Using a probit and censored ordered probit model of school completion we identify some state-specific factors influencing primary and middle school graduation probabilities of male and female children in two north-Indian states: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. We find that education of the parents,...

This paper considers the effect of agrarian reforms on rioting in India. I find that the adoption of agrarian reforms was associated with a decline in the overall riot rate but the Hindu–Muslim riot rate, an urban phenomenon was largely unaffected by the program.

Using data from the 14 major states of India, we investigate whether state governments' fiscal policy choices are tempered by political considerations. Our principal findings are twofold. First, we show that certain fiscal policies experience electoral cycles: state governments raise less...