Under India’s Maternity Benefit Act, employer's liability for maternity benefit payment applies only to firms with 10 or more workers. Govt data show that over 85% of women workers are employed in establishments with fewer than 10 workers. Our analysis: indiaspend.com/womenwork/work…

37% Indian women are in the labour force--that is, working or looking for jobs. This rate falls to 34% for mothers of infants, and further to 32.5% for mothers of children aged 3-5 years, suggesting the compounded effect of having multiple children under 5 indiaspend.com/womenwork/work…

2 in 3 mothers of infant children are out of the workforce due to childcare responsibilities. This number falls as the children age. Overall, one in 10 women out of the workforce say they do not work due to childcare responsibilities. Our analysis: indiaspend.com/womenwork/work…

Among mothers with at least one child below age 1, only 11% work in regular salaried jobs compared to the national average of 20.1%. Most are in casual or irregular employment, not covered under the provisions of Maternity Benefit Act. Read on: indiaspend.com/womenwork/work…

Sharing key insights from our analysis on India’s maternity benefits using PLFS data. Jindal School of Government & Public Policy (JSGP) JGU Research JGU

Just accepted: "Power to choose? Examining the link between contraceptive use decision and domestic violence", by Ojha and Babbar. Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.…

📰PAPER ALERT📢 Check out this newly published paper on the links between contraception and domestic violence, by SMU alumna Manini Ojha Manini Ojha! Congratulations to Manini and her co-author Karan Babbar !

Why few Indian women get maternity benefits scroll.in/article/107193…

#EconTwitter Calling out to all JMCs and esp. the macroeconomists on the job market!! We are hiring!! Come work with us at IIM Calcutta. A vibrant research group and a fantastic pool of PhD students. Great place to work - very reasonable teaching load. iimcal.ac.in/call-for-facul…

#आईपीवी- गर्भनिरोधक संबंधी निर्णयों के घरेलू हिंसा पर प्रभाव : निर्णय और गतिशीलता- करण बब्बर (Jindal Global Business School), मानिनी ओझा Manini Ojha (Jindal School of Government & Public Policy (JSGP)) पूरा आलेख यहाँ पढ़ें : ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…

आईपीवी वहाँ अधिक है जहाँ पति के प्रभुत्व के लिए मानक समर्थन अधिक है, भले ही महिला की संरचनात्मक स्थिति अपेक्षाकृत उच्च हो। यह ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों और पिछड़ी जातियों की महिलाओं के लिए अधिक प्रासंगिक हैं। पूरा आलेख यहाँ पढ़ें : ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…

Excited to share the Hindi version of my joint work with Karan Babbar on intimate partner violence and contraceptive use decisions featured in Ideas for India JGU Research JGU Jindal School of Government & Public Policy (JSGP) ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…

Sharing our work on contraception use and child health featured in Ideas for India Mehreen Mookerjee & Sanket Roy JGU Research Jindal School of Government & Public Policy (JSGP) Empirical India

The role of family planning in nurturing child health in India Yesterday on VoxDev, Mehreen Mookerjee Zayed University, Manini Ojha JGU & Sanket Roy American University of Sharjah outlined their research on the impacts of contraceptive use on child health: voxdev.org/topic/health/r…

Sharing our work (w/ Mehreen Mookerjee & SanketRoy) underscoring the intricate balance between family size, resource allocation, and child well-being featured in VoxDev ! Empirical India JGU Research Jindal School of Government & Public Policy (JSGP)