Gayatri B Koolwal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1632267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gayatri B Koolwal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gayatri B |
| FAMILY NAME | Koolwal |
| SIGNATURE | KOOLWAL G B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Improving the measurement of rural women's employment
This paper sets out a survey research agenda on the collection of data on rural women’s employment, to inform gender-sensitive design and targeting of rural employment policies and programs. Stylized facts are presented from nationally representative surveys across countries, including labor force surveys and multi-topic household surveys with a focus on employment. The first set of recommendations in the paper cover topics that can currently be …
How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty
The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and access to formal and informal credit have (through different veins) led to higher rural farm and non-farm incomes, accounting for exogenous local agroclima…
Handbook on Impact Evaluation
The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads
A rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital more efficiently. Significant knowledge gaps persist, however, as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes as well as distributional consequences. This study examines the impacts of two rural road‐paving projects in Bangladesh using a new quasi‐…
Son Preference and Child Labor in Nepal
The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads
A rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital more efficiently. Significant knowledge gaps persist, however, as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes as well as distributional consequences. This study examines the impacts of two rural road‐paving projects in Bangladesh using a new quasi‐…
Son Preference and Child Labor in Nepal
Improving the measurement of rural women's employment
This paper sets out a survey research agenda on the collection of data on rural women’s employment, to inform gender-sensitive design and targeting of rural employment policies and programs. Stylized facts are presented from nationally representative surveys across countries, including labor force surveys and multi-topic household surveys with a focus on employment. The first set of recommendations in the paper cover topics that can currently be …
Son Preference and Child Labor in Nepal
Handbook on Impact Evaluation
The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads
A rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital more efficiently. Significant knowledge gaps persist, however, as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes as well as distributional consequences. This study examines the impacts of two rural road‐paving projects in Bangladesh using a new quasi‐…
How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty
The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and access to formal and informal credit have (through different veins) led to higher rural farm and non-farm incomes, accounting for exogenous local agroclima…
Improving the measurement of rural women's employment
This paper sets out a survey research agenda on the collection of data on rural women’s employment, to inform gender-sensitive design and targeting of rural employment policies and programs. Stylized facts are presented from nationally representative surveys across countries, including labor force surveys and multi-topic household surveys with a focus on employment. The first set of recommendations in the paper cover topics that can currently be …
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Rural area (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Work (physics (2 works)