Ashwini Deshpande

Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Economic Data and Analysis at Ashoka University

Ashwini Deshpande is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, and Founding Director, Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University, India. She works on the role of social identity on socioeconomic outcomes and affirmative action, with a focus on caste and gender in India.

Latest contributions 

Indian woman sifting grain
Ray Witlin / World Bank
VoxEU Column

Indian women are not dropping out of paid work voluntarily

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  • Development
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  • Gender
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  • Labour Markets