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 …

more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …. -- poverty ; income ; inequality ; infant mortality ; India ; economic reform ; state health expenditure ; panel data …

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

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …

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 …