exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …

, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less …

The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases …

This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … mining royalties with local groups that support investments in women and children. Findings imply that mineral mining can …

Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …

Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …

(NREGA), enacted in August 2005, is one such program in India. This paper assesses causal impacts (Intent-to-Treat) of NREGA …