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Got water? Social divisions and access to public goods in rural India
Balasubramaniam, Divya; Chatterjee, Santanu; Mustard, … - 2011
We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280655
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Monotheism (from a sociopolitical and economic perspective)
Iyigun, Murat - 2007
The Axial Age, which lasted between 800 B. C. E. and 200 B. C. E., covers an era in which the spiritual foundations of humanity were laid simultaneously and independently in various geographic areas, and all three major monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were born between 1200 B. C....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268511
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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship and economic development: growth dynamics with two elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2005
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267484
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Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022
investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351817
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Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - 2014
Primary education in India is a development question of a unique magnitude, and the delivery of education by Indian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398277
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Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Primary education in India is a development question of a unique magnitude, and the delivery of education by Indian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886135
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Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India
Balasubramaniam, Divya; Chatterjee, Santanu; Mustard, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323389
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The Colonial Legacy in India: How Persistent Are the Effects of Historical Institutions?
Iyer, Lakshmi; Weir, Coleson - 2024
Using updated data, we analyze the long-run effects of two British colonial institutions established in India. Iyer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045425
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - 2015
confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481673
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167200