Women’s Work and Agricultural Productivity Gaps in India
Gulati, K., Saha, K., & Lybbert, T. J. (2025). "Women’s Work and Agricultural Productivity Gaps in India." American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
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Education
- Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (USA), 2025
- M.Phil. Development Studies, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (India), 2019
- M.Sc. Economics, University of Calcutta (India), 2016
- B.Sc. Economics, University of Calcutta (India), 2014
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher, American University of Sharjah (UAE), 2025–Present.
- Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University (USA), 2021–2025.
- Research Associate, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (India), 2017–2020.
Awards
- Uma Lele Prize for Best Contributed Paper on Gender, International Conference for Agricultural Economics 2024. For paper titled “Women’s Work and Agricultural Productivity Gaps in India”.
- Ludwig Kruhe Fellowship, Purdue University 2024 (USD 68,766.15). Awarded to the most outstanding graduate students across seven departments.
- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grants Commission (India) 2017.Awarded to top 6% of candidates nationally.
Publications
Women’s Land Ownership and Household Decisions: Implications for Child Health in Rural India
Saha, K., Pandey, V. L., & Dev, S. M. (2023). "Women’s Land Ownership and Household Decisions: Implications for Child Health in Rural India." In *Axes of Sustainable Development and Growth in India: Essays in Honour of Professor Jyoti K. Parikh*. Springer.
Working Papers
- Strategy and Coordination in Risky Household Decisions (Job Market Paper)
- Agricultural Mechanization and Gendered Structural Transformation in India (with Kajal Gulati & Sam Bird)
- Gender Role Attitudes and Female Labor Participation: Evidence from Egypt (with Kajari Saha & Shraddha Yadav)
- Indigenous Communities and Species Conservation – Examining the Role of Nature-Based Practices in Promoting Ecosystem Services (with S. Atallah, S. Dissanayake & A. Lopes)
- Prickly Neighbors: Religion, Risk, and Human–Wildlife Coexistence (with A. Lopes & D. Tasneem)
- Agricultural Mechanization and Investment in Human Capital (with Kajal Gulati)
Grants
- Jim and Neta Hicks Graduate Student Small Grant Program, Purdue University 2023 (USD 7,500).
- AAEA Travel Grant 2025.
- Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant 2024.
Conference Presentations
- “Agricultural Mechanization and Gendered Structural Transformation in India.”
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA — July 2024. - “Women’s Work and Agricultural Productivity Gaps in India.”
Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev), Stanford University, Stanford, CA — March 2024.
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, AGEC 217: Introductory Economics (Undergraduate), Purdue — 2024
- Teaching Assistant, Econometrics I (Graduate), IGIDR — 2018
Refereeing Experience
- Agricultural Economics, Review of Development Economics, inetrnational Social Science Journal
Skills
- Analytical: STATA (Expert), R (Advanced), GAMS (Intermediate), Python (Intermediate), QGIS (Intermediate), Julia (Intermediate).
- Survey: SurveyCTO, Survey Solutions.
- Field Expereince: Bangladesh, India.
Languages & Citizenship
- Languages: English (Professional fluency), Bengali (Native), Hindi (Conversational)
- Citizenship: India