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Working Papers

2024

1. Cash Transfers for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

2. Informal Fiscal Systems in Developing Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Screen Now, Save Later? The Trade-Off between Administrative Ordeals and Fraud
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

4. In-Kind Transfers as Insurance
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article In-Kind Transfers as Insurance, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2020

5. Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2025) (2025)

2018

6. Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery using Phone-Based Monitoring
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery Using Phone-Based Monitoring, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (14) (2021)

2017

7. General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)
   See also Journal Article General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence From India, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2023) View citations (14) (2023)

2014

8. Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
   See also Journal Article Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (146) (2016)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (2), 372-392
   See also Working Paper Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (9) (2020)

2024

2. In-Kind Transfers as Insurance
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (9), 2861-97 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper In-Kind Transfers as Insurance, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (11) (2022)

2023

3. General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence From India
   Econometrica, 2023, 91, (4), 1261-1295 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (60) (2017)

2022

4. Integrating Biometric Authentication in India's Welfare Programs: Lessons from a Decade of Reforms
   India Policy Forum, 2022, 18, (1), 139-172

2021

5. Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery Using Phone-Based Monitoring
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (2), 52-82 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery using Phone-Based Monitoring, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2017

6. India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: What Do We Really Know about the World’s Largest Workfare Program?
   India Policy Forum, 2017, 13, (1), 231-285 View citations (6)
7. Replications in Development Economics
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 32-36 View citations (22)

2016

8. Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (10), 2895-2929 View citations (146)
   See also Working Paper Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (29) (2014)
9. Does firm ownership structure matter? Evidence from sugar mills in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 122, (C), 46-62 View citations (3)

2015

10. Corruption in India: Bridging Research Evidence and Policy Options
    India Policy Forum, 2015, 11, (1), 193-276 View citations (9)
11. The Impact of Corruption on Consumer Markets: Evidence from the Allocation of Second-Generation Wireless Spectrum in India
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 58, (1), 75 - 109 View citations (6)

2013

12. Corruption Dynamics: The Golden Goose Effect
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013, 5, (4), 230-69 View citations (103)
13. The marginal rate of corruption in public programs: Evidence from India
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 104, (C), 52-64 View citations (67)

2012

14. Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (3), 43-63 View citations (39)

2004

15. Does happiness pay?: An exploration based on panel data from Russia
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (3), 319-342 View citations (221)