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Development Economics Paper

Commodity Taxation and Social Welfare: The Generalised Ramsey Rule

David Coady and Jean Drèze

Commodity taxes have three distinct roles: (1) revenue collection, (2) interpersonal redistribution, and (3) resource allocation. The paper presents an integrated treatment of these three concerns in a second-best genera...Read more...

September 2000

Development Economics Paper

Fertility, Education and Development: Further Evidence from India

Jean Drèze and Mamta Murthi

There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines the determinants of fertility levels and fertility decline, using panel data on Indian districts for 1...Read more...

January 2000

Development Economics Paper

School Participation in Rural India.

Jean Drèze and Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

This paper presents an analysis of the determinant of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation espe...Read more...

August 1999

Development Economics Paper

Credit in Rural India: A Case Study

Jean Drèze, Peter Lanjouw and Naresh Sharma

This paper presents a case study of credit transactions in Palanpur, a north Indian village. Drawing on detailed informtion from all borrowers and lenders in the village, we examine a number of issues related to the func...Read more...

September 1997