Bureaucratic representation and state responsiveness during crises Bureaucratic representation in the Indian civil service lowered mortality rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic Institutions & Political Economy Guo Xu Published 05.10.22
Midday meals in India improve children’s learning outcomes Prolonged exposure to ‘midday meals’ can improve learning outcomes on top of its other objectives Education Tanika Chakraborty Rajshri Jayaraman Published 27.09.22
How railways impact the growth of cities: Evidence from colonial India Railways encouraged the growth of cities in colonial India and market access helps explain why Infrastructure James Fenske Namrata Kala Jinlin Wei Published 19.09.22
A breath of fresh air: Raising awareness for clean fuel adoption in India Providing information about both the health hazards of cooking with solid fuel and subsidy benefits led to behavioural changes and increased LPG usage Energy & Environment Farzana Afridi Sisir Debnath E. Somanathan Published 09.09.22
Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
Road connectivity and rural economic development: Evidence from India’s rural roads programme Road connectivity leads to workers moving out of agriculture and improvements in education but no substantial effects on income, assets or consumption Infrastructure Anjali Adukia Sam Asher Paul Novosad Published 25.07.22
Can workfare programmes moderate conflict? Evidence from India Through providing guaranteed employment for a period, workfare programmes provide insurance against the shocks to income that can lead to conflict Institutions & Political Economy Thiemo Fetzer Published 20.07.22
Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive Health Gabriella Conti Cynthia Kinnan Anup Malani Alessandra Voena Published 01.07.22
