This paper examines how women's participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women's rights to an equal share in ancestral property, including land. Using a unique rural household survey from...

The productivity gains associated with improved cultivated varieties (cultivars) tend to break down over time as they lose the genetic advantages conferred by breeding. Cultivar depreciation, in turn, can increase the vulnerability of resource-poor households to risks associated with biotic and...

We study psychological impediments that make it difficult to change behaviour. In particular, we evaluate the impact of a randomised psychological intervention designed to target locus of control--an individual’s belief in their own ability to influence their outcomes -- on the adoption of...