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Working Papers

2024

1. Economic Development of Punjab, India: Prospects and Policies
   NCAER Working Papers, National Council of Applied Economic Research

2018

2. Performance bonuses for public services: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India
   2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (4)

2016

3. "Face the Bullet, Spare the Rod?" Evidence from the Aftermath of the Shining Path Insurgency
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2016) View citations (2)
4. Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
5. Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
6. Gender Bias in Education During Conflict Evidence from Assam
   NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (3)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (3)
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2016) View citations (3)
   HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2016) View citations (2)
7. Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (6)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (6)
   NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2016) View citations (11)
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (11) (2017)
8. Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor, Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
9. Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Learning and Behavioural Spillovers of Nutritional Information, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) (2017)
10. Performance Pay and Malnutrition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (3)
11. Searching for Religious Discrimination among Anganwadi Workers in India: An Experimental Investigation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2016) View citations (2)
12. The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2015

13. Performance Pay and Malnutrition: Evidence from an Experiment targeting Child Malnutrition in West Bengal
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra View citations (6)
14. The Effect of Civil Conflict on Child Abuse: Evidence from Peru
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
    Also in HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2014)
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2014) View citations (1)

2013

15. Gender-Differential Effects of Conflict on Education: The Case of the 1981-1993 Punjab Insurgency
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (12)

2012

16. Violence and the market for food. Evidence from Kenya
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra

2011

17. Impact of terrorism on investment decisions of farmers: evidence from the Punjab insurgency
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (22)
18. Performance Pay and Information: Reducing Child Malnutrition in Urban Slums
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
19. Spillovers in learning and behavior: Evidence from a nutritional information campaign in urban slums
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Economic Development of the Indian State of Punjab: Prospects and Policies
   India Policy Forum, 2025, 21, (1), 200-259

2023

2. The effect of traffic cameras on police effort: Evidence from India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 160, (C)

2020

3. Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, (C) View citations (3)
4. Searching for religious discrimination among childcare workers
   Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (2), 362-382 View citations (1)

2018

5. Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2018, 44, (1), 18-29 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) (2016)

2017

6. Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India
   Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, (C), 219-231 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India, Working Papers (2016) View citations (6) (2016)
7. Incentives, information and malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India
   European Economic Review, 2017, 93, (C), 24-46 View citations (7)
8. Learning and Behavioural Spillovers of Nutritional Information
   Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53, (6), 911-931
   See also Working Paper Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information, Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2016

9. Concessions and Repression in Conflict
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2016, 16, (2), 865-899
10. Gender-differential effects of terrorism on education: The case of the 1981–1993 Punjab insurgency
    Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, (C), 185-210 View citations (33)
11. Growth recovery after civil conflict: a fractional integration approach
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2016, 27, (4), 453-479 View citations (1)

2015

12. A Research-Based Development Economics Course for Undergraduates
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2015, 46, (3), 274-284
13. Performance pay and information: Reducing child undernutrition in India
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 112, (C), 141-163 View citations (17)
14. The Effects of Child Physical Maltreatment on Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Peru
    Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (7), 826-850 View citations (2)
15. The Impact of Ethnic Violence in Kenya on Wheat and Maize Markets
    Journal of African Economies, 2015, 24, (4), 502-529

2013

16. A Dream Experiment in Development Economics
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2013, 44, (2), 158-168 View citations (5)
17. Impact of Terrorism on Investment Decisions of Farmers
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013, 57, (1), 143-168 View citations (41)