@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9023,
            	author={Anukriti, S and Chakravarty, Abhishek},
            	title={Political Aspirations in India: Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Leaders},
            	year={2015},
	month={Apr},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={9023},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9023},
	abstract={Despite theoretical advances, measurement issues have impeded empirical research on aspirations. We quantify political aspirations in a developing country by estimating individuals' willingness to trade-off family size for political candidacy. Utilizing quasi-experimental variation in legal fertility limits on village council members in India, we find that at least 2.21% of married couples of childbearing age altered their fertility to remain eligible for council membership. This implies that returns to local leadership in low-income democracies are potentially high. Poorer, less educated, and lower-caste families display strong political aspirations, thereby lowering the extent of elite-capture at the local level of governance.},
	keywords={fertility limits;political aspirations;Panchayat elections;India;sex ratios},
            }