Religious Polarization and Under-Supply of Public Goods
Social heterogeneity results in a lower supply of public goods because of the conflict, diverse preferences and political insecurity that predominate in socially heterogeneous contexts. Despite its multiple stratifications along religious, caste and linguistic lines, India has scarce academic research on the impact of social heterogeneityon economic outcomes. I study the impact of religious polarization, measured through religious heterogeneity, on the supply of public goods at the sub-distric...
Éditeur : Graduate Institute Publications
Lieu d’édition : Geneva
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 14 janvier 2022
ISBN numérique : 978-2-940600-37-3
DOI : 10.4000/books.iheid.8722
Collection : eCahiers de l’Institut | 42
Année d’édition : 2022
Social heterogeneity results in a lower supply of public goods because of the conflict, diverse preferences and political insecurity that predominate in socially heterogeneous contexts. Despite its multiple stratifications along religious, caste and linguistic lines, India has scarce academic research on the impact of social heterogeneityon economic outcomes. I study the impact of religious polarization, measured through religious heterogeneity, on the supply of public goods at the sub-district level in India. I use anovel fixed effects panel and spatial data approach to establish this relationship and find a significant negative impact of religious polarization on public goods provision.
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Pulkit is a Consultant at the World Bank where he works with Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) to assess the impact of resilience programs in the Sahel region. He is also the Data Manager at Resolve to Save Lives, where he is responsible for tracking and surveillance of Covid-19 outbreaks in collaboration with Africa CDC. Prior to working with the World Bank, he founded and managed a non-profit called Asmat that worked towards improving access to education and entrepreneurial program in rural India. Pulkit earned a Master’s in Economics from the Graduate Institute, Geneva and won the Rudi Dornbusch Prize for best thesis.
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