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"A long-standing question in social science is to what extent differences in management cause differences in firm performance. To investigate this we ran a management field experiment on large Indian textile firms. We provided free consulting on modern management practices to a randomly chosen...
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school and household inputs, and test its predictions in two very different low-income country settings - Zambia and India …
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We characterize how firms structure supply chains under climate risk. Using new data on the universe of firm-to-firm transactions from an Indian state, we show that firms diversify sourcing locations, and suppliers exposed to climate risk charge lower prices. Our event-study analysis finds that...
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How should industrial policies be directed to reduce distortions and foster economic development? We study this question in a multi-sector model with technology adoption, where the production of goods and modern technologies features rich network structures. We provide simple formulas for the...
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trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India's first national, public hospital insurance program, RSBY. We find …
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labor from local agricultural production leading to more firms. Using major highway programs in India and China, we find …
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implementation. In December 2022, India started its CBDC pilot program to continue its transition towards a digitized payments …
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Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor dynamics. We study a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states (the Pink Slip program) using a synthetic difference-in-differences approach to shed...
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by carrying out algorithmic audits of Facebook in its two biggest markets, the US and India, focusing on two algorithms …
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This paper examines whether an important cultural institution in India - dowry - can enable male migration by …
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