The impact of school-based life skills classes for adolescent girls in India School-based life skills classes can change attitudes, strengthen social connections, and help girls assert more control over their lives while staying in school Education Eric Edmonds Ben Feigenberg Jessica Leight Published 31.08.20
Returns to work, child labour, and schooling: The income versus price effects Returns to child work play an important role in determining child labour and schooling through changing the opportunity costs of schooling Education Jie Bai Yukun Wang Published 21.08.20
How technology can drive student performance How does the use of education technology actually impact students in poorer regions of the developing world? Health Karthik Muralidharan Abhijeet Singh Alejandro J. Ganimian Published 19.08.20
Do India’s farmers use too much water? Rationing electricity supply limits farmers’ water use to a nearly efficient level on average, but also lowers agricultural productivity Energy & Environment Nicholas Ryan Anant Sudarshan Published 24.07.20
Intra-household and intra-personal constraints to women’s employment in India Low self-confidence may keep women from persuading family members that they should enter the workplace, despite wanting to work themselves Labour Markets Madeline McKelway Published 20.07.20
Using social connections to solve coordination failure: Evidence from assembly lines in India An experiment in garment factories suggests that stronger social connections among co-workers can enhance coordination when incentives are group-based Firms Farzana Afridi Amrita Dhillon Sherry Li Swati Sharma Published 16.07.20
Inclusive growth dividend: Reframing the role of income transfers in India Could a universal supplemental income transfer, pegged at 1% of GDP, transform India’s anti-poverty strategy? Public Economics Karthik Muralidharan Maitreesh Ghatak Published 15.07.20
In the eyes of the beholder: How do artisans set prices for their products Artisans who are attached to their creative output offer discounts to discerning buyers, even when these buyers have a high willingness to pay Firms Aruna Ranganathan Published 13.07.20
Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision Institutions & Political Economy M R Sharan Chinmaya Kumar Published 26.06.20
