Roger R. Betancourt|Suzanne Gleason
The Allocation of Publicly-Provided Goods to Rural Households in India: On Some Consequences of Caste, Religion and Democracy
University of Maryland, College Park|Harvard University
determines allocation publiclyprovided goods rural households india although empirically driven paper draws characteristics indias institutional structure implications existing literature framing answer question confront main empirical implications drawn framework unique data set brings together widely used district data recently constructed data set political participation identify three robust determinants allocation process formal informal characteristics state allocation mechanism selectivity allocations muslims scheduled castes bureaucratic rules behavior