S Sekhri… - 2010 - mitsloan.mit.edu
Abstract We examine the effect of local precipitation shocks on appropriation risk faced by
women and disadvantaged minorities using annual data for 583 districts in India for the
period 2001-2007. We use annual fluctuations of rainfall from the long term mean to ...
Abstract College educational outcomes of students graduating from public colleges in many
developing countries are better than those graduating from private colleges. This is
attributed to better quality of education provided. However, public colleges are subsidized ...
A Foster… - 2008 - people.virginia.edu
Abstract The development of markets for natural resources can help to ensure that individual
users appropriately internalize the opportunity cost of these resources and thus can
decrease resource use. However, expansion of markets also makes it possible to sell ...
S Sekhri - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: This paper evaluates the effects of a public groundwater provision program on
water tables in Northern India. I theorize that public provision leads to sustainable use of
groundwater when the fixed costs for private well provision are high. I use village-level ...
S Sekhri… - Virginia Economics Online Papers, 2010 - virginia.edu
Abstract Public college graduates in many developing countries outperform graduates of
private ones on the college exit exams. This has often been attributed to the cutting-edge
education provided in public colleges. However, public colleges are highly subsidized, ...
S Sekhri - RI: Department of Economics, Brown University, 2007 - 209.197.108.139
Abstract Groundwater irrigation has increased dramatically in several developing countries
over the last two decades, leading to a significant expansion in agricultural production but
also to alarming declines in water tables. Governments have also actively designed ...
S Sekhri - 2009 - gradworks.umi.com
The first paper evaluates the effects of a public program of groundwater provision for irrigation
purposes on groundwater depletion in Northern India. Using village level panel data on
aquifers, I find evidence that this program decreased total use of groundwater rather than ...
S Sekhri - 2011 - people.virginia.edu
Abstract Federal versus regional control over provision of resources can have different
implications for long run sustainability of natural resources. This paper examines the trade
off between short term growth and long term conservation incentives of elected legislators ...
S Nagavarapu… - 2012 - ipl.econ.duke.edu
Abstract Allocation of public services under efficient delivery systems should be unaffected
by the identity of the delivery agent. We study the Targeted Public Distribution System
(TPDS) of India and find that the take-up rates of subsidized goods provided through the ...
S Sekhri… - 2011 - people.virginia.edu
Abstract Public college graduates in many developing countries outperform graduates of
private ones on the college exit exams. This has often been attributed to the cuttingedge
education provided in public colleges. However, public colleges are highly subsidized, ...
S Sekhri - 2011 - people.virginia.edu
Abstract Proponents of affirmative action policies in higher education argue that the
beneficiaries of affirmative action could gain academically from positive peer effects,
whereas critics argue that they could fall behind due to competition with better prepared ...
S Nagavarapu… - 2012 - econ.brown.edu
Abstract In developing countries, the efficacy of subsidized delivery systems is particularly
challenged by large scale corruption that can disproportionately affect less powerful areas or
less powerful households. In this paper, we investigate the take-up of subsidized goods in ...
S Nagavarapu… - 2011 - www-leland.stanford.edu
∗ We thank Florencia Borrescio-Higa, Paul Christian, and Brian Cross for excellent research
assistance at different phases of this project. In addition, we have received valuable
comments in the early stages of this work from Anna Aizer, Ken Chay, Andrew Foster, ...
S Sekhri… - econ.brown.edu
Abstract We examine the effect of local precipitation shocks on appropriation risk faced by
women using annual data from 583 districts in India over the period 2002-2007. We use
annual deviations of rainfall from the long-term local mean to isolate the impact of rain ...
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