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Economic activity in developing countries is labor-intensive, low-scale, and family run, with substantial family managerial time spent supervising hired labor. We use a randomized control trial that subsidizes access to rental equipment markets to study the impact of the adoption of mechanized...
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developing economy--India--to investigate the relationship between declines in trade costs, the imports of intermediate inputs …
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We exploit random assignment of gender quotas across Indian village councils to investigate whether having a female chief councillor affects public opinion towards female leaders. Villagers who have never been required to have a female leader prefer male leaders and perceive hypothetical female...
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detailed firm-level data from India, we provide the first evidence on the patterns of multi-product firm production in a large …-section, multi-product firms in India look remarkably similar to their U.S. counterparts, confirming the predictions of recent … churning--particularly product rationalization -- is far less common in India. We thus find little evidence of "creative …
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decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
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poverty and inequality. This paper uses the sharp trade liberalization in India in 1991, spurred to a large extent by external … factors, to measure the causal impact of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in districts in India. Variation in … pre-liberalization industrial composition across districts in India and the variation in the degree of liberalization …
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decisions. We study consequences of the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting in garment factories around Bangalore, India …
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garment workers in India. The program increased women's extraversion and communication, and spurred technical skill upgrading …
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in India. We document large dispersion in rental rates, unused service capacity and delays in service provision. We then …
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Particulate matter significantly reduces life expectancy in India. We use a randomized controlled trial in the Indian … cost-effective way to improve India's air quality …
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