Similar Search Results

Trade Disruption, Industrialisation, and the Setting Sun of British Colonial Rule in India

Bonfatti, Roberto; Brey, Björn - 2020

examine the impact of the temporary collapse in trade between Britain and India due to World War I, on industrialisation and … anti-imperial feelings in India. Exploiting cross-district variation in exposure to the trade shock stemming from initial …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269531

Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India

Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia; Prakash, Nishith - 2021

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582065

Corporate Social Responsibility along the Global Value Chain

Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021

Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders' demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177532

Coupling Labor Supply Decisions: An Experiment in India

Lowe, Matthew; McKelway, Madeline - 2021

bargaining. We study whether these barriers to joint decision-making keep female labor force participation low in India. In … partnership with one of India’s largest carpet producers, we offered a weaving job to 495 married women. We randomized whether job …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799746

Can Peers Improve Agricultural Productivity?

Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Baylis, Kathy; Chhatre, Ashwini; … - 2014

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398672

Types of Contact: A Field Experiment on Collaborative and Adversarial Caste Integration

Lowe, Matthew - 2020

I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179888

Does Climate Change Make Foodgrain Yields More Unpredictable? Evidence from India

Verma, Saumya; Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - 2020

How would climate change affect India's agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact … of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India's major food crop) and two key millet crops … (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district level panel dataset from 1966-2011. A stochastic production function is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207926