Despite the importance of politicians, empirical work rarely examines who decides to enter
politics and why. This survey presents conceptual issues in measuring political entry; …

Endogeneity is a serious challenge for leadership research. To overcome the problem,
researchers increasingly rely upon experimental designs, such as laboratory and field …

Although many countries recruit bureaucrats using affirmative action, the effect of affirmative
action recruits on bureaucratic performance has rarely been examined. Some worry that …

We examine unequal outcomes in the implementation of India's national rural electrification
program in Uttar Pradesh. We ask two questions:(1) to what extent did Dalits, the lowest …

In this paper, we consider whether the representation of historically disenfranchised
minorities in government can reduce violence suffered by these groups. To answer this …

The recent expansion of the primary electorate by one of Ghana's major parties offers a rare
opportunity to assess the effects of franchise extensions in contemporary new democracies …

We document a new way that discrimination operates: through sequential spillover effects.
Employers in an incentivized resume rating experiment evaluate a sequence of hypothetical …

This paper examines policy effectiveness as a function of leader identity. We experimentally
vary leader religious identity in a coordination game implemented in India and focus on …

We estimate the causal effect of independent candidates on voter turnout and election
outcomes in India. To do this, we exploit exogenous changes in the entry deposit candidates …

We study the impact of caste-based ethnic parties on the redistribution of public resources to
historically disadvantaged low caste and indigenous communities in India. Exploiting the …