India
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Does rural electrification cause economic development?
The economic benefits of expanding electricity access likely do not outweigh the costs in small rural villages, but likely do in larger communities.
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VAT distortions in India
When thinking about VAT incidence in countries with high registration thresholds it is important to consider the impact on VAT-unregistered firms. Their interaction with the VAT system matters for progressivity and introduces distortionary effects on product quality.
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Grassroots party activism by women promotes equal political participation
In Indian local politics, women politicians empower women party activists for their campaigns, which reduces gender gaps in political knowledge and political participation
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Gender disparities in the use of government health insurance in India
There are stark gender disparities in hospital usage in India which increase with the cost of care. Social subsidies are unlikely to close disparities without gender-targeted efforts
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Indian women are not dropping out of paid work voluntarily
What factors underlie the persistently low labour force participation rates of Indian women?
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Effective agricultural advice at scale: Evidence from India
Video aids tailored to their context and shown repeatedly can improve outcomes for hard to reach female farmers in India
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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.
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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
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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