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Title: Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India, 1998-2002

Type Dataset Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, Duflo, Esther (2007): Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India, 1998-2002. Harvard Dataverse. Dataset. https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/2ENLN4

Authors: Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta) ; Duflo, Esther (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ; Duflo, Esther (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ; Chattopadhyay, Raghabedra (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta) ; Jameel Poverty Action Lab ;

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Summary

This data set uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women's leadership on policy decisions. Using a dataset we collected on 265 village councils in West Bengal and Rajasthan, we compare the type of public goods provided in reserved and unreserved village's councils. Data sets based upon information provided by GP Pradhans, local villagers, and the 1991 Indian Census.

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  • DOI: 10.7910/DVN/2ENLN4

Subjects

  • Social Sciences, gender, decentralization, affirmative action, political economy, The MacArthur Network on Inequality, JPAL
  • LCSH: Women and work, Public administration
  • Family. Marriage. Women.: Family

Dates

  • Publication date: 2007
  • Issued: 2006
  • Created: 2006
  • Updated: March 31, 2020

Notes

Datacite resource type: Village and GP Pradhan information Methods: NA Methods: NA Methods: NA SeriesInformation: Part A-D, ResurveyA, and Resurvey D provide information from GPs and villagers regarding local resource policies. Series also includes Sample3, villsched, censusinfo: datasets based upon 1991 Indian Census Other: Subject: Study Level Error Note, Notes: NA; Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;

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