state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …

India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 to …

minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …

increasing preference for son and neglect for daughters. Multiple reports point to India as country confronted with both higher … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian …

in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent views, the implications of their …

distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations. Using nationally …

other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates …

distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations. The … classification of such items was done by eliciting responses to a survey in India. We match the results of our survey with nationally …

in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent views, the implications of their …