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This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …
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We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
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This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079642
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
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We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010726723
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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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …
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India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to isolate causal effects. We find significantly higher growth in …
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in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …
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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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