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SUMMARY:A Research Talk in the Economics Seminar Series, 2024 by Dr. Neha Bailwal
LOCATION:APJ 105
DESCRIPTION:Department of Economics FLAME University invites you to attend a research t
 alk in the Economics Seminar Series, 2024 by Dr. Neha BailwalTitle of the P
 aper\nDoes Population Composition of a Village Influence Public School Qual
 ity? Evidence from Rural India \nAbstract: \nIn this paper, we investigate 
 whether the population composition of villages is associated with the quali
 ty of public schools in rural India. We use two parameters to assess the qu
 ality of public schools – school infrastructure and teachers’ presence. Usi
 ng a recent round of Census and District Information System for Education d
 ata, we find that the caste composition of a village is associated with the
  quality of public schools. Villages inhabited by a higher share of sociall
 y backward groups have lower quality public schools as compared to villages
  inhabited by higher castes. We also highlight several potential mechanisms
  like access to information, role of social and personal networks, and poli
 tical and economic representation at the village level to explain the main 
 findings of our paper. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Neha Bailwal is an Assis
 tant Professor of Economics at FLAME university. After  her Ph.D, she serve
 d as a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Univer
 sity of Göttingen, Germany. Prior to FLAME University, she was a visiting s
 cientist at the Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute D
 elhi, and as a visiting researcher at the Chair of Political Economy & 
 Development at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Neha’s research work 
 broadly focuses on development issues in rural India, with a specific focus
  on education and caste discrimination. Her research mainly aims to underst
 and why despite best attempts and promising policy reforms, there exists a 
 persistence gap in economic outcomes across social groups in India. In some
  of her recent work, she investigates the issue of caste discrimination in 
 school provision and its impact on educational outcome gaps across social g
 roups in rural India. She also looked at how village social structure affec
 ts the learning outcome of children belonging to marginalised caste groups.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3>Department of Economics FLAME University invites you to attend a resear
 ch talk in the Economics Seminar Series, 2024 by Dr. Neha Bailwal</h3><p><s
 trong>Title of the Paper</strong><br />Does Population Composition of a Vil
 lage Influence Public School Quality? Evidence from Rural India </p><p><str
 ong>Abstract: </strong><br />In this paper, we investigate whether the popu
 lation composition of villages is associated with the quality of public sch
 ools in rural India. We use two parameters to assess the quality of public 
 schools – school infrastructure and teachers’ presence. Using a recent roun
 d of Census and District Information System for Education data, we find tha
 t the caste composition of a village is associated with the quality of publ
 ic schools. Villages inhabited by a higher share of socially backward group
 s have lower quality public schools as compared to villages inhabited by hi
 gher castes. We also highlight several potential mechanisms like access to 
 information, role of social and personal networks, and political and econom
 ic representation at the village level to explain the main findings of our 
 paper. <br /> </p><p><strong>About the Speaker</strong><br />Dr. Neha Bailw
 al is an Assistant Professor of Economics at FLAME university. After  her P
 h.D, she served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Business and Eco
 nomics, University of Göttingen, Germany. Prior to FLAME University, she wa
 s a visiting scientist at the Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistic
 al Institute Delhi, and as a visiting researcher at the Chair of Political 
 Economy &amp; Development at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Neha’s 
 research work broadly focuses on development issues in rural India, with a 
 specific focus on education and caste discrimination. Her research mainly a
 ims to understand why despite best attempts and promising policy reforms, t
 here exists a persistence gap in economic outcomes across social groups in 
 India. In some of her recent work, she investigates the issue of caste disc
 rimination in school provision and its impact on educational outcome gaps a
 cross social groups in rural India. She also looked at how village social s
 tructure affects the learning outcome of children belonging to marginalised
  caste groups.</p>
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