The 1943 famine in East Indian state of Bengal caused unprecedented loss of human life and untold misery. The Bengal Famine Inquiry Committee (BFIC) commissioned by the British colonial government examined many dimensions of public systems and flagged structural deficits in the health system...

Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within households, which in turn affects child outcomes. We estimate how changes in parental labor supply due to these tariff reductions affect child schooling by focusing on young...