in many developing countries. In our study in central India, we randomly assign villages to a campaign by rural public … them, or raise health awareness along with providing information on the universal cash-back LPG subsidy program or a …% increase in the purchase of LPG refills annually, almost 14% rise in monthly refill consumption and a 52% increase in self …

random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …

rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically … the SC and the ST households must remain a focus of attention besides promoting a more active labor market in rural India. …

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 …

We study the impact of loan regulation in rural India on child labor with an overlapping-generations model of formal …

that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

experimental measures of time discounting and risk aversion for villagers in south India to highlight behavioral features of …

this respect. Using India as an important case in point, we intend to bridge this gap of the literature. Results using a … unique district-level panel data-set from 17 major states of India for the period 1992-2002 that we compile highlight a …