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Highlights: Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion. Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater when congestion is already at a…

3 July 2023 | Research Brief | India

Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion. Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater when congestion is already at a high level. A...

3 July 2023 | EfD Discussion Paper | India

Abstract Due to worsening air quality across many cities in developing countries, there is an urgent need to consider more aggressive air pollution control measures. Valuation of the benefits of clean…

30 May 2023 | EfD Discussion Paper | India, China

Most of the empirical literature assessing the impacts of climate change on agriculture has modeled crop yields as a function of the levels or deviations in the growing-period rainfall. However, an…

2 March 2023 | Peer Reviewed | India

Abstract This paper studies the impact of high global rice and wheat prices on household welfare in India. I use the 2007–08 surge in global food prices and household share of area under rice and…

22 August 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

Abstract This paper proposes new composite measures of relative and dynamic state performance to improve governance and delivery of public programs in developing countries with a federal structure. We…

31 October 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

This study has assessed the impact of crop insurance vis-à-vis irrigation on farm income and its higher-order moments. The study utilizes nationally representative farm survey data from India and…

20 September 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

Policy expectations from biofuels have been a widely contested issue. Lately, the risks and uncertainties associated with the unintended consequences of biofuels in terms of food and land-use changes…

20 September 2022 | Peer Reviewed | India

In much of the developing world, cooking accounts for most of women's time in home production. Does reliance on biomass for cooking drive this time burden? To assess time-savings from shifting towards…

20 September 2022 | Discussion Paper | India

A long history of empirical research has focused on testing whether and when household consumption and production decisions are separable. The underlying premise is that if markets were perfect…

20 September 2022 | Other Publications | India