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In this paper, we demonstrate that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service. Importantly, we also show that cheating on this task is predictive of corrupt behavior by real government workers, implying...
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protection. We use new survey data from India, the results of interviews with industry, government and multinational institutions …
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We estimate the rate of total factor productivity growth in Indian manufacturing industry for the period 1973-1992, and compare the results to those obtained by Young for the East Asian Tigers. We then interpret our results in light of Krugman's hypothesis that, because the Asian Miracle was...
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A significant amount of software development is being outsourced to countries such as India. Many Indian software firms …
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-run business groups, domestic financial institutions, and foreign financial institutions. Using data from India in the early 1990s …
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We show using a theoretical framework that embeds a voting model in a general-equilibrium model of a rural economy with two interest groups defined by land ownership that the effects of democratization--a shift from control of public resources by the landed elite to a democratic regime with...
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This paper measures excess labor supply in equilibrium. We examine hiring shocks--which employ 24% of the labor force in external month-long jobs--in Indian local labor markets. In peak months, wages increase instantaneously and local aggregate employment declines. In lean months, consistent...
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using a natural experiment in India as well as data from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Kenya …
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We evaluate a large-scale set of interventions to increase demand for immunization in Haryana, India. The policies …
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assignments, and simulates the market using an unusual survey of workers on a rural public-works scheme in a poor state of India …
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