Who eats last? Intra-household gender inequality in food allocation among children in educationally backward areas of India.

The practice of women eating after men is a common gender-inequitable food allocation mechanism among adults in Indian households and has been associated with poor health and nutritional outcomes for women. However, empirical evidence on whether a similar practice of girls eating after boys is prevalent among children is scarce. Using primary data from a household survey conducted in educationally backward areas of four Indian states, we provide new evidence of this practice among children.

Evaluation of weather parameter-based pre-harvest yield forecast models for wheat crop: a case study in Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

Wheat is the important food grain and is cultivated in many Indian states: Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, which contributes to major crop production in India. In this study, popular statistical approach multiple linear regression (MLR) and time series approaches Time Delay Neural Network (TDNN) and ARIMAX models were envisaged for wheat yield forecast using weather parameters for a case study area, i.e.

Gender Segregation in Education: Evidence From Higher Secondary Stream Choice in India.

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the senior secondary level of schooling in a large developing country. We use a nationally representative longitudinal data set from India to analyze the extent and determinants of gender gap in higher secondary stream choice. Using fixed-effects regressions that control for unobserved heterogeneity at the regional and household levels, we find that girls are about 20 percentage points less likely than boys to study in science (STEM) and commerce streams as compared with humanities.