rationing the supply of the goods. This article compares the efficiency of these institutions. We report the results of a 2x2 … introduce either taxation or rationing. Each treatment is subjected to two conditions: the burden of the deficit is either …-riding. Individualized taxation brings the voluntary contributions closer to the optimum while uniform rationing appears to be the worst …

This paper investigates whether the minimum wage leads to inefficient job rationing. By not allowing wages to clear the … rationing by examining whether the reservation wages of employed unskilled workers in states where the 1990-1991 federal minimum …

In this paper, we examine the intergenerational occupational mobility in India among men born during 1945-85. Following …

This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …

regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …

Using administrative data from linked private schools from one of districts in India that matches 8,319 pupils to their …

incidence and cost of private tutoring at different stages of schooling over the last two decades in India. As private tutoring … private tutoring is not a new phenomenon in India: a significant proportion of students at each stage of schooling took …