Upasak Das

University of Manchester

Presidential Fellow

Manchester

United Kingdom

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Conditional Cash Transfer for Secondary Education: Impact Assessment of the Kanyashree Program in West Bengal

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Sep 2019
Upasak Das and Prasenjit Sarkhel
University of Manchester and University of Kalyani
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Kanyashree, Conditional Cash Transfer, Triple Difference, Synthetic Control

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Solving it correctly: Prevalence and Persistence of Gender Gap in Basic Mathematics in rural India

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2021
Upasak Das and Karan Singhal
University of Manchester and University of Luxembourg
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Mathematics, Gender, Anxiety, Gender Stereotype, IHDS, India

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Can the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Reduce Short-Term Migration: Evidence from West Bengal, India

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Sep 2013
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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MGNREGS, migration, bivariate probit, endogeneity, impact, West Bengal

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Rationing and Its Implication on Targeting in India: The Case of the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Jan 2013
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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Targeting, Rationing, MGNREGS, Bivariate Probit, Tobit, Sample Selection

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Does Political Connections and Affiliation Affect Allocation of Benefits in the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from West Bengal, India

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 May 2013
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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political connections, political support, MGNREGA, West Bengal

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

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Jun 2017
Karan Singhal and Upasak Das
University of Luxembourg and University of Manchester
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learning outcomes, private schooling, education, IHDS, rural India

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The 'Discouraged Worker Effect' in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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administrative rationing, discouraged worker effect, employment guarantee, India, labor supply, MGNREGA, workfare programs

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Does More Schooling Imply Improved Learning? Evidence From a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in India

Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 2020-045 September 2020
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Upasak Das and Prasenjit Sarkhel
University of Manchester and University of Kalyani
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Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Learning Outcomes, Triple Difference, Synthetic Control, Educational Amenities

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The ‘Discouraged Worker Effect’ in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1633
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 May 2017
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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India; South Asia; Asia; Wages; Labor; Social Protection; Social Safety Net; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme; Administrative Rationing; Discouraged Worker Effect; Employment Guarantee

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

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Oct 2012
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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targeting, rationing, NREGS, bivariate probit, tobit, sample selection, West Bengal

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Consequences of Patriarchal Kinship System in India: Relationship Between Health Outcomes of Elderly and Share of Daughters

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Jul 2020
Udayan Rathore and Upasak Das
Oxford Policy Management India Private Ltd. and University of Manchester
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Gender discrimination, India, old age

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Toilet Use is a Descriptive Norm: The Influence of Social Expectations on Toilet Use in Bihar and Tamil Nadu, India

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Feb 2022
Erik Thulin, Alex Shpenev, Sania Ashraf, Upasak Das, Jinyi Kuang and Cristina Bicchieri
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Pennsylvania - Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Manchester, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania
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sanitation, toilet use, behavior change, collective behaviors, norms, India

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Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in India and Its Impact on Household Educational Decisions: A Focus on Private Coaching

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Apr 2018
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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MGNREGA, education, private coaching, tuition, West Bengal, India

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Using Information and Technology to Improve Efficacy of Welfare Programs: Evidence From a Field Experiment in India

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2019
Upasak Das, Amartya Paul and Mohit Sharma
University of Manchester, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) India and Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD)
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information; Welfare program; implementation; randomization; delay of payments; MGNREGS

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

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Jan 2017
Upasak Das
University of Manchester
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Targeting, Rationing, MGNREGA, West Bengal, India

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

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Sep 2021
Upasak Das and Shreya Biswas
University of Manchester and BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
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Education, labour participation, early marriage, conditional cash transfer, dowry, gender norms

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Towards Conceptualization of a Household Educational Indicator: Incorporating Externalities

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Aug 2019
Upasak Das and Udaya S. Mishra
University of Manchester and Center for Development Studies
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Education, Household index, Externality, Proximity, Gender, India

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Using Information and Technology to Improve the Efficacy of Welfare Programmes: Evidence From a Field Experiment in India

Das, Upasak, Paul, Amartya and Sharma, Mohit. (2020) Using information and technology to improve the efficacy of welfare programmes: evidence from a field experiment in India. GDI Working Paper 2020-049. Manchester: The University of Manchester.
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Dec 2020
Upasak Das, Amartya Paul and Mohit Sharma
University of Manchester, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) India and Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD)
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Information, welfare programme, implementation, randomisation, delay of payments, MGNREGS

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Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Examining Caste Diversity During COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Apr 2022
Upasak Das, Udayan Rathore and Prasenjit Sarkhel
University of Manchester, Oxford Policy Management India Private Ltd. and University of Kalyani
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Social homogeneity, India, Caste, COVID-19 cases, Lockdown

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Determinants of Old Age Wage Labor Participation and Supply in India: Changes over the Past Two Decades

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 May 2013
Ashish Singh and Upasak Das
Azim Premji University and University of Manchester

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Ageing, older individuals, labor supply, Heckman, IGOANPS, NSS