Paving the road to re-election
Evidence from road construction in India shows that there are clear political gains from investing in large scale public infrastructure projects. The price of a vote however is substantial and may be overshadowed by more cost-effective short-term vot...
Institutions & Political Economy
Camille Boudot-Reddy André Butler
Published
16.02.24

Reducing the size of administrative units improved local governments in India
The creation of smaller local government polities resulted in greater public good access across multiple dimensions – village-level infrastructure, individually-targeted benefit programmes, and workfare programmes – over both the short and long run.
Institutions & Political Economy
Veda Narasimhan Jeff Weaver
Published
15.02.24

Educational disparities between children begin at home
Evidence from India shows that inequality between children starts at home, when parents decide how to split investments in education between their children
Education
Michele Giannola
Published
17.01.24

Ten facts about son preference in India
Gender gaps in child health have narrowed in India, but important gaps remain both for girls and younger brothers, and sex-selective abortion poses a new challenge
Health
Seema Jayachandran
Published
04.12.23

The gendered effects of climate change: Evidence from droughts in rural India
Climate change is increasing rainfall uncertainty, which has gendered impacts on rural labour markets. After droughts, women are less likely to access non-farm employment through migration than men, exacerbating existing occupational gender gaps
Energy & Environment
Farzana Afridi Kanika Mahajan Nikita Sangwan
Published
01.12.23

Constructing influence: Political turnover reveals quid pro quo arrangements in Mumbai’s real estate
Political party turnover in a local election increased completion times of real estate projects in Mumbai
Migration & Urbanisation
Vaidehi Tandel Sahil Gandhi Alex Tabarrok
Published
30.11.23

Building rural roads in India increased lending by banks
A programme constructing new rural roads in India increased bank lending, particularly to previously excluded communities, with new financing put towards productive uses
Infrastructure
Sumit Agarwal Abhiroop Mukherjee Lakshmi Naaraayanan
Published
27.11.23

The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion
Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies
Agriculture
Alain De Janvry Manaswini Rao Elisabeth Sadoulet
Published
17.11.23

How building up the human capital of the world’s poor can help lessen the climate crisis
In India, areas that benefited from an expansion in schooling saw labour move away from agriculture in response to climate change
Education
Tim Dobermann
Published
14.11.23