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correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation …
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This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or religious diversity. We experimentally vary leader identity in a coordination game and implement it in the field across 44 towns in India. We find that religious minority leaders...
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Leveraging close elections to generate quasi-random variation in the religious identity of state legislators in India, we find lower rates of female foeticide in districts with Muslim legislators, which we argue reflects a greater (religious) aversion to abortion among Muslims. These districts...
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-random variation in legislator religion generated by the results of close elections. We find that the presence of Muslim legislators …
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