David Blakeslee
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View article: Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India Open
We study the long-term impact of large-scale irrigation infrastructure on the composition of local economic activity in India. Our analysis uses high-resolution spatial data covering approximately 150,000 villages and towns and exploits sp…
View article: Land Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India: Evidence from the Industrial Areas Program
Land Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India: Evidence from the Industrial Areas Program Open
Zoning laws that restrict rural land to agricultural production pose an important institutional barrier to industrial development. We study the effects of the Industrial Areas (IA) program in Karnataka, India, which rezoned agricultural la…
View article: Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan Open
We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education, and half th…
View article: Replication Data for Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
Replication Data for Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan Open
Data and do files (STATA) for replication.
View article: Way Down in the Hole: Adaptation to Long-Term Water Loss in Rural India
Way Down in the Hole: Adaptation to Long-Term Water Loss in Rural India Open
Worsening environmental conditions threaten to undermine progress in reducing rural poverty. Little is known, however, about the prospects for farmer adaptations to mitigate this threat, in particular through opportunities for income diver…
View article: Delivering Education to the Underserved Through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
Delivering Education to the Underserved Through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan Open
We contribute to the school-competition literature by evaluating a program that randomly assigned private schools to underserved villages in Pakistan.Program schools were provided a per-student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary educa…
View article: Structural Transformation and Spillovers from Industrial Areas
Structural Transformation and Spillovers from Industrial Areas Open
Like many developing countries, India features a variety of land-use restrictions that make it difficult to establish industrial firms on agricultural lands. Such policies have received some of the blame for the slow pace of industrializat…