exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its … group by education, gender, and geographical location. -- Caste ; employment ; wage differentials ; public sector ; India …

effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find … is driven by the impact of bureaucracy on the post-privatization business environment, with better institutional support … and less corruption when bureaucracies are large. -- Privatization ; bureaucracy ; economic reform ; Russia …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …

) of the Government of India. We argue that a chronic friction of wage payment delay in this flagship programme could …

We study how attendance rates of primary school children respond to cost neutral changes in the design of India …

facts exploiting a unique survey question on casteism in India, which we show is associated with rent-seeking. …

-10, we investigate the relationship between social identity, specifically caste identity in India, and perceptions of self …, and how institutional change can influence it. Our main finding is that caste identity in contemporary India does shape …

analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We …

We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two … its population share and land share, we find support for these hypotheses in data from the India Human Development Survey …

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