governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher …India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … corruption in every sector is remarkably high. Stifling bureaucratic interference and corruption at every stage of economic …

This paper documents the wage and consumption gap between private and public sector employees in India. We empirically … Survey of India. Our results show that despite a lower level of public sector income in some of the income quantiles, the … earned by public sector workers in India. …

This paper tries to document the presence of unreported income among public sector employees in India. We investigate …

introduction of minimal laws and wait for their evolutionary development. The failure of corporate and public governance, notably …

feminisation of workforce. This paper focuses on this changing position of women in the informal manufacturing sector in India over …

essays, which cover a period of almost four years, from September 2010 to June 2014, is the issue of governance in India, and … how politics combines with societal and institutional structures to shape the quality of governance. The essays discuss … corruption, citizenship, effective delivery of public goods and services, taxation and the evolution of democracy at different …