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Tertiary education and prosperity : catholic missionaries to luminosity in India

Castelló-Climent, Amparo; Chaudhary, Latika; … - 2015

the forefront of tertiary education in colonial India, but they established many high quality colleges following Indian …

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Income guarantees and borrowing in risky environments : evidence from India's rural employment guarantee scheme

Bell, Clive; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - 2015

This paper investigates the effects of an income guarantee on borrowing to smooth consumption and finance cultivation in a risky setting with marked seasonality. A three-season, infinite-horizon theoretical model is developed and analyzed. The insights yielded by the model are then used to...

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Labor market effects of high school science majors in a high STEM economy

Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018

using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results …

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Labor market effects of high school science majors in a high STEM economy

Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018

using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results …

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Female labour force participation and child education in India : the effect of the national rural employment guarantee scheme

Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - 2012

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

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Does access to secondary education affect primary schooling? : evidence from India

Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - 2012

in the 6-10 age group. Using a household-level longitudinal survey covering 43 villages in a poor state in India, we find … more likely to enter the labour force). Further, using a nationally representative survey for India (National Sample Survey …

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Local funds and political competition : evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

Gupta, Bhanu; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - 2014

Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India which was introduced by the Indian National Congress (INC). Using longitudinal data … on funds sanctioned and election results from three rounds of elections in Rajasthan, a state in India, we find an …

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Efficiency consequences of affirmative action in politics : evidence from India

Das, Sabyasachi; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Saroy, Rajas - 2017

quota policy in village elections in a large state in India to test these claims. Consistently, we find that electoral …

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