{"id":20,"date":"2018-01-29T18:57:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T22:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:06:32","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolbrecht, Christina, Mirya Holman, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, Samantha Chapa, Fiona Rodger, and Emma Schroder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/abs\/gender-and-local-political-ambition\/A7EA8D4A1A50E5FEE992FF66064923FE\"><em>Gender and Local Political Ambition<\/em><\/a>. Cambridge University Press (Elements in Gender and Politics), 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Baig, Muhammad Faisal Ali, Quy-Toan Do, Daniel Garrote-Sanchez, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer,<\/strong> Chau Le, and Andrei Levchenko. <a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/33330\"><em><span class=\"italic\">Violence without Borders : The Internationalization of Crime and Conflict<\/span><\/em><\/a>. Policy Research Report, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/worldscibooks\/10.1142\/9777\"><i>\u00a0Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets<\/i><\/a>, World Scientific Publishing, 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal articles<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Chaudhary, Latika, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ej\/ueaf100\">The Importance of Being Local? Administrative Decentralization and Human Development<\/a>.\u201d <em>Economic Journal<\/em>, 136 (678): 2016\u20132040, 2026. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ej\/ueaf100\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.17187830\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/04\/Chaudhary_Iyer_AdminDevolution_April2025_Full.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/governance\/does-being-local-matter-administrative-decentralisation-and-human-development.html\"><em>Ideas for India<\/em> blog<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Fertig, Alexander, Alexandra Hartman, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, and Edmund Malesky. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/eprint\/AUHV7UIURGDR9UCDTTPB\/full?redirectUri=\/doi\/epdf\/10.1086\/734236\">A Field of Her Own: Property Rights and Women\u2019s Agency in Myanmar.<\/a>\u201d <em>Journal of Politics, <\/em>88(1): 192-204, 2026. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/734236.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/suppl\/10.1086\/734236\/suppl_file\/230301Appendix.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/YJWRAB\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2024\/03\/FHIM_Field_of_Her_Own_March2024.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, and Coleson Weir. &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2025.103576\">The Colonial Legacy in India: How Persistent are the Effects of Historical Institutions?<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&#8221; <em>Journal of Development Economics<\/em>, 177: 103576, 2025. d<\/span>oi.org\/10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2025.103576\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/05\/Iyer_Weir_Historical-Persistence_May2025.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Holman, Mirya, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong> and Christina Wolbrecht. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1561\/115.00000094\">Governing the Gilded Age City: Local Institution Building in the United States<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Journal of Historical Political Economy<\/em>, 5 (2): 215-237, 2025. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1561\/115.00000094.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"10.1561\/115.00000094_app\">Online appendix<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/TLXTZS\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/09\/HolmanIyerWolbrecht_GGAC_Mar2025.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Cassan, Guilhem, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, and Rinchan Ali Mirza. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-economic-history\/article\/abs\/enfranchisement-political-participation-and-political-competition-evidence-from-colonial-and-independent-india\/DDE252CA4A3EA8C0AAD1F81CC07636CF\">Enfranchisement, Political Participation and Political Competition: Evidence from Colonial and Independent India<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 <em>Journal of Economic History,<\/em> 85 (1): 33-71, 2025. doi.org\/10.1017\/S0022050725000038\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.cambridge.org\/content\/id\/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Aarticle%3AS0022050725000038\/resource\/name\/S0022050725000038sup001.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3886\/E198342V1\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/1j6d7eebamxcbs01307ot\/CassanIyerMirza_IndiaEnfranchisement_JEHforthcoming.pdf?rlkey=dd5r3km8oomsb9qlqraag7rbm&amp;dl=0\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/voxdev.org\/topic\/institutions-political-economy\/how-expanding-voting-rights-shaped-politics-india\">VoxDev<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/governance\/does-the-right-to-vote-affect-political-behaviour-historical-evidence-from-india.html\">Ideas for India<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/voting-rights-don-t-boost-political-participation-11598239595236.html\">Mint<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, and Joseph Vecci. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/rest_a_01040\">Leader Identity and Coordination<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Review of Economics and Statistics,<\/em> 105 (1): 175\u2013189, 2023.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/dylzkn4mq38ihbd\/BCIV_SupplementaryMaterial.pdf?dl=0\">Online appendix. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7910\/DVN\/QLU59Z\">Replication data<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2021\/01\/BCIV_Final_Jan2021.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/governance\/how-leader-identity-impacts-group-coordination.html\">Blog post<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2021.102746\">Religion and Abortion: The Role of Politician Identity<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Journal of Development Economics<\/em>, 153: 102746, 2021<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/1l3af619vllatqd\/BCI_Religion%26Abortion_July2021.pdf?dl=0\">Pre-publication version;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/social-identity\/religion-and-abortion-the-role-of-politician-identity.html\">Blog post<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian, and Xiaoxue Zhao. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0147596719300423\">Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor: Evidence from Urban China.<\/a>&#8221; <em>Journal of Comparative Economics, <\/em>47(3): 579-600, 2019.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2019\/04\/IMQZ_JCEC_April2019.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, and Anandi Mani. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.worlddev.2019.03.004\">&#8220;The Road Not Taken: Gender Gaps along Paths to Political Power.&#8221;<\/a> <em>World Development<\/em>, 119: 68-80, 2019.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/data.mendeley.com\/datasets\/v65tx7vx3z\/1\">Replication data<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2018\/10\/IyerMani_RoadNotTaken_Oct2018Full.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/social-identity\/the-road-not-taken-gender-gaps-along-paths-to-political-power.html\">Ideas for India blog post;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/getting-more-women-politics-evidence-india\">VoxEU column<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ecoj.12492\/full\">&#8220;Pathbreakers? Women&#8217;s Electoral Success and Future Political Participation.&#8221;<\/a> <i>Economic Journal<\/i>, 128 (613): 1844-1878, 2018.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fecoj.12492&amp;file=ecoj12492-sup-0001-AppendixA.pdf\">Online appendix, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fecoj.12492&amp;file=ecoj12492-sup-0002-DataS1.zip\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/article.aspx?article_id=1502\">Non-technical summary<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/getting-more-women-politics-evidence-india\">VoxEU column<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/voxdev.org\/topic\/institutions-political-economy\/where-are-indian-female-politicians\">VoxDev podcast<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/women-leave-the-door-open-for-other-women\/article5523447.ece#.UsOUWUmlVEo.gmail\">The Hindu;<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167268113002345\">&#8220;Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India.&#8221;<\/a> <i>Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization<\/i>,\u00a0104:4-17, 2014.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~liyer\/Muslims_BusinessStandard.pdf\">Business Standard<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2013\/07\/does-it-matter-if-muslim-representatives-are-elected-in-india.html\">Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, Tarun Khanna, and Ashutosh Varshney. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epw.in\/journal\/2013\/06\/special-articles\/caste-and-entrepreneurship-india.html\">Caste and Entrepreneurship in India<\/a>.&#8221; <i>Economic and Political Weekly<\/i>,\u00a048 (6): 52-60, February 9, 2013.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/iyer_khanna_varshney_EPWresubmission.pdf\">Pre-publication version,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ideasforindia.in\/article.aspx?article_id=179\">Non-technical summary<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/22\/world\/asia\/indias-boom-creates-openings-for-untouchables.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/the-curious-phenomenon-of-dalit-entrepreneurship-113022700005_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-21972989\">BBC<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi,<\/strong> Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles?id=10.1257\/app.4.4.165\">The Power of Political Voice: Women&#8217;s Political Representation and Crime in India<\/a>.&#8221; <i>American Economic Journal: Applied Economics<\/i>, 4(4): 165-193, 2012.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/aej\/app\/app\/2011-0220_app.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.3886\/E113833V1\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/IMMT_AEJAppFinal.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/article.aspx?article_id=153\">Non-technical summary<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hbswk.hbs.edu\/item\/6672.html\">HBS Working Knowledge<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/fighting-rapes-with-politics\/?singlepage=1\">Tehelka.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epaper.eisamay.com\/Details.aspx?id=2241&amp;boxid=1417260\">Ei Samay<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/indian-women-now-reporting-more-violent-crime-study-shows\/article4201363\/?service=mobile\">The Globe and Mail<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/indiarealtime\/2011\/08\/08\/economics-journal-women-in-local-politics-offer-biggest-benefit\/\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestatesman.net\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=393492&amp;catid=36\">The Statesman<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/content\/211928\/panchayati-raj-impact-positive-women.html\">Deccan Herald<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Opinion\/H2Yvz1K04q4wylcpgcXmTK\/Why-women-should-have-more-political-power.html\">Livemint<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/devesh-kapur-and-now-modestly-good-news-112040900038_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apolitical.co\/solution_article\/when-women-have-power-lessons-from-indias-local-leaders\/\">Apolitical<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WTd45oOy_Rk\">Secretary Clinton at the Women in Public Service Project and Colloquium<\/a> (minutes 35:00-37:00)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong> and Anandi Mani. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitpressjournals.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1162\/REST_a_00183\">Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Review of Economics and Statistics<\/i>,\u00a094(3): 723-739, 2012.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/Iyer_Mani_Bureaucrats_Appendix.pdf\">Online Appendix,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/NNGPMJ\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/Iyer_Mani_Bureaucrats_REStatFinalVersion.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/article.aspx?article_id=25\">Non-technical summary<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitpressjournals.org\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1162\/REST_a_00023\">&#8220;Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><i>Review of Economics and Statistics<\/i> 92(4): 693-713, 2010.\u00a0Lead article.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910\/DVN\/X9F0JG\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/8104169\">The Economist<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2010\/11\/16\/how_helpful_was_british_colonialism\">Foreign Policy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_print\/SB117131554110006323.html\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JM25PpWAtts\">Discover Economics<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Do, Quy-Toan, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0022343310386175\">Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal<\/a>.&#8221; (with Quy-Toan Do)\u00a0<i>Journal of Peace Research<\/i>\u00a047(6): 735-748, 2010.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/file.prio.no\/Journals\/JPR\/2010\/47\/6\/JPR%2047(6)_Do%20and%20Iyer.zip\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2022\/03\/Do_Iyer_Nepal_JPR.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/poverty-action.org\/blog\/economic-conditions-political-institutions-and-conflict\">Innovations in Poverty Action Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hbswk.hbs.edu\/item\/5689.html\">HBS Working Knowledge<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Do, Quy-Toan, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/abs\/10.1086\/533549\">Land Titling and Rural Transition in Vietnam<\/a>.&#8221; (with Quy-Toan Do)\u00a0<i>Economic Development and Cultural Change<\/i>\u00a056(3): 531-579, 2008.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Banerjee, Abhijit, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer.<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles?id=10.1257\/0002828054825574\">History, Institutions and Economic Performance: the Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India<\/a>.&#8221; (with Abhijit Banerjee)\u00a0<i>American Economic Review<\/i> 95(4): 1190-1213, 2005.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Winner of the inaugural Michael Wallerstein Award by the Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/aer\/data\/sept05_app_banerjee.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.3886\/E116059V1\">Replication data<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book chapters<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/B96C4D153F36FF070B29752D541C43E1\/9781009769488c13_267-296.pdf\/women_and_the_economy.pdf\">Women and the Economy<\/a>.\u201d In <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/cambridge-economic-history-of-modern-south-asia\/7AA489623B9E7B621FE2FB1E6090E5EE\">The Cambridge Economic History of Modern South Asia<\/a><\/em>, edited by Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy, and Anand Swamy. Cambridge University Press, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/9781009769464\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/9781009769464<\/a>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2024\/01\/Bhalotra-Iyer-WomenEconomy-CESABookChapter.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Clots-Figueras, Irma, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<\/span>Gender and Natural Experiments in Developing Countries<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.&#8221; In <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/usd\/handbook-of-experimental-development-economics-9781800885363.html\">Handbook of Experimental Development Economics<\/a><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, edited by Utteeyo Dasgupta and Pushkar Maitra. Edward Elgar, 2025.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800885370.\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800885370.<\/a>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2023\/02\/CI_BookChapter_2022Dec31.pdf\">Pre-publication version<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u201cDirect versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India.\u201d in <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/6v2tslcus6wqt9j\/long_shadow_vol2_feb17.pdf?dl=0\">The Long Economic and Political Shadow of History Volume 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">edited by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias\u00a0Papaioannou, CEPR VoxEU E-book, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>. &#8220;The Long Run Consequences of Colonial Institutions.&#8221; In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/A-New-Economic-History-of-Colonial-India\/Chaudhary-Gupta-Roy-Swamy\/p\/book\/9781138779723\"><i>A New Economic History of Colonial India<\/i><\/a>\u00a0edited by Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy, Routledge, 2015.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Do, Quy-Toan, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordhandbooks.com\/view\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780195392777.001.0001\/oxfordhb-9780195392777-e-15\">Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict<\/a>.&#8221; in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordhandbooks.com\/view\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780195392777.001.0001\/oxfordhb-9780195392777\"><i>Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict<\/i><\/a>\u00a0edited by Michelle Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas, Oxford University Press, 2012.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>. &#8220;Managing Conflict.&#8221; in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/reshaping-tomorrow-9780198075028?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><i>Reshaping Tomorrow: Is South Asia Ready for the Big Leap?<\/i><\/a>\u00a0edited by Ejaz Ghani,Oxford University Press, 2011.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Non-technical summaries:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/voxeu.org\/index.php?q=node\/4794\">VoxEU<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/siteresources.worldbank.org\/INTPREMNET\/Resources\/EP31.pdf\">Economic Premise No. 31 (September 2010)<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Banerjee, Abhijit, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer.<\/strong> &#8220;Colonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition, and Public Goods in India.&#8221; In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674060197&amp;content=toc\"><i>Natural Experiments of History<\/i><\/a>, edited by Jared Diamond and James Robinson. Harvard University Press, 2010.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Ghani, Ejaz, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer, <\/strong>and Saurabh Mishra. &#8220;Is Decentralization Helping the Lagging Regions?&#8221; In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-poor-half-billion-in-south-asia-9780198068846?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><i>The Poor Half Billion in South Asia<\/i><\/a>\u00a0edited by Ejaz Ghani, Oxford University Press, 2010.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Non-technical summaries:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxeu.org\/index.php?q=node\/7859\">VoxEU<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/siteresources.worldbank.org\/EXTPREMNET\/Resources\/EP110.pdf\">Economic Premise<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/otaviano-canuto\/south-asia-and-the-geogra_b_2901400.html\">Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Ghani, Ejaz, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer, <\/strong>and Saurabh Mishra. &#8220;Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?&#8221; In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-poor-half-billion-in-south-asia-9780198068846?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><i>The Poor Half Billion in South Asia<\/i><\/a>\u00a0edited by Ejaz Ghani, Oxford University Press, 2010.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Non-technical summaries:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxeu.org\/index.php?q=node\/7704\">VoxEU<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/Article.aspx?article_id=112\">Ideas for India<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Banerjee, Abhijit, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer,<\/strong> and Rohini Somanathan. &#8220;Public Action for Public Goods: Theory and Evidence.&#8221; In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/books\/handbook-of-development-economics\/schultz\/978-0-444-53100-1\"><i>Handbook of Development Economics<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 4<\/a>, edited by T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss. Elsevier Science &amp; Technology Books, 2008.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w12911\">NBER Working Paper 12911<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book reviews and other publications<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Adriana Molina-Garzon, Valena McEwen, Aemro Worku, Sacha Siani, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, Ellis Adams, Krister Andersson, Daniel C. Miller. 2025. \u201cCan interventions reduce extreme poverty and conserve the environment in rural areas? Evidence from RCTs: a Systematic Review Protocol.\u201d PROCEED-24-00309. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.57808\/proceed.2025.2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.57808\/proceed.2025.2<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u201cMemo on \u2018Economic Determinants\u2019 by Carl Henrik Knutsen and Sirianne Dahlum,\u201d <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s35\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Democracy-and-Autocracy-211_June-2023.pdf\"><em>Democracy and Autocracy<\/em> 21(1)<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444444\">, June 2023.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eh.net\/book_reviews\/law-and-the-economy-in-a-young-democracy\/\">Review<\/a> of <em>Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy<\/em> by Tirthankar Roy and Anand Swamy, <em>EH.net<\/em>, September 2022.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, and Susan Ostermann. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themaydan.com\/2019\/05\/the-faith-factor-reflections-from-a-recent-conference-on-religion-public-policy-and-development-in-south-asia\/\">The Faith Factor: Reflections from a Recent Conference on Religion, Public Policy and Development in South Asia<\/a>,&#8221; <em>Maydan, <\/em>May 28, 2019.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/yojana.gov.in\/2014%20-7-%20July-%20%20%28including%20cover%29%20Yojana.pdf\">The Electoral Participation of Women<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Yojana Magazine<\/em>, July 14, 2014.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Banerjee, Abhijit, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer.<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00220388.2013.810850\">Response to `A Re-examination of Banerjee and Iyer&#8217; by Iversen, Palmer-Jones and Sen<\/a>.&#8221; <i>Journal of Development Studies<\/i>\u00a049(12): 1647-1650, 2013.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, and Indhira Santos. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/elibrary.worldbank.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1596\/1813-9450-6104\">Creating Jobs in South Asia&#8217;s Conflict Zones<\/a>.&#8221; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6104, June 2012.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Non-technical summary:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.worldbank.org\/developmenttalk\/the-employment-challenge-in-south-asia-s-conflict-zones\">World Bank Let&#8217;s Talk Development Blog<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>. &#8220;The Political Economy of Public Service Provision in South Asia.&#8221; in\u00a0<i>People, Politics and Globalization: Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics &#8212; Global 2009<\/i>\u00a0edited by Justin Yifu Lin and Boris Pleskovic, The World Bank, 2010.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>. 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