Aligning with one’s own : private voting and public outcomes in rural elections; some evidence from India

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dc.contributor.authorJha, Raghbendra
dc.contributor.authorNagarajan, Hari K.
dc.contributor.authorPradhan, Kailash C.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-06T17:17:29Z
dc.date.available2014-03-06T17:17:29Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.description.abstractIdentity based voting is a second best solution adopted by households to minimize the negative effects of one’s own identity and (or) identity based coalitions. If a significant source of household welfare is one’s identity or, membership in ethnically defined groups, then politics that results will be parochial in nature. In parochial politics voting along ethnic lines becomes a significant tool for gaining welfare or to discipline the elected representatives. Using newly available data from rural India, we establish that identity based voting will lead to enhanced participation in welfare programs and increased consumption growth. The paper is able to able to show that identity based voting results from the externalities derived from membership in social and information networks, and such voting by enhancing participation in welfare programs leads to significant increases in household consumption growth.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/52486
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ruralgov-ncaer.org/publications.php?cPath=2
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dc.publisherNational Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, INen
dc.relation.ispartofNCAER working papers on decentralisation and rural governance in India; no. 10, December 2012en
dc.subjectIDENTITY BASED VOTINGen
dc.subjectPANCHAYATSen
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATIONen
dc.subjectDEVOLUTIONen
dc.subjectELECTIONSen
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONen
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPSen
dc.subjectGOVERNANCEen
dc.subjectINDIAen
dc.titleAligning with one’s own : private voting and public outcomes in rural elections; some evidence from Indiaen
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idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber105223001
idrc.project.number105223
idrc.project.titleBuilding Policy Research Capacity for Rural Governance and Growth in Indiaen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-1339-25
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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