This paper studies how discriminatory fake news arises and spatially diffuses. We focus on India at the onset of the …

While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known … about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision … for people to become an entrepreneur. Based on a large-scale data set of nearly ninety thousand workers in India, this …

societies. Religious riots have claimed more than 14,000 lives in India since 1950. We study the effect of Hindu-Muslim riots on … election results in India. We combine data on riots, which have been geo-coded, with electoral data on state legislature … states in India over a 21 year period from 1981-2001. We suggest a new instrument that draws upon the random variation in the …

This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main … establishing countries were engaged in during India's colonial history. The results are robust to a series of checks for instrument … scientific underpinnings of disease, the advent of Christianity has long-term health implications for India's children today. …