. Despite the massive size of the migrant influx, no adverse effects on the average wages of men or women or on total employment … of men are observed. For women, however, total employment falls - which results mainly from the elimination of part … effects on complementary workers in the formal sector. We estimate about one-to-one replacement in employment for native men …

development level rises. For instance, the negative effects of the refugee shock on employment and labor force participation of … refugees on employment of men is negative for the least developed regions, it is positive for highly developed regions. Our …

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …

Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates …

India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 …

Leveraging close elections to generate quasi-random variation in the religious identity of state legislators in India …

India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to isolate causal effects. We find significantly higher growth in …

in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …