Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
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- Sonia Bhalotra & Irma Clots-Figueras & Guilhem Cassan & Lakshmi Iyer, 2013. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India," NBER Chapters,in: Economics of Religion and Culture, pages 4-17 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bhalotra, Sonia & Clots-Figueras, Irma & Cassan, Guilhem & Iyer, Lakshmi, 2014. "Religion, politician identity and development outcomes: Evidence from India," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 4-17.
- Sonia R. Bhalotra & Guilhem Cassan & Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer, 2013. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India," NBER Working Papers 19173, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Sonia Bhalotra & Irma Clots-Figueras & Guilhem Cassan & Lackshmi Iyer, 2013. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 13/309, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
- Sonia Bhalotra & Guilhem Cassan & Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer, 2013. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes:Evidence from India," Working Papers 1306, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
religion; primary education; India; Muslim; politician identity; infant mortality;JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- P16 - Economic Systems - - Capitalist Systems - - - Political Economy of Capitalism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2013-07-15 (All new papers)
- NEP-CWA-2013-07-15 (Central & Western Asia)
- NEP-DEM-2013-07-15 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2013-07-15 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2013-07-15 (Positive Political Economics)
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