Documents et rapports
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Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India (anglais)
Despite income growth, fertility decline, and educational expansion, women's labor force participation in rural India dropped precipitously over the last decade. This paper uses nationwide, individual-level...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9350 Date du document: 5 août 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan,Singh,Sudhir K.
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Short-term effects of India's employment guarantee program on labor markets and agricultural productivity (anglais)
This paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on wages, labor supply...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7665 Date du document: 9 mai 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan,Singh,Sudhir K.
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Does land fragmentation increase the cost of cultivation ? evidence from India (anglais)
Although a large literature discusses the productivity effects of land fragmentation, measurement and potential endogeneity issues are often overlooked. This paper uses several measures of fragmentation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7085 Date du document: 1 novembre 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Monchuk,Daniel C.,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan,Singh,Sudhir K.
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Inheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation : second-generation effects from India (anglais)
This paper uses evidence from three Indian states, one of which amended inheritance legislation in 1994, to assess first- and second-generation effects of inheritance reform using a triple-difference strategy...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7086 Date du document: 1 novembre 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan,Xia,Fang
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Women's inheritance rights and intergenerational transmission of resources in India (anglais)
This brief summarizes the women's inheritance rights and intergenerational transmission of resources in India for the period 1986-1994. The author use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81525 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Goyal,Aparajita,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan
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Does female reservation affect long-term political outcomes ? Evidence from rural India (anglais)
Although many studies have explored the impacts of political quotas for females, often with ambiguous results, the underlying mechanisms and long-term effects have received little attention. This paper...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5708 Date du document: 1 juin 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan,Fang, Xia
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Inheritance law reform and women's access to capital : evidence from India's Hindu succession act (anglais)
This paper examines whether and to what extent amendments in inheritance legislation impact women's physical and human capital investments, using disaggregated household level data from India. The authors...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5338 Date du document: 1 juin 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Goyal,Aparajita,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan
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Land reforms, poverty reduction, and economic growth : evidence from India (anglais)
Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4448 Date du document: 1 décembre 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan
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Determinants and consequences of land sales market participation : panel evidence from India (anglais)
Although opinions on impacts of land market transfers are sharply divided, few studies explore the welfare and productivity effects of land markets on a larger scale. This paper uses a large Indian panel...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4323 Date du document: 1 août 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan
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Efficiency and equity impacts of rural land rental restrictions : evidence from India,Efficiency and equity impacts of rural land rental restrictions : evidence from India,Efficiency and equity impacts of rural land rental restrictions : evidence from India (Impacts des restrictions dans la location des terres sur l'efficience et l’équité : démonstration de l'Inde) (anglais)
Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4324 Date du document: 1 août 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Deininger,Klaus W.,Jin,Songqing,Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan