Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, this paper investigates political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of...
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INFORMACIÓN
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2014/05/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS6854
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2014/05/01
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Disclosed
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Gender and public goods provision in Tamil Nadu's village governments
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public good