Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?

This paper provides microlevel evidence of how past institutions impact present economic outcomes. It looks at the impact of colonial land tenure institutions on local governance and education outcomes in northern India. Outcomes are worse in villages that belong to areas with a history of concentra...

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Main Author:	Pandey, Priyanka
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations D020 State and Local Government Intergovernmental Relations: General H700 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: Asia including Middle East N350 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Asia including Middle East N450 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4831

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spelling	okr-10986-48312021-04-23T14:02:19Z Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter? Pandey, Priyanka Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations D020 State and Local Government Intergovernmental Relations: General H700 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: Asia including Middle East N350 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Asia including Middle East N450 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 This paper provides microlevel evidence of how past institutions impact present economic outcomes. It looks at the impact of colonial land tenure institutions on local governance and education outcomes in northern India. Outcomes are worse in villages that belong to areas with a history of concentration of power with the elites. Such areas continue to retain a greater political presence of socially and economically dominant classes. Future research should examine the success of policies that attempt to break such persistence through empowerment of nonelite groups. 2012-03-30T07:29:57Z 2012-03-30T07:29:57Z 2010 Journal Article American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 19457782 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4831 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India
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description	This paper provides microlevel evidence of how past institutions impact present economic outcomes. It looks at the impact of colonial land tenure institutions on local governance and education outcomes in northern India. Outcomes are worse in villages that belong to areas with a history of concentration of power with the elites. Such areas continue to retain a greater political presence of socially and economically dominant classes. Future research should examine the success of policies that attempt to break such persistence through empowerment of nonelite groups.
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title	Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?
title_short	Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?
title_full	Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?
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title_full_unstemmed	Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?
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Service Delivery and Corruption in Public Services: How Does History Matter?

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