Recent work by Guo Xu
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Bureaucratic representation and state responsiveness during crises
Bureaucratic representation in the Indian civil service lowered mortality rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic
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Changing beliefs about education: Evidence from rural India
Beyond simply telling them or showing evidence, how can we make children in developing countries believe that education has value?
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Should civil servants be allowed to serve in their home areas? Evidence from India
Assigning civil servants to environments to which they are most socially proximate may actually limit their ability to effectively serve the nation
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Thank you for your patronage: Discretionary appointments and bureaucrat performance
Data on the British Empire show patronage in civil service appointments was a good system for those who got jobs but bad news for almost everyone else