Upasak Das

University of Pennsylvania

Post Doctoral Fellow

New Delhi

India

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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 Pennsylvania
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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 Pennsylvania
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political connections, political support, MGNREGA, West Bengal

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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 Pennsylvania
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MGNREGS, migration, bivariate probit, endogeneity, impact, West Bengal

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Gender Differences in Mathematics Performance: Evidence from Rural India

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2018
Upasak Das and Karan Singhal
University of Pennsylvania and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
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Mathematics, Gender, Anxiety, Gender Stereotype, IHDS, India

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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 Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania
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targeting, rationing, NREGS, bivariate probit, tobit, sample selection, West Bengal

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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 Pennsylvania, 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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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
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and University of Pennsylvania
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learning outcomes, private schooling, education, IHDS, rural India

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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 Pennsylvania and University of Kalyani
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Kanyashree, Conditional Cash Transfer, Triple Difference, Synthetic Control

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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 Pennsylvania
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MGNREGA, education, private coaching, tuition, West Bengal, India

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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 Pennsylvania
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Targeting, Rationing, MGNREGA, 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 Pennsylvania, 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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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 Pennsylvania and Center for Development Studies
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Education, Household index, Externality, Proximity, Gender, India

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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 Pennsylvania

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