Research
Research: Publications and work in progress
WORKING PAPERS
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Awarded the IZA “Innovative Research in the Economics of Climate Change” (IRECC) Award 2023
PUBLICATIONS
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Leader Identity and Coordination. With Bhalotra, S., Iyer, L. and Vecci, J. Review of Economics and Statistics. (2023) 105 (1): 175–189. Web appendix
Religion and Abortion. The Role of Politician Identity. With Sonia Bhalotra and Lakshmi Iyer. Journal of Development Economics. (2021) 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102746
Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success? With Sonia Bhalotra and Lakshmi Iyer. The Economic Journal. 128(613) August 2018.
"Trust and Trustworthiness under Information Asymmetry and Ambiguity", joint with Hernan, R. and Kujal, P. Economics Letters. 147 (168-170). October 2016.
"Information Asymmetry and Deception", joint with Hernan, R. and Kujal, P. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience July 2015.
"Citizenship, Fertility and Parental Investments", joint with Avitabile, C. and Masella, P. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.6(4), 35-65, October 2014.
"Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India". Joint with Cassan, G., Bhalotra, S. and Iyer, L. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol 104(c),pp 4-17, 2014.
Health and the Political Agency of Women Joint with Sonia Bhalotra. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.Vol 6(2), pp 164-97, May 2014.
The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes. Joint with Ciro Avitabile and Paolo Masella. The Journal of Law and Economics. Vol 56 No 3 (August 2013) pp777-810.
Education, Language and Identity Joint with Masella, P. The Economic Journal, 123(570), F332-F357, August 2013.
Are Female Leaders Good for Education? Evidence from India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4(1), 212-44, January 2012.
Women in Politics. Evidence from the Indian States. Journal of Public Economics, 95(2011), pp 664-690.
Compulsory Language Educational Policies and Identity Formation(with Aspachs, O., Costa-Font, J. and Masella, P.) Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol .6, No.2-3: 434-444. April-May 2008.
BOOK CHAPTERS
‘Education, language and national identity: Evidence from education reform in Catalonia’ (2023) with Paolo Masella, in Rohner, D. and Zhuravskaya, E. (eds) Nation Building Big Lessons from Successes and Failures. CEPR Press, pp. 123-129. Available at: https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/nation-building-big-lessons-successes-and-failures. NEW
“Benefits and Costs of the Gender Equality Targets for the post-2015 Development Agenda”. In Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
OTHER ARTICLES
“The Effect of Female Representation on Policy in Indian Politics”. STICERD Review 2004.
“Women’s Education and Women’s Political Participation”. With Lakshmi Iyer and Sonia Bhalotra. Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO. 2013.
· Benefits and costs of the gender equality targets for the post-2015 Development Agenda. Gender Equality Assessment Paper 2015. Copenhagen Consensus Center.
“El Uso del Tiempo en el Mundo Académico: Diferencias de Género 2018”. With Manuel Bagues and Natalia Zinovyeva. Cosme Newsletter 2018.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Politician Identity and Religious Conflict in India. With Sonia Bhalotra and Lakshmi Iyer
Elections and Prosocial Behaviour. With Antonio Cabrales, Praveen Kujal and Roberto Hernán.
The Effects of Weather at Birth on Mental Health and Economic Outcomes. Evidence from the UK. With Bhalotra, S. and Gomes, J.
Education and Financial Decisions. Evidence from Spain.
Electronic Voting Machines and Electoral Outcomes in India. With Sonia Bhalotra, Guilhem Cassan and Samistha Pal.
Birthright Citizenship and Education-Do Immigrant Children Need a Passport to Thrive. Joint with C. Sajons.