We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal … Indian Parliament. -- political identity ; gender ; mortality ; health ; social preferences ; India …

capital investments, using disaggregated household level data from India. The authors use inheritance patterns over three …

underlying mechanisms and long-term effects have received little attention. This paper uses nation-wide data from India spanning …

political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that …

males and females and their evolution through time have received little attention. Using nationwide data from India spanning …

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 …