Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

(Deemed to be University)​

Nandwani Bharti

Publications
  1. The long-term effect of colonialism on women empowerment in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury (accepted,Economic Development and Cultural Change)
  2. Private investment in education: Household response to a policy change in English as a second language, with Gitanjali Sen, TheJournal of Development Studies (2025): 1-18.
  3. Rural roads infrastructure and women autonomy, with Punarjit Roychowdhury, The World Bank Economic Review (2024): lhae048.
  4. Women representation in school management and school quality, with Chandan Jain, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 222 (2024): 84-103.
  5. Land rights recognition and political participation: Evidence from India, Journal of Development Studies59.11 (2023): 1741-1759.
  6. Community forestry and its implications for land related disputes: Evidence from India, European Journal of Political Economy 73 (2022): 102155
  7. Local community composition and school provision in India, with Nishant Chadha, Journal of Development Studies(2021):1-21.
  8. Public and private schools in India, with Nishant Chadha, India Development Report 2021
  9. Examining the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Funding in Indian Education, with Nishant Chadha, New Philanthropy and the Disruption of Global Education(2020): 102
  10. Growth, Development Spending and Inequality in Indian States – 1988-2012, with Nishant Chadha, Economic & Political Weekly ((2019): 54(11), 45-52
  11. Decentralisation, Economic Inequality and Insurgency, Journal of Development Studies 55.7 (2019): 1379-1397
  12. Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012, with Nishant Chadha, Oxford Development Studies (2018): 1-15.
  13. Caste and Class, Review of Market Integration 8.3 (2017): 135-151.
Working Papers
  • Women inheritance rights and political participation, with Punarjit Roychowdhury (revise and resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)
  • Decentralisation of governance and health seeking behavior, with Ishita Varma (revise and resubmit, Journal of Development Economics)
  • Access to clean cooking fuel and women outcomes, with Manisha Jain
  • Importance of English as a second language in higher education: Learning from a natural experiment in India, with Gitanjali Sen
  • Rural Roads and Firm Outcomes in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury and Binay Shankar
  • Guns and Gains: Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Counterinsurgency on Human Capital and Labor Market Outcomes in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury and Sourish Mustafi
  • Demand shocks and supply of schools: Insight from rainfall shocks in India, with Nishant Chadha
  • Financial development and Conflict Mitigation: Can finance combat conflict? with Sankar De
Courses Tought
  • Econometrics – 1
  • Political Economy of Institutions and Development

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