Hunger during pre‐harvest lean seasons is widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and
Sub‐Saharan Africa. We randomly assign an $8.50 incentive to households in rural …

Social preferences and third-party enforcement of formal contracts are two mechanisms that
facilitate performance of an agreement. The standard argument is that formal, enforceable …

A February 2010 judgment of the Delhi High Court called into question several assumptions
underlying policy thinking on the cycle rickshaw sector. Examining these assumptions in the …

In develo** countries, lack of formal contract enforcement mechanisms is compensated by
informal governance enforced through trust, kinship, reputation, etc. This paper focuses on …

The migration of workers, often pushed by the crisis in rural areas and the farm sector, plays
an important role in sha** the urban process in India. For various reasons, migrants …

This chapter examines the policy implementation of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme as envisaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural …

Increasing numbers of rural workers in India engage in commuting as well as temporary and
seasonal forms of migration to cities. Yet, the implications of such large-scale temporary …

To sum up, this thesis looks at agent behaviour in the laboratory, in the field, and in the
market. Firstly, we impose a requirement in the laboratory (Chapter 2) that mimics a …