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We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...
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We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to school. Using data from a large representative household...
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We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...
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India has the world's biggest and arguably most aggressive employment-based affirmative action policy for minorities …
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in India. The Indian constitution mandates seats be reserved at various levels of government for political representation …
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We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on gender-based violence in India. Using …
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crime in India. We exploit the quasi-random variation in the outcome of close elections between candidates with and without …
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Tribes (ST) and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of … groups in state legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys …
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