Vijayendra Rao (Williams College)

submitted: Wed, 8 Feb 95 16:37:30 EST

Vijayendra Rao
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267

phones: 413-597-2144 (office)
        413-458-9684 (residence) 
fax:    413-597-4045
email:  Vijayendra.Rao@williams.edu

Completed Work and Current Research Interests:
1) Dowries in Rural India
2) Wife-Abuse in Rural India
3) Indian Population Policy
4) Social and Economic Exchanges among Indian Households
5) Theories of Symbolic Exchange in the Caste System 
6) Caloric Allocations and Intra-Household Bargaining
7) The Implications of Female Sterilization

General Fields of Interest:
Economic Development
Demography
Economic Anthropology