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Research Papers
Political Economy

Political Accountability for Populist Policies: Lessons from India’s Demonetization, 2023. (with G. Khanna), Journal of Public Economics Volume 219, March 2023, 104819, Link to Ideas for India (I4I) article here

Female Leaders and Intrahousehold Dynamics: Evidence from State Elections in India, 2025 (with S Anukriti and B. Erten), Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Democracy and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia, Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2021, pp. 1–30 (with Ama Baafra Abeberese, Prabhat Barnwal, Ritam Chaurey)

The Non-Democratic Roots of Elite Capture: Evidence from Soeharto Mayors in IndonesiaEconometrica, November 2017, 85 (6), 1991-2010. (with M. Martinez-Bravo & A. Stegmann)  (Replication files available on journal website here)

The Persistent Effects of Private versus Colonial Rule: Evidence from 19th Century Indonesia (with Thiemo Fetzer)

Policy Choices under Appointments and Elections: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indonesia. 

Social Preferences and the Response to Government Transfers (with Thomas Fujiwara and Martin Kanz)

Human Capital

Talk Therapy and Human Capital in Adolescence: Evidence from Nepal, 2025 (with Eric Edmonds, Nikhilesh Prakash, Nishith Prakash, Shwetlena Sabharwal)

Online Appendix

(Draft coming soon) Screening and Retention in Repeated-Payment Markets: Experimental Evidence from Education, 2025. (with J. Berry)

Can Destigmatizing Mental Health Increase Willingness to Seek Help? Experimental Evidence from Nepal, 2024 (with Lindsey Buck, Nirajana Mishra, Nikhilesh Prakash, Nishith Prakash, Diane Quinn, Shwetlena Sabarwal, and Deepak Saraswat), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 44(1), 97-124

Data and Replication Package

Inputs, Monitoring, and Crowd-out in School-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from India’s Midday Meals Program, 2021. Journal of Public Economics. 204(7). 104552. (with J. Berry, S. Mehta, H. Ruebeck, K. Shastry) 

Implementation and Effects of India's National School-Based Iron Supplementation Program, 2019. (with J. Berry, S. Mehta, H. Ruebeck, K. Shastry), Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 144, May 2020, 102428

Taken with a Grain of Salt? Micronutrient Fortification in South AsiaCESifo Economic Studies (2012) 58(2): 422-449 (with J. Berry and K. Shastry)

Impacts of the Pandemic on Vulnerable Households in Bangladesh (with Emily Beam)

Engaging Parents in Learning: Experimental Evidence from Rural India, 2024

Social Identity and Aspirations: A Field Experiment in Rural India.

You can find information on the field experiment at the AEA trial registry here  - Mukherjee, Priya. 2014. "Social Identity and Aspirations." AEA RCT Registry. January 14