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Female politicians and economic growth: Evidence from state elections in India

Women legislators and economic performance

Working paper 21 Aug 2018 State and State Effectiveness

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Thushyanthan Baskaran

Professor, University of Siegen

Sonia Bhalotra

Professor of Economics, University of Essex

Brian Min

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Yogesh Uppal

Associate Professor of Economics, Youngstown State University
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