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Development Discussion Paper

Can Workfare Programs Moderate Violence? Evidence from India

Thiemo Fetzer

Governments in conflict torn states scramble for effective policies to persistently reduce levels of violence. This paper provides evidence that a workfare program that functions as a social insurance, providing employme...Read more...

19 June 2014

Development Economics Paper

Just Rewards? Local Politics and Public Resource Allocation in South India

Timothy Besley, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao

This paper uses data on elected village councils in South India to examine the political economy of public resource allocation. We find that the pattern of policy-making reflects politicians' self-interest. Elected counc...Read more...

October 2007

Political Economy and Public Policy Paper

Women in Politics. Evidence from the Indian states

Irma Clots-Figueras

This paper uses panel data from the 16 main states in India during the period 1967- 1999 to study the effects of having higher female representation in the State Legislatures on public goods, policy and expenditure. I fi...Read more...

October 2005

Economics of Industry Paper

The Auto-component Supply Chain in China and India - A Benchmark Study

John Sutton

The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which Chinese and Indian auto-component producers have advanced towards international best practice levels of productivity and quality. The report is based on a survey of...Read more...

February 2004

Development Economics Paper

Gender Discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India

Berta Esteve-Volart

Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model gender discrimination as the complete exclusion ...Read more...

January 2004

DARP Paper

Convergence Club Empirics: Some Dynamics and Explanations of Unequal Growth across Indian States

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over the period 1965 to 1998. It departs from traditional analyses of convergence by tracking the evolution of the entire income distribution, instead ...Read more...

March 2003

Development Economics Paper

Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

This paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian States has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that pro-worker amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act ...Read more...

February 2002

International Studies Paper

Aspects of Japan's Recent Relations with Asia

Mutsumi Hirano, Kenji Tozawa and John West

(Weste paper): deals with Japan's return to trading with the countries of Southeast Asia in the early 1950s and the responses of the United States and British governments. (Hirano paper): provides an overall picture of t...Read more...

November 2000

International Studies Paper

William Adams and Early English Enterprise in Japan

Anthony Farrington and Derek Massarella

(Massarella paper): The William Adams story has been told many times, but not completely. This paper corrects matters of fact and revises matters of interpretation. It adds new information about Adams the man and examine...Read more...

July 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

Minority Representation and Policy Choices: The Significance of Legislator Identity.

Rohini Pande

Disadvantaged groups tend also to constitute population minorities. One consequence of this is that the policies implemented by electorally accountable governments often fail to reflect minority interests. A policy solut...Read more...

June 1999

Development Economics Paper

Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries th...Read more...

October 1998

Development Economics Paper

Investigating Rationality in Wage-Setting

Sonia R Bhalotra

This paper investigates the efficiency wage hypothesis and derives a tractable expression for the profit loss incurred by deviations from the efficiency wage. The extent of the wage deviation can be inferred from product...Read more...

February 1998

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

Development Economics Paper

Does the Labour Market Explain Lower Female Schooling in India?

Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

Labour market discrimination against women and parental discrimination against daughters are two of the most commonly cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically test...Read more...

January 1997