J-PAL Datasets

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  • Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India 

    Raghabednra Chattopadhyay; Esther Duflo (2007-10-05)
    This data set uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women's leadership on policy decisions. Using a dataset we collected on 265 village councils in West Bengal and Rajasthan, we compare the ...

  • Udaipur Health Study 

    Abhijit Banerjee; Angus Deaton; Esther Duflo (2007-10-05)
    This data set contains data on the health histories of, and access to healthcare facilities for, individuals located in the Udaipur districts of Rajasthan, India. Data was collected at the household level, as well as at ...

  • Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School 

    Esther Duflo; Rema Hanna (2007-10-05)
    This data was collected from a randomized experiment run by Seva Mandir and J-PAL in the tribal villages of Udaipur, India. An incentives program was implemented to reduce high teacher absence in non-formal primary education ...

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