Calendrier du 19 avril 2022
PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 19/04/2022 de 17:00 à 18:00
R1-13, Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94740575953
SINGH Manpreet (PSE)
Analysis of renewable energy auctions in India
Paris Trade Seminar
Du 19/04/2022 de 14:30 à 16:00
PSE, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, salle R2-21
MION Giordano (ESSEC and CEPR)
Dream Jobs in a Globalized Economy: Wage Dynamics and International Experience
écrit avec Luca David Opromolla and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 19/04/2022 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R1.09 PSE
AHMED Resuf ()
Does Political Quota Lead to Development? Evidence from India
This paper studies the impact of political quotas on development. I exploit an exogenous variation provided by the redistricting of the electoral constituencies in 2008: almost 20% of all Indian villages changed their quota status. I employ novel village-level data on nightlights, electrification, road (re)construction, and school enrollment. The findings are threefold: (i) redistricting leads to more development in villages directly affected, (ii) villages that get the quotas for the first time experience a higher development as opposed to villages that loses the political quotas, (iii) share of the (SCs) minority in the village in addition to political quotas plays an instrumental role for the development. Furthermore, losing political quotas does not result in a lower level of development implying that there is a persistence of quota mandate.