- Molina-Garzón, Adriana, Lakshmi Iyer, Ellis A. Adams, Krister P. Andersson, and Daniel C. Miller. “Transformative Change Potential of Anti-Poverty Interventions: Insights from Randomized Controlled Trials.” September 2026.
- Iyer, Lakshmi, Coleson Weir and Susan Ostermann. “Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in India?” September 2026.
- Molina-Garzón, Adriana, Lakshmi Iyer, Phani Devarakonda, Valena McEwen, Braden Roosevelt, Nicolas Tsypin, Aemro Worku, Poulomi Ghosh, Ellis A. Adams, Krister P. Andersson, and Daniel C. Miller. “Mapping the Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Interventions at the Poverty-Environment Nexus.” October 2026. Revised and resubmitted.
- Holman, Mirya, Christina Wolbrecht and Lakshmi Iyer. “Turning Votes into Power: New Women Voters and Access to Local Governance.” September 2026. Revised and resubmitted.
- Lancker, Kira, Lakshmi Iyer, Faraz Usmani, James Allen IV, Molly J. Doruska, Samba Mbaye, Aminata Sylla, Bineta Sow, Jason R. Rohr and Christopher B. Barrett. “Do private incentives crowd out public good donations? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment.” October 2026. Revised and resubmitted.
- Vivek Moorthy, Iyer, Lakshmi and Paloma Lopez de mesa Moyano. “Social norm salience and fertility: Evidence from Papal visits.” January 2026. Under revision.
- Earlier version: “Religion and Demography: Papal Influences on Fertility.” ND Population Analytics Working paper 2025-001.
- Media: Notre Dame News; Crux; The News Memo; Today’s Catholic.
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- Media: The Hindu.
- Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer. “Ethnic Conflict: The Role of Ethnic Representation.” WIDER Working Paper 2023/84, June 2023.
- “Gender Quotas and Crimes Against Women: Is There an Intensive Margin Effect?” with Margaret Triyana (email me for a draft).
Resting Papers
- “Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India.” (with Petia Topalova), updated August 2014. PDF
- Media: Slate, Chris Blattman’s blog.