Administrative burdens affect peoples' experience of public administration but there is, to
date, limited evidence to as why policymakers are willing to accept and impose burdens. To …

Ethnic quotas are often expected to induce distribution of material benefits to members of
disadvantaged groups. Yet, the presence of an ethnic quota does not imply that political …

We investigate whether the event of women being competitively elected as state legislators
encourages subsequent political participation among women. Using a regression …

Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of
promoting social justice. But can such institutions change entrenched social norms? And …

This article makes theoretical and empirical contributions towards understanding the form
and function of ethnic quotas that are applied in various countries around the world. It …

We study the causal impact of electing criminally accused politicians to state legislative
assemblies in India on the subsequent economic performance of their constituencies. Using …

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the
last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this has influenced economic …

Does political affirmative action undermine or promote development? We present the first
systematic analysis of Scheduled Areas in India, home to 100 million, where local political …

This paper estimates the constituency-level development effects of quotas for the Scheduled
Castes (SCs) in India, using a unique dataset of development indicators for more than 3,100 …

When do quotas for women's political representation promote economic gender equality?
Legislative reforms equalizing economic rights are common globally, with mixed results. I …