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Ph.D.
(Sociology)
Stanford
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M.A.
(Sociology)
Case Western
Reserve
University |
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B.A.
(Sociology and
Political
Science)
University of
Bombay |
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Population
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Health |
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Education |
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Livelihoods |
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Gender |
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Social
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Desai, S., Dubey,
A., Joshi, B. L., Sen, M., Shariff, A. &
Vanneman R. (2010). Human Development in India:
Challenges for a Society in Transition, in press.
New Delhi, Oxford University Press. |
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Desai, S. & Andrist, L.
(forthcoming). Gender Scripts and Age at Marriage
in India. Demography. |
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Desai, S. & Kulkarni, V.
(2009). Unequal Playing Field: Socio-Religious
Inequalities in Educational Attainment in India,
in A. Shariff and R. Basant (eds.) Muslims of
India: Empirical Perspectives. New Delhi, Oxford
University Press. |
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Desai, S. Adams, C. &
Dubey, A. (2009). Segmented Schooling:
Inequalities in Primary Education, in S. Thorat
and K. Newman (eds.) Blocked by Caste:
Discrimination and Social Exclusion in Modern
India. New Delhi, Oxford University Press |
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Desai, S. Dubey, A., Vanneman,
R. & Banerji, R. (2009). Private Schooling in
India: A New Landscape, in S. Berry, B. Bosworth
and A. Panagariya (eds.) India Policy Forum. New
Delhi, Sage, 5, 1-58. |
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Desai, S. & Banerji, M.
(2008). Negotiated Identities: Male Migration and
Left Behind Wives in India. Journal of Population
Research, 25(3), 337-355. |
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Desai, S. (2007). "Indian
Middle Class" in Basu, Kaushik (Ed.) Oxford
Companion to Economics in India. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press |
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Desai, S. & Maitreyi
Bordia Das. (2004) "Is Employment Driving
India's Growth Surge?" Economic and Political
Weekly, 39:345-351. |
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Desai, S & R. Kanakia.
(2004) "Indian Americans: Portrait of a
Diasporic Community." Seminar, 538:48-52. |
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Bloch, F., Rao, V. &
Desai, S. (2004). Wedding Celebrations as
Conspicuous Consumption: Signaling Social Status
in Rural India. Journal of Human Resources, 39,
675-695. |
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Das, M. B. & S. Desai.
"Why are Educated Women Less Likely to be
Employed in India? Testing Competing
Hypotheses." Social Protection Discussion
Paper Series No. 0313. Washington, D.C.: The World
Bank. |
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Desai, S. "A Tale of Two
Middle Classes," in proceedings of National
Sample Survey 50th Anniversary Proceedings, New
Delhi, India. |
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Sathar, Z. and S. Desai.
(2000) "Class and Gender in Rural Pakistan:
Differentials in Economic Activity." In
Garcia, Brigida (Ed.) Women, Poverty and
Demographic Change. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. |
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Desai, S. (2000). Maternal
Education and Child Health: A Feminist Dilemma.
Feminist Studies, 26(2), 425-446. |
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Desai, S. & Alva, S.
(1998). Maternal Education and Child Health: Is
there a Strong Causal Relationship?. Demography,
35, 71-81. |
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Desai, S. (1995). When Are
Children In Large Families Disadvantaged? Evidence
from Cross-National Analysis. Population Studies,
49, 195-210. |
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Desai, S. & Jain, D.
(1994). Maternal Employment and Changes in Family
Dynamics: The Social Context of Women's Work in
Rural South India. Population and Development
Review, 20,115-136. |
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Desai, S. (1994) Gender
Inequality and Demographic Behavior: India. New
York: The Population Council. |
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Desai, S. (1992). Children at
Risk: The Role of Family Structure in Latin
America and West Africa. Population and
Development Review, 18, 689-717. |
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Lloyd, C. & Desai, S.
(1992). Children's Living Arrangements in
Developing Countries. Population Research and
Policy Review, 11,193-216. |
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Desai, S. & Waite, L.
(1991). Women's Employment during Pregnancy and
After the First Birth: Occupational
Characteristics and Work Commitment. American
Sociological Review, 56, 551-566. |
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Desai, S., Chase-Lansdale, P.
L. & Michael, R. T. (1989). Mother or Market?
Effects of Maternal Employment on Intellectual
Development of Four-Year-Old Children. Demography,
26, 545-562. |
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