Jati, local public goods and village governence: private actions and public outcomes

Raghbendra Jha, Hari K. Nagarajan and Anirudh Tagat ()

ASARC Working Papers from The Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre

Abstract: This paper purports to understand whether voting along narrow parochial lines in socially and ethnically fragmented societies has measurable gains. Using data from rural India, we establish that identity based voting, driven by membership in social and informal networks, will lead to enhanced participation in welfare programs, which in turn leads to increased consumption growth. We also show that reducing agency costs does not necessarily remove the need for identity-based voting, and that such voting behaviour is a means for engaging in capture of public and private benefits by these groups. Some policy recommendations are also advanced.

Keywords: economic development; voting behavior; decentralization; parochial politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 D72 H41 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: JATI, LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS AND VILLAGE GOVERNANCE: PRIVATE ACTIONS AND PUBLIC OUTCOMES (2019)
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