NCAER is proud to co-host two key sessions (Inequality, Gender & Education, & Rural Women in the context of Agrarian crisis) at the CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT STUDIES conference. The international conference titled 'Reflections on the Past: Looking to the Future', marking 50 yrs of Towards Equality

'NCAER India Human Development Survey team explores ‘gatekeeping’, the phenomenon where access to a sample person in the household is controlled by another person. In their recent paper in Survey Practice they discuss the prevalence of gatekeeping and implications of these

📢 Presenting Volume 2 of the NCAER-NDIC Early Career Fellows Newsletter & Podcast! This edition explores data gaps in mortality statistics, labour underutilization, and hidden diabetes in India. 🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3FrfeeK Listen now: soundcloud.com/coord_ndic/tra…

Five years after COVID-19 changed the world, what are the lessons we can carry forward for such future emergencies – whether due to a new virus or due to natural disasters? Read an Op-Ed by NCAER Faculty Sonalde Desai in Indian Express: bit.ly/4hH6TkF

📢 Presenting Volume 3 of the NCAER-NDIC Early Career Fellows Newsletter & Podcast! This edition delves into rethinking data quality. From measuring leisure among older adults to re-evaluating slum statistics and interviewer bias in sensitive surveys. 🔗

NCAER Faculty Pallavi Choudhuri joined an expert panel at the National Workshop on Longitudinal Surveys in India, hosted by Madras Institute of Development Studies. As a panel expert, she highlighted innovations in survey methodology & data quality, and how strengthening longitudinal research is crucial for

Beyond the Headlines: Women’s Lives in Data This International Women's Day special edition unveils fresh insights from IHDS-3, where data tells the stories behind progress and challenges. From education gaps to healthcare access and gender roles. What’s changing for women in

Released: Latest Issue of Margin – A Peer-Reviewed Journal The latest issue of Margin, jointly published by NCAER and Sage, is now available. Drawing on findings from first 2 waves of IHDS Corner, this special issue explores key themes including weather shocks and

📢 Delighted to share the lineup of NCAER's IHDS team participating in #PAA2025. From health and education to climate migration and gender disparities, our data-driven research brings Indian perspectives to the forefront of global demographic dialogue. #IHDS

NCAER Professor Sonalde Desai has been awarded the prestigious Harriet B. Presser Award at PAA 2025 for her outstanding contributions to gender and population research. Her pioneering work on the India Human Development Survey (IHDS Corner) continues to shape

Can migration influence education across generations? A new study using IHDS data finds that short-term parental migration strengthens intergenerational educational persistence, especially for higher transitions when driven by economic distress. Read more:

What made America a hub of scientific creativity? If there is a silver lining to the chaos afflicting the American research ecosystem, it is in helping us appreciate what really matters. My article in today's Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Migration is reshaping household priorities. The new research featuring IHDS data shows migrant households allocate less to food but more to conspicuous consumption and to productive investments compared to non-migrant households. Read more about the economics of mobility:

As India heats up, clean H2O access worsens. New research in NatureClimate links temps >33°C to “water poverty.” #Heatwaves & H2O stress rise. #ClimateCrisis IHDS Corner India Meteorological Department India Water Foundation tinyurl.com/565eah6k

NCAER Faculty Pallavi Choudhuri served as a panellist in the Data Users Conference organised by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in collaboration with the Indian School of Business on 27th May 2025. She

Explore the latest findings from the May edition of the IHDS Newsletter 📊 From how local ties shape trust in governance to how education and social networks influence fertility decisions, discover new evidence from IHDS panel data. 📘 Read more: bit.ly/4keOayW #IHDS

📢 The June edition of the IHDS Newsletter is out now! Using NCAER’s India Human Development Survey data, this issue features papers with insights on the labour market, including the effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes and a close examination of rising wage

Explore findings from the latest July edition of the NCAER’s IHDS Research Digest📊 This issue of the NCAER IHDS Research Digest features articles utilising NCAER's India Human Development Survey data for research on sex ratio and fertility preferences and impacts of unwanted

Do unwanted births have health costs for women beyond motherhood? Data from NCAER’s India Human Development Survey reveals that women who had unwanted births were significantly more likely to report a decline in their overall health years after childbirth, compared to those who

Can male-skewed sex ratios influence patriarchal gender norms? New research using NCAER’s IHDS and Census data finds that in districts with male-dominated sex ratios, women tend to gain greater bargaining power within traditionally patriarchal marriage structures. Read More: