IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11286

Can Quotas Increase the Supply of Candidates for Higher-Level Positions? Evidence from Local Government in India

Stephen D. O'Connell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11277

Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program

Nancy H. Chau, Yanyan Liu, Vidhya Soundararajan

revised version forthcoming in: European Economic Review

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11263

Closing the Gender Gap in Leadership Positions: Can Expanding the Pipeline Increase Parity?

Ryan Brown, Hani Mansour, Stephen D. O'Connell

published as 'Does local female political representation empower women to run for higher office? Evidence from state and national legislatures in India' in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 198-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11239

Women's Inheritance Rights Reform and the Preference for Sons in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Rachel Brulé, Sanchari Roy

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146 (C), 102275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11209

Returns to Education and Female Participation Nexus: Evidence from India

Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri, Francesco Pastore

published in: Indian Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 61 (3), 515-536.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11174

Are Urban-Rural Welfare Differences Growing in India?

Mehtabul Azam

substantially revised version published as 'Accounting for growing urban-rural welfare gaps in India' in: World Development 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11118

Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults: Evidence from India

Archana Dang, Pushkar Maitra, Nidhiya Menon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11086

Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis

Sudipa Sarkar, Soham Sahoo, Stephan Klasen

published in: World Development, 2019, 115, 291-309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10971

Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Evidence from Indian Villages

Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah, Rohini Somanathan

edited version published as 'Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, 102276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10902

Skills Training and Employment Outcomes in Rural Bihar

Bhaskar Chakravorty, Arjun S. Bedi

published in: Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2019, 62 (2), 173–199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10856

Governance and Public Service Delivery in India

Farzana Afridi

published as: International Growth Centre Synthesis Paper, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10780

Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India

Santosh Kumar, Nishith Prakash

published in: Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 185, July 2017, 171-178