All Publications
Research papers
Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - Current Draft (Dec'20) - NBER WP #26744Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery Using Phone-Based Monitoring
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar, and Jeff Weaver) - Under review - Current Draft (Jan'20) - NBER WP #25298(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - Under review - Current Draft (Apr'20) - Online Appendix - NBER WP #23838(Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus) - Journal of Economic Perspectives 31(4), Fall 2017, pp. 103-24.Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - American Economic Review, 2016, Vol. 106, No 10, pp. 2895-2929.Policy and implementation reports
Direct Benefits Transfer in Food: Results from One Year of Process Monitoring in Union Territories
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - NITI Aayog Report, 2017Implementing a Biometric Payment System: The Andhra Pradesh Experience
(Karthik Muralidharan, Piali Mukhopadhyay, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - May 18, 2013Assessing the Scope for Cash Transfers in lieu of the TPDS in Rural and Urban Bihar
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - May 25, 2011Op-eds
Evaluating the Aadhaar-PDS link
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) ) - Hindustan Times, February 16, 2020 | print versionA prize for evidence-based policy
(Karthik Muralidharan) - Hindustan Times, October 15, 2019 | print versionGo for performance-based funding
(Karthik Muralidharan) - Hindustan Times, October 09, 2019 | print versionWith rural economy as leading theme of polls, the policy options to address farm crisis
(Karthik Muralidharan) - Hindustan Times, March 23, 2019 | print versionStrengthen NREGS to support the rural economy
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - Hindustan Times, March 06, 2019 | print version | in HindiUse mobiles to improve governance
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar, and Jeff Weaver) - Hindustan Times, December 05, 2018 | print version | in HindiGo for an "inclusive growth dividend" in India
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - Hindustan Times, November 06, 2018 | print version | in HindiWe need a choice-based approach in the Public Distribution System
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - Hindustan Times, October 03, 2018 - in HindiBalancing the cost and benefits of Aadhaar" The Mint (March 2018)
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - The Mint, March 2018 (Karthik Muralidharan) - The Indian Express, February 26, 2016Lessons from Andhra Pradesh: building state capacities for welfare (Ideas for India)
(Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar) - The Mint version, December 2014.