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We design a lab-in-the-field experiment involving naturally occurring groups operating in three South-African townships. We introduce an incentives-based mechanism named 'participatory incentives' consisting of monetary incentives that are awarded conditional on the group reaching a threshold of...
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Anecdotal evidence suggests that involving beneficiaries in charity decision-making ensures better governance processes. This study provides the first experimental test of the effects of beneficiaries’ participation in the decision of how to spend a charity's funds. We consider four different...
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We exploit the variation in admission cutoffs across colleges at a leading Indian university to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on cognitive attainment, economic preferences, and Big Five personality traits. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that...
In one of the most unequal countries in the world, South Africa, the poorest 40% have annual incomes of less than US$1,000 (£727) per person. The comparable incomes for the richest 10% are more than US$39,000 per person – nearly 40 times higher than those of the bottom 40%. Those numbers, which are...
Journal Article
– Mandated political representation and murders
This study provides the first country-wide research evidence that an affirmative action policy may induce a backlash. I exploit the timing of the implementation of castebased electoral quotas across and within the states of India. The results show that the implementation of the electoral quotas...
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– Evidence from the Han and ethnic minorities in China
This study investigates the unexpected impact that enforcing birth control policies in China has upon the educational stratification between the Han majority, the policy target group, and ethnic minorities, a partially excluded group. Exploring county-level variation in the value of fines levied for...
Book Chapter
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– Inequality in the developing world
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Inequality in the Developing World
Book Chapter
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– Explaining the demise of a successful growth model and what to do about it
From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
Book Chapter
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– Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
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Inequality in the Developing World
Book Chapter
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From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
Book Chapter
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– The top-end, labour markets, fiscal redistribution and the persistence of very high inequality
From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
Book Chapter
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– Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989–2014
From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
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– Inequality trends and dynamics, the bird’s-eye and the granular perspectives
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Inequality in the Developing World
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– Structural change, transition, rent-seeking and corruption, and government policy
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Inequality in the Developing World
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– What are the main drivers of income distribution changes in the new millennium?
From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
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– The case of middle-income countries from the LIS database
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Inequality in the Developing World
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