India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth … if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which …

In collaboration with a state environmental regulator in India, we conducted a field experiment to raise the frequency …

this paper we develop a unique micro-dataset on public works procurement from two fast-growing economies, India and … improvements. In India, where we observe an independent measure of construction quality, e-procurement improves the average road …

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

In collaboration with the Government of Bihar, India, we conducted a large-scale experiment to evaluate whether …