This paper uses data on elected village councils in South India to examine the political economy of public resource …

occurred between January and September 2003 in 127 functioning village parliaments (gram sabhas) in Southern India. We exploit … a natural experiment in the arrangement of India's state borders across ethnolinguistic lines that led exogenously to … together, our results suggest that India's village parliaments, rather than being mere talking shops or being entirely captured …

This paper uses data on elected village councils in South India to examine thepolitical economy of public resource …

This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are …

This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how …