How development really works What drives development? Using 50 years of data, Nicholas Stern explains what drives growth and development in Palanpur, Uttar Pradesh Macroeconomics & Growth Nicholas Stern Published 05.06.19
Female inheritance: A key to women’s empowerment or another lock on their freedom? Female inheritance might create unintended consequences for young women’s freedoms due to patriarchal practices designed to retain property within families Institutions & Political Economy Duman Bahrami-Rad Published 24.05.19
Power to the people: The impact of political report cards in India How do Indian voters react to information on the qualifications and performance of politicians? Institutions & Political Economy Abhijit Banerjee Published 14.10.19
Criminal politicians and informed voting in India In India, 9% of legislators face criminal charges. Could voter information and coordination improve the country’s political representation? Institutions & Political Economy Yusuf Neggers Published 20.05.19
Where are the Indian female politicians? When women win elections, does it inspire other women to run for candidacy or does it convince men to close ranks before the next election? Institutions & Political Economy Lakshmi Iyer Published 17.05.19
What is India's calorie paradox? Why is an increase in average wealth in India accompanied by a decrease in average calorie consumption? Health Josephine Duh Dean Spears Published 15.04.19
Curbing leakage in public programmes: Evidence from India’s Direct Benefit Transfer Policy for LPG subsidies Transferring subsidies directly to the programme beneficiaries in in-kind transfer programmes can help in reducing leakages Energy & Environment Prabhat Barnwal Published 12.04.19
Should civil servants be allowed to serve in their home areas? Evidence from India Assigning civil servants to environments to which they are most socially proximate may actually limit their ability to effectively serve the nation Public Economics Guo Xu Marianne Bertrand Robin Burgess Published 08.04.19
Does affirmative action incentivise schooling? Caste-based reservations in government jobs and colleges in India resulted in potential future beneficiaries staying in school longer Education Gaurav Khanna Published 26.02.19
