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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - 2013
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319502
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Health and the political agency of women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - 2011
We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286864
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The Effect of Access to Information and Communication Technology on Household Labor Income: Evidence from One Laptop Per Child in Uruguay
Marandino, Joaquin; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the One Laptop Per Child program in Uruguay [Plan Ceibal] on household labor income. Since 2007, the Uruguayan government has delivered one laptop to every child and every teacher in public primary schools. This program has considerably increased access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398341
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The Effect of Access to Information and Communication Technology on Household Labor Income: Evidence from One Laptop Per Child in Uruguay
Marandino, Joaquin; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the One Laptop Per Child program in Uruguay [Plan Ceibal] on household labor income. Since 2007, the Uruguayan government has delivered one laptop to every child and every teacher in public primary schools. This program has considerably increased access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959816
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Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022
investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351817
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The Importance of Being Local? Administrative Decentralization and Human Development
Chaudhary, Latika; Iyer, Lakshmi - 2024
governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045413
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Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India
Kumar, Santosh; Prakash, Nishith - 2017
institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744492
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Governance and Public Service Delivery in India
Afridi, Farzana - 2017
Centre (IGC) supported research on governance and public service delivery in India. Existing research suggests that the … corruption. There is near consensus, however, that India has had limited success in reducing poverty and enhancing human capital … incentives, transparency and state capacity as the key challenges to reducing the governance deficit in India. IGC supported …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744568
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265662
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Health and the Political Agency of Women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403402