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235 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9160
Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development
Gaurav Khanna, Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9023
Political Aspirations in India: Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Leaders
S Anukriti, Abhishek Chakravarty
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (1), 79-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8770
Private Tutoring: Evidence from India
Mehtabul Azam
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2016, 20 (4), 739 - 761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8622
Assessing Teacher Quality in India
Mehtabul Azam, Geeta G. Kingdon
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 117, 74–83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8552
Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani
published in: Labour Economics 2017, 45, 116-130.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8525
Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited
Esther Gehrke, Michael Grimm
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66 (4): 673 - 707.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8452
Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India
Nishith Prakash, Marc Rockmore, Yogesh Uppal
published as 'Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102370
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8452
Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India
Nishith Prakash, Marc Rockmore, Yogesh Uppal
published as 'Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102370
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8387
Can Elected Minority Representatives Affect Health Worker Visits? Evidence from India
Elizabeth Kaletski, Nishith Prakash
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21 (1), 67 - 102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8366
Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India
Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8293
Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India
Nishith Prakash, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
published in: Feminist Economics, 2019, 25 (4), 267 - 308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8212
Does Political Reservation for Minorities Affect Child Labor? Evidence from India
Elizabeth Kaletski, Nishith Prakash
published in: World Development, 2016, 87, 50 - 69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8191
Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
Florencia López Bóo, Maria Eugenia Canon
published in:Economics Letters, 2014, 124(1), 55-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8044
The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
S Anukriti
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (2), 27-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8042
Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India
Michael Grimm, Carole Treibich
published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, 88, 318-336.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7969
Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
S Anukriti, Todd J. Kumler
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 67 (3), 687-724
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7885
Do Business Groups Help or Hinder Technological Progress in Emerging Markets? Evidence from India
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ying Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7771
Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (614), 1844 -1878
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7608
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India
Mehtabul Azam
published as 'Intergenerational Occupational Mobility among Men in India' in: Journal of Development Studies , 2015, 51(10), 1389-1408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7597
What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters
published in: World Bank Economic Revew, 2015, 29 (3), 449-478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7585
Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (3), 321- 350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543
Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7473
Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Guilhem Cassan, Lakshmi Iyer
published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2014, 104, 4-17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7212
Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Farzana Afridi, Vegard Iversen, M.R. Sharan
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 66(1): 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6979
Loan Regulation and Child Labor in Rural India
Basab Dasgupta, Christian Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6929
Son Preference and Children's Housework: The Case of India
Tin-chi Lin, Alicia Adsera
published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2013, 32 (4), 553-584
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6858
Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6847
It's a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India
Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6833
Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6785
Subcontracting and the Size and Composition of the Informal Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Ana Isabel Moreno-Monroy, Janneke Pieters, Abdul Azeez Erumban
published as 'Formal Sector Subcontracting and Informal Sector Employment in Indian Manufacturing' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3(22)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6614
Education Policies and Practices: What Have We Learnt and the Road Ahead for Bihar
Priya Ranjan, Nishith Prakash
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6594
Monitoring Costs, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Sanjay Banerji, Rajesh S.N. Raj, Kunal Sen
published in: Manchester School, 2016, 84 (5), 573 - 599
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6563
Preferences and Skills of Indian Public Sector Teachers
Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2012, 1:3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6559
Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India
Elizabeth Brainerd, Nidhiya Menon
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, 49-64.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6549
Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India
Mehtabul Azam, Vipul Bhatt
substantially revised version published in: Demography, 2015, 52(6), 1929-1959
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6548
The Impact of Indian Job Guarantee Scheme on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Mehtabul Azam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6404
Public and Private Sector Jobs, Unreported Income and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data
Saibal Kar, Poulomi Roy, Sarani Saha
published in: North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2014, 29, 285-300
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6395
Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India's Economic Boom
Stephan Klasen, Janneke Pieters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6347
Empowering Women through Education and Influence: An Evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya Program
Eeshani Kandpal, Kathy Baylis, Mary P. Arends-Kuenning
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6329
Social Divisions in School Participation and Attainment in India: 1983-2004
Niaz Asadullah, Uma Kambhampati, Florencia López Bóo
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38(4), 869-893
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6295
Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification among Dalits in Rural India
Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2017, 29(2), 476–492
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6273
The Indian Ultrasound Paradox
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Daniel Rosenblum
substantially revised paper appeared as DP No. 15838
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6218
Evidence of State-Level Variability in the Economic and Demographic Well-Being of People with Disabilities in India
Nidhiya Menon, Susan L. Parish, Roderick A. Rose
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6216
Health and the Political Agency of Women
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (2), 164-97
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6135
Reforms, Growth and Persistence of Gender Gap: Recent Evidence from Private School Enrolment in India
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal, Anurag Sharma
revised version forthcoming as 'Economic Reforms and Growth of Private School Enrolment in India: Is There a Cause for Concern?' in: Sonalde Desai, Pallavi Choudhuri, and Amaresh Dubey (eds.), India's Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century, Routledge
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6019
Maternal Autonomy and the Education of the Subsequent Generation: Evidence from Three Contrasting States in India
Marco Alfano, Wiji Arulampalam, Uma Kambhampati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5977
Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India
Divya Balasubramaniam, Santanu Chatterjee, David B. Mustard
published in: Economica, 2014, 81 (321), 140-160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5894
Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Larry L. Howard, Nishith Prakash
published in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2012, 26 (4), 489 - 513
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5706
Are Girls the Fairer Sex in India? Revisiting Intra-Household Allocation of Education Expenditure
Mehtabul Azam, Geeta G. Kingdon
published in: World Development, 2013, 42, 143-164
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5687
Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India
Laura V Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (1), 151-163
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