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regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …
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fifteen major states of India. The main finding is that, in thirteen of the fifteen states, there is evidence of a causal …
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We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
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random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …
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The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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in India of boys performing better. …
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India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
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at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
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