, perplexing in the face of rising per capita income when malnutrition is rampant, has been termed India's Calorie Consumption … India's National Sample Survey reveals that Indian households' purchase of calories did become more cost-efficient at every … of the Calorie Consumption Puzzle. Besides thus investigating India's Calorie Consumption Puzzle, this study demonstrates …

trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India's first national, public hospital insurance program, called RSBY. We …

random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …-oriented choices of households. -- Time discounting ; gender ; children ; experiment ; India …

. This paper examines customer discrimination considering a unique dataset from the most popular sports industry in India, i … personal preference towards players based on their location of origin and religion. In contrast to the often-heated rhetoric …

This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes … correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation …

This paper examines whether, in India, discriminatory practices by government-employed child caregivers along religious …

societies. Religious riots have claimed more than 14,000 lives in India since 1950. We study the effect of Hindu-Muslim riots on … election results in India. We combine data on riots, which have been geo-coded, with electoral data on state legislature … states in India over a 21 year period from 1981-2001. We suggest a new instrument that draws upon the random variation in the …

This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main … establishing countries were engaged in during India's colonial history. The results are robust to a series of checks for instrument … scientific underpinnings of disease, the advent of Christianity has long-term health implications for India's children today. …

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