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Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William; Goswami, Grover - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2012
using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference …
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Is India’s Manufacturing Sector Moving Away From Cities?
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William; Goswami, Arti Grover - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2012
the informal sector is moving from rural to urban locations. While the secular trend for India's manufacturing …
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in...
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Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India
Iyer, Lakshmi; Topalova, Petia - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2014
income in rural India: the dramatic reduction in import tariffs in the early 1990s and rainfall variations. We find that …
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