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This paper finds that previous conclusions that a uniform lump-sum estate tax could provide annuity income were reached by not including the bequest income that households receive. We argue that since…
12 May 2020 | Discussion Paper | IndiaAdaptations to extreme climatic events like tropical storms are being built into disaster management by empowering vulnerable communities through activities like disaster awareness, trainings on…
31 March 2019 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaUnfounded assumptions in linking crop-damaging temperature and suicide in India
31 March 2019 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaEvaluating a ‘happy’ solution to India’s crop residue burning by Ishita Datta At the end of every rice-growing season in north-west India, usually in mid-November, farmers harvest their crop using…
25 June 2018 | Other Publications | IndiaThis paper uses 620 forest plot measurements taken from a nationally representative sample of 130 Nepal community forests combined with information on forest collective action to estimate the effects…
30 April 2020 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaThis paper investigates if there are gender differences in health expenditures and treatment seeking behavior among cancer patients and finds that the results are consistent with gender discrimination…
6 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaPurpose - The key purpose of this paper is to quantify the size of the energy-efficiency gap (EEG) for air conditioners at the household level in Delhi. Most of the studies in the EEG tradition…
12 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaIn contrast with global trends, India has witnessed a secular decline in women’s employment rates over the past few decades. We investigate this decline in rural areas, where the majority of Indian…
6 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | IndiaThe introduction of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India has injected hope for augmented economic growth in recent future. The motive behind establishment of SEZs was mainly to fuel rapid economic…
12 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | India