Vidhya Unnikrishnan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4030696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vidhya Unnikrishnan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vidhya |
| FAMILY NAME | Unnikrishnan |
| SIGNATURE | UNNIKRISHNAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2990-5992 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Old‐Age Pensions and Female Labour Supply in India
Whether cash transfers have unintended effects on the recipient household's labour supply is of considerable policy interest. We examine the impact of the Indira Gandhi National Old‐Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) on prime‐age women's labour supply decisions in India, where female labour force participation continues to decline over time. We use propensity score matching (PSM) to make households with IGNOAPS recipients comparable with programme non‐…
Municipal electoral competition and the economic condition of households
Social assistance policies and food insecurity among the elderly in India in 2017–2018
Standard household‐level food insecurity measures like per capita food expenditure mask individual‐level heterogeneities in accessing food. This study applies experience‐based individual‐level food insecurity measures. We evaluate the effect of social assistance programmes, including cash transfers, in‐kind transfers and joint effects of receiving both programmes on food insecurity faced by the elderly. The estimated results suggest that access t…
Political meddling in social assistance programme
This paper examines the role of the horizontal and vertical network in aiding eligible individuals to receive Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. A vertical network refers to a household's political connection, and a horizontal network denotes the interconnectedness with others in the society. We have used data from all India representative individual level (2004–2005 and 2011–2012) panel data released by the India Human Development Su…
The Welfare Effects of Social Assistance Programs for Women in India
Literature has established that the alarming female poverty rate is a crucial factor contributing to missing older women in India. Given this, the following research examines the role of an unconditional cash transfer programme (Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme) implemented in India on the household budget share incurred on cereals, pulses, vegetables; fruits and nuts, meat; eggs and fish, milk and milk products when the program reci…
Impact of an integrated youth skill training program on youth livelihoods
Covid-19 and the case for global development
Does the old-age pension scheme improve household welfare? Evidence from India
Covid-19 and the case for global development
Does the old-age pension scheme improve household welfare? Evidence from India
The Welfare Effects of Social Assistance Programs for Women in India
Literature has established that the alarming female poverty rate is a crucial factor contributing to missing older women in India. Given this, the following research examines the role of an unconditional cash transfer programme (Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme) implemented in India on the household budget share incurred on cereals, pulses, vegetables; fruits and nuts, meat; eggs and fish, milk and milk products when the program reci…
Impact of an integrated youth skill training program on youth livelihoods
Political meddling in social assistance programme
This paper examines the role of the horizontal and vertical network in aiding eligible individuals to receive Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. A vertical network refers to a household's political connection, and a horizontal network denotes the interconnectedness with others in the society. We have used data from all India representative individual level (2004–2005 and 2011–2012) panel data released by the India Human Development Su…
Old‐Age Pensions and Female Labour Supply in India
Whether cash transfers have unintended effects on the recipient household's labour supply is of considerable policy interest. We examine the impact of the Indira Gandhi National Old‐Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) on prime‐age women's labour supply decisions in India, where female labour force participation continues to decline over time. We use propensity score matching (PSM) to make households with IGNOAPS recipients comparable with programme non‐…
Municipal electoral competition and the economic condition of households
Social assistance policies and food insecurity among the elderly in India in 2017–2018
Standard household‐level food insecurity measures like per capita food expenditure mask individual‐level heterogeneities in accessing food. This study applies experience‐based individual‐level food insecurity measures. We evaluate the effect of social assistance programmes, including cash transfers, in‐kind transfers and joint effects of receiving both programmes on food insecurity faced by the elderly. The estimated results suggest that access t…
Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works)