Smriti Sharma is a research fellow at UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests are in development economics, behavioral economics and labor economics. She has worked on caste and gender-based discrimination in India and Bangladesh, analyzing caste-based crimes, caste gaps in self-employment, the effect of caste on behavioral preferences and personality traits, and gender wage gaps. She holds a PhD in economics from the Delhi School of Economics.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/smriti-sharma/rss en Education Minority Rights Wed, 06 Sep 2017 08:42:56 +0000 Smriti Sharma https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/09/06/educating-indias-dalit-children-can-change-the-discourse-around-caste https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/09/06/educating-indias-dalit-children-can-change-the-discourse-around-caste Schools that provide high-quality, gender-balanced education for the children of underprivileged Dalit families can improve the economic well-being of entire communities and start to break down the stigma surrounding caste, says Smriti Sharma of UNU-WIDER.