There has been a major expansion of social security programs in India during the last 15
years or so, along with wider recognition of economic and social rights. This paper …

Can e-governance reforms improve government policy? By making information available on
a real-time basis, information technologies may reduce the theft of public funds. We analyze …

India's ambitious biométrie identity documents project, Aadhaar, was portrayed as one that
would enhance India's welfare efforts by promoting inclusion and reducing corruption. From …

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is
free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and …

We examine the impact of political reservations for women to analyze the effectiveness of
female leaders in executing public works under NREGA, India's largest public works …

When the pandemic crisis was destroying the human life and job of all people working in the
service sector, manufacturing sector, micro small and medium enterprises sector at the …

This dissertation consists of three essays in the field of organizational economics and
political economy. The first essay examines the question of mentoring and training in public …

I investigate the intra-household resource allocation consequences of a policy guaranteeing
100 annual days of minimum-wage employment to rural Indian households. The …

9.1 Despite making remarkable progress in bringing down poverty from about 70 percent at
independence to about 22 percent in 2011-12 (Tendulkar Committee), it can safely be said …