We examine the effects of exposure to malaria in early childhood
on educational attainment and economic status in adulthood by
exploiting…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
President Obama faces a classic diplomatic challenge in South Asia - how to balance a short-term need for progress in Afghanistan and…
Female education levels are very low in many developing countries.
Does maternal education have a causal impact on children's…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…
Evaluations of educational programs commonly assume that what children learn persists over time. The authors compare learning in Pakistani…
India poses a development puzzle on a grand scale. Sixty years of electoral democracy, thirty years of rapid growth, and a number of world…
The lack of "social capital" is frequently given as an explanation for why communities perform poorly. Yet to what extent can project…