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SUMMARY:The ‘big’ picture in population policy: Recent trends and debates  - A Talk by  Dr. Jaai Parasnis
DESCRIPTION:CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICYinvites you to a talk on  The ‘big’ picture in popu
 lation policy: Recent trends and debates by Dr. Jaai Parasnis Date : Januar
 y 9, 2020Time : 9 am Venue: ARB 101 Dr. Parasnis will present the recent de
 velopments in economic growth, inequality, education and child mortality an
 d its implications and interactions with gender and fertility in India. Her
  research finds that preference for sons is the main factor explaining why 
 women exceed or under achieve their ideal number of children. Parental pref
 erence for a male child continues to be a significant driver for couples ex
 ceeding the two-child norm in India.  The talk will then discuss gender pre
 ferences which have a significant impact on fertility and the scope for Gov
 ernment policy, its role, impacts and challenges.Short Bio of the speakerDr
  Jaai Parasnis is an applied microeconomist; her research focuses on migrat
 ion, fertility and education and explores gender aspects of the above issue
 s. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash Univer
 sity, Australia. She holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University. Her c
 urrent work focuses education and occupation choices of young people, parti
 cularly, the role of gender in these choices.  She has been a recipient of 
 research grants in these areas and has published in journals such as Migrat
 ion Studies, Social Indicators Research and Economic Record. Jaai enjoys te
 aching economics and promoting economics education. She is a recipient of T
 eaching Awards including the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She i
 s Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Economics and Course Co
 ordinator for Undergraduate Economics offerings at Monash University, Clayt
 on Campus.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-size: large;">CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
 </span></b></div><div dir="auto"><div>invites you to a talk on</div><div di
 r="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style
 ="font-family: sans-serif;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font
 -family: sans-serif;"><b>The ‘big’ picture in population policy: Recent tre
 nds and debates </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif;
 ">by</span></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b> </b></span
 ></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Jaai Parasnis</b>
 </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b> </b
 ></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>Dat
 e : January 9, 2020</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-famil
 y: sans-serif;"><b>Time : 9 am</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style=
 "font-family: sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style
 ="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>Venue: ARB 101</b></span></div><div dir="aut
 o"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><sp
 an style="font-family: sans-serif;">Dr. Parasnis will present the recent de
 velopments in economic growth, inequality, education and child mortality an
 d its implications and interactions with gender and fertility in India. Her
  research finds that preference for sons is the main factor explaining why 
 women exceed or under achieve their ideal number of children. Parental pref
 erence for a male child continues to be a significant driver for couples ex
 ceeding the two-child norm in India.  The talk will then discuss gender pre
 ferences which have a significant impact on fertility and the scope for Gov
 ernment policy, its role, impacts and challenges.</span></div><div dir="aut
 o"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>Short Bio of the speaker</b></
 span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Dr Jaai P
 arasnis is an applied microeconomist; her research focuses on migration, fe
 rtility and education and explores gender aspects of the above issues. She 
 is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University, A
 ustralia. She holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University. Her current 
 work focuses education and occupation choices of young people, particularly
 , the role of gender in these choices.  She has been a recipient of researc
 h grants in these areas and has published in journals such as Migration Stu
 dies, Social Indicators Research and Economic Record. Jaai enjoys teaching 
 economics and promoting economics education. She is a recipient of Teaching
  Awards including the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is Deput
 y Director of Education in the Department of Economics and Course Coordinat
 or for Undergraduate Economics offerings at Monash University, Clayton Camp
 us.</span></div></div></div></div>
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