Sociologist
Academic Publications
Zumbyte, I. 2023. Support matters: How formal and informal
institutions shape young Indians’ work-family preferences. Journal of Marriage and
Family, 1–21.
Levine A. C., Park A., Adhikari A., Alejandria M. C. P., Bradlow B. H., Lopez-Portillo M. F., Mutwafy S., Zumbyte I., Heller P. 2023. The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the COVID-19 response across the Global South: A multinational, qualitative study. PLOS Global Public Health 3(9): e0002341.
Zumbyte, I. 2021. The Gender System and Class Mobility: How Wealth and Community Veiling Shape Women’s Autonomy in India. Sociology of Development 7(4):469–513.
Received the Alden Speare, Jr. Award for superior achievement in the Master of Arts thesis.
Zumbyte, I., Short, E. S., and N. Luke. 2018. Women’s Happiness in Contemporary China: The Relevance of Unpaid Work Pp. 233-246 in International Handbook of Gender and Demographic Processes, 233-246, edited by J. Brunson and N. E. Riley. Dordrecht: Springer.
Under preparation
Zumbyte, I. 2023. “Adapted Delivery: How Childcare Workers Differentiate Care Standards to Place-based Class and Caste Distinctions”
Zumbyte, I. 2023. “Universal Desires, Unequal Attainments: Poor and Better-off Parents Needs and Compromises in Childcare Services”
Zumbyte, I. 2023. “Change and stability at home: Professional women negotiating care work during the COVID-19 pandemic in India”
Adhikari A., Kalaiyarasan A., Heller P., and Zumbyte I. 2023. “Care and Welfare: Subnational Responses to the Pandemic” in Pandemic Inequality: Citizens, States, and Covid-19 in India edited by Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner and Poulami Roychowdhury, Oxford University Press.
Policy-oriented Publications
Adhikari A., Alejandria C., Bradlow B., Heller, P., Levine A., Lopez-Portillo, M. F., Mutwafy S., and Zumbyte, I. 2022. Public Action and the Pandemic: The Role of Civil Society in Shaping State Responses, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Brown University.
Das, M. B., Kapoor-Mehta, S., Zumbyte, I., Sasmal, S., and S. Goyal. 2019. Does Culture Matter or Firm? Demand for Female Labor in Three Indian Cities. Policy Research Working Paper 8736. World Bank, Washington, DC.
Orlando, M. B., Janik, V. L., Vaidya, P., Angelou, N., Zumbyte, I., and N. Adams. 2018. Getting to Gender Equality in Energy Infrastructure: Lessons from Electricity Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Projects. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) Technical Report 012/18. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Das, M. B., and I. Zumbyte. 2017. The Motherhood Penalty and Female Employment in Urban India. Policy Research working paper 8004. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Press coverage in Foreign Policy, IndiaSpend, LiveMint
Das, M. B., Kapoor-Mehta, S., Tas, E. O., and I. Zumbyte. 2015. Scaling the Heights: Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Himachal Pradesh. World Bank, Washington, DC.
World Bank. 2013. Inclusion Matters: The Foundation for Shared Prosperity. Washington, DC. World Bank. (Member of the core team)
World Bank. 2013. Bangladesh Poverty Assessment: Assessing a Decade of Progress in Reducing Poverty. Washington, DC. World Bank. (assisted in research for chapters 5 and 10)
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