Data Project

PIYALI SENGUPTA

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Wilmington, DE 19808 E-mail: adj713@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

•Experienced in teaching economics and finance at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the College of Business, Wilmington University

•Completed post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, working for a project sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

•Worked as a researcher and consultant for the University of Pennsylvania, The World Bank, and the National Academy of Sciences

•Worked as an economic analyst in the management consultancy firm, Core Consultancy, & as a member of the editorial staff in the Publications Department of M.P. Birla Foundation

•Worked extensively with STATA, SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP & MS Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

•Proficient in Blackboard™ learning platform and certified for the hybrid and online training (HOT) program

•Experienced in leading independent research projects and have successfully worked with diverse population groups

•Co-authored several research papers and a book in the areas of development, education, and gender

•Possess excellent communication and writing skills

EXPERIENCE

Wilmington University

Wilmington, Delaware (1997-Present)

Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Business

Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Economics and Finance

The World Bank

Washington, D.C., (March, 2006 – July, 2007)

Worked as a consultant in a project undertaken to develop a medium-term strategy in the area of gender and education, which would be consistent with corporate commitments for the achievement of Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals. The aim was to identify ways of scaling up efforts to ensure that the gender equality goal would be met by 2015. Responsibilities included revising and restructuring the draft paper and designing a broad-based gender and education framework including linkages to key factors and economic growth, which could then provide the analytic basis for future interventions.

University of Pennsylvania and National Academy of Sciences

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003-2005)

Research consultant in project entitled “Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries”, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, which studied the transitions from childhood to adulthood in developing countries, with a particular focus on gender differences in transitions. The study attempted to understand the extent to which developing countries are reaching for and attaining the goals already achieved by developed countries, and tried to ascertain whether developing countries converged towards or diverged from developed regions in basic socio-economic indicators, particularly in those pertaining to youth.

University of Pennsylvania and the World Bank

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2001-2003)

Research consultant in a project (sponsored by the World Bank) which assessed the returns to female schooling in developing countries in the 1990s. The study evaluated various aspects of this issue, using aggregate data for 40 years, 1960 to 1999 (compiled by the World Bank) as well as household level data for selected countries with large populations (China, Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria). The study also offered some cost-benefit assessments of investing in female schooling.

University of Pennsylvania and International Food Policy Research Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1999-2001)

Research on a project evaluating the impact of a large scale anti-poverty and human resource program in Mexico, called PROGRESA (as part of the Progresa Evaluation Project of IFPRI), a component of which was to provide monetary transfers to families, contingent upon children’s regular attendance in school. The project assessed the impact of this educational subsidy program on the age of school entry, dropout rates, grade repetition rates, and school re-entry rates. The benefit levels were intended to offset the opportunity costs of not sending children to school and varied with the grade level and gender of the child. This paper used a Markov schooling transition model applied to the experimental data to assess the impact of the educational subsidy program along several dimensions, including effects on initial ages of school entry, dropout rates, grade repetition rates, and school reentry rates.

Jadavpur University

Calcutta, India (1990-1993)

Research Associate in project entitled "Girl Child and the Family", undertaken by the School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, sponsored by the Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Carried out a primary survey of 600 households in 4 villages and 2 urban areas of West Bengal, India. Studied boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 18 years, to obtain information about their educational background, health status, socio-cultural environment, family circumstances, and economic condition. The project specifically evaluated the place of the girl child within her family and the larger social environment she lived in, with special reference to gender differences in education, health, and socialization. Was in charge of collating survey data from a six-member team of investigators, quantitatively analyzing this data, and writing the project report that was submitted to the Government of India.

Indian Association for Women's Studies

New Delhi, India (1991-1993)

Editor of the journal published by the association and member of the executive council.

M.P. Birla Foundation, Research and Publications Department

Calcutta, West Bengal, India (1989) Editorial Staff.

Core Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

Calcutta, West Bengal, India (1988) Economic Investigator and Analyst.

Ballygunge Shiksa Sadan High School

Calcutta, West Bengal, India (1988-1990) Taught French in Grades V - XII.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics

Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (1992-1999) Advisor: Professor Jaba Guha

Dissertation: Elementary Education for the Girl Child — A Socio-Economic Analysis with Special Reference to West Bengal, India.

Used primary survey data to analyze the factors that promoted and retarded enrollment and dropout among girls. Studied the factors that encouraged girls to attain higher grades in school. Used OLS, probit, tobit, logit, and logistic regressions to analyze the data, using STATA extensively, and SPSS and LIMDEP occasionally. Designed and carried out primary level surveys to collect the data. The policy recommendations offered in this thesis were adopted by the State Planning Commission in its on-going project to improve the status of the female child at home, in school, in the workplace, and in the larger social environment.

M.A. in Economics

Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (1985-1987)

B.A. in Economics

Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (1982-1985)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

•Diplome de Langue, Alliance Francaise, Calcutta, India, 1985

•Script writing for science, literature, music and educational programs for All India Radio, Calcutta, India (1982-1994)

Referees

Will be provided upon request.

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Behrman, Jere R. and Piyali Sengupta, “The Changing Contexts In Which Youth Are Transitioning To Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Towards Developed Economies?” in “The Changing Transitions To Adulthood In Developing Countries: Selected Studies”. National Research Council. 2005. Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen, eds. Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. Committee on Population. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Petra E. Todd, “Progressing through PROGRESA: An Impact Assessment of a School Subsidy Experiment in Mexico”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 54, No.1, Oct 2005.

Behrman, Jere R. and Piyali Sengupta, 2004, “Convergence? Divergence? Or Some of Both? Major Trends in Selected Indicators among Country Groups in Recent Decades,” Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, mimeo.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Carolyn Winter, “The Returns to Female Schooling in Developing Countries Revisited”, Presented by J. Behrman, World Bank, Washington D.C., April 23, 2003.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Carolyn Winter, 2003. “The Returns to Female Schooling in Developing Countries Revisited – An Update”, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, mimeo.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Carolyn Winter, “Summary of the Major Findings on The Returns to Female Schooling in Developing Countries Revisited”, Final Report World Bank (Education Group: Human Development Network), Washington, D.C., 2002.

Sengupta, P. and Jaba Guha, “Enrolment, Dropout and Grade Completion of Girl Child in West Bengal”, J. Economic and Political Weekly, April 27, 2002, 1621-1637.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Petra E. Todd, “Progressing through PROGRESA: An Impact Assessment of a School Subsidy Experiment in Mexico”, Final Report, International Food Policy Research Institute (Food Consumption and Nutrition Division), Washington, D.C., April, 2001.

Behrman, Jere R., Piyali Sengupta and Petra E. Todd, “The Impact of Progresa on Achievement Test Scores in the First Year”, Final Report, International Food Policy Research Institute (Food Consumption and Nutrition Division), Washington, D.C., September, 2000.

Bagchi, Jasodhara, Jaba Guha, and Piyali Sengupta, "Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family", Stree, Calcutta, India, 1997.

Bagchi, Jasodhara, Jaba Guha, and Piyali Sengupta., "Girl Child and the Family — The Case of West Bengal", Report on the findings of a survey conducted in selected areas of West Bengal, under the sponsorship of the Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, 1993.

Sengupta, P. and Guha, J., "Consequences of Underdevelopment on Education of the Girl Child", Presented at the National Workshop on Education and Women's Development organized by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India, Dec. 1992.

Guha, Jaba and Piyali Sengupta, "Education for Women's Equality — A Sectarian Issue?", Presented at the 5th National Conference of Indian Association for Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, Feb. 1991.

Neogy, Chandreyee, and Piyali Sengupta, "To Give a Daughter Away", Translation of a Bengali Play by M. Bhattacharya, published in "Women Writing in India", Vol. 2, Eds. Tharu and Lalita, 1993.

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