Kaivan D. Munshi

Brown University - Department of Economics

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Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World: Caste, Gender and Schooling Choice in a Globalizing Economy

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Jul 2003
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Institutional Change, Globalization, Schooling, Caste, Gender

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Networks, Migration and Investment: Insiders and Outsiders in Tirupur's Production Cluster

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Aug 2000
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Kaivan D. Munshi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Institutional Change in the Non-Market Economy: Endogenous Matching in Chennai's Chit Fund Auctions

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Jan 2003
Jan Eeckhout and Kaivan D. Munshi
University College London - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Roscas, Non-market Institutions, Endogenous Matching, Financial Intermediation

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What Role Does Marriage Play in Urban Africa? Evidence from a High HIV Area in Kenya

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 Jun 2003
Nancy Luke and Kaivan D. Munshi
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Marriage, Labor Markets, HIV/AIDS, Sexual Activity, Social Institutions, Africa

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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments

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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments

Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 964, Yale Economics Department Working Paper No. 53
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Sep 2008
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Politics, Commitment, Governance

The Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments

NBER Working Paper No. w14335
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Why is Mobility in India so Low? Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w14850
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2022
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Inclusive Institutions and Long-Run Misallocation

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Oct 2013
Oded Galor, Kaivan D. Munshi and Nicholas L. Wilson
Brown University - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Inclusive institutions, Exclusive institutions, Networks, Labor misallocation, Development, Persistence

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From Farming to International Business: The Social Auspices of Entrepreneurship in a Growing Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w13065
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2022
Kaivan D. Munshi
Brown University - Department of Economics
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Identity, Parochial Institutions, and Occupational Choice: Linking the Past to the Present in the American Midwest

NBER Working Paper No. w13717
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2022
Kaivan D. Munshi and Nicholas L. Wilson
Brown University - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Insiders and Outsiders: Local Ethnic Politics and Public Goods Provision

NBER Working Paper No. w21720
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Networks, Commitment, and Competence: Caste in Indian Local Politics

NBER Working Paper No. w19197
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Kaivan D. Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Brown University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Inequality, Control Rights, and Rent Seeking: Sugar Cooperatives in Maharashtra

Posted: 27 Feb 2001
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Kaivan D. Munshi, Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Brown University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

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