficking remains a flagrant violation of human rights, creating many public health concerns. During the initiation period, these victims experience acts of violence including gang rapes, subjecting them to traumatic ... -
Indian Insanes: Lunacy in the 'Native' Asylums of Colonial India, 1858-1912
(2013-10-18)The new Government of India did not introduce legislation for `native' lunacy in colonial India as a measure of social control after the uprisings of 1857-8; discussions about Indian insanes had already occurred in 1856, ... -
Land Conflicts and Cooperatives along Pune's Highways: Managing India's Agrarian to Urban Transition
(2013-09-18)The past ten years has been a decade of land wars in India. Rapid urbanization is spilling beyond city boundaries into the highways connecting large cities, instigating a frenzied consolidation and conversion of agricultural ... -
Marital status, widowhood duration, gender and health outcomes: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Previous research has demonstrated health benefits of marriage and the potential for worse outcomes during widowhood in some populations. However, few studies have assessed the relevance of widowhood and widowhood ... -
Mixed Ownership and Alternatives to Privatization in India
(2023-04-19)This paper conducts two empirical investigations concerning state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in India. The first follows existing methods proposed by Ben-Nasr et al. (2012) and OECD (2019b) to estimate the cost of equity for ... -
Revaluing Viability: Science and Legumes in Indian Agriculture
(2022-05-12)In the mid-twentieth century, Indian scientists collected wild relatives of the pigeon pea and chickpea, piecing together their traits and useful qualities. Alongside this research and knowledge production, hybrids were ... -
Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity’s Largest Gathering
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Macroscopic behavior of scientific and societal systems results from the aggregation of microscopic behaviors of their constituent elements, but connecting the macroscopic with the microscopic in human behavior has ...