Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy - Call for Papers: Gender & Religion-based Disparities in South Asia

Home to a quarter of the world’s population, South Asia offers a fascinating glimpse into the hopes and challenges of economic development. Besides their shared colonial past, political institutions, and cultural values, the countries of South Asia also share various fault lines that have intensified socioeconomic disparities for their people.

The Journal of Economics, Race and Policy (JERP) announces a Call for Papers to highlight gender and religion-based disparities. Specifically, it seeks academic research from economics and allied disciplines that does one or more of the following: document and analyze gender and religion-based heterogeneities, study their consequences for the labor market, health, education, and other socioeconomic outcomes, and critically examine policy actions aimed at reducing said disparities. Studies of caste-based heterogeneity lie within the scope so long as they connect to gender or religion.

We seek papers with a clear economics component that are also methodologically rigorous, meaning they pose a testable hypothesis with precise economic overtones and use frontier econometric techniques. While causal identification is encouraged, correlational analysis is welcomed if it opens up novel connections. Applied theoretical work is welcome too. Survey articles or purely qualitative research are not suitable.

Submissions to the special issue must be made online via JERP’s submission portal no later than March 15, 2024. The issue is expected to appear in the second half of 2024. Submissions will be subject to the usual length and style requirements of JERP and will undergo all of the journal's standard peer review and editorial processes outlined in its submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab) by outside referees and guest editors. Questions may be directed to the editors listed below.
 

Guest Editors:

S Anukriti, The World Bank, USA (sanukriti@worldbank.org (this opens in a new tab))

Joydeep Bhattacharya, Iowa State University, USA (joydeep@iastate.edu (this opens in a new tab))

Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon, USA (shankhac@uoregon.edu (this opens in a new tab))