{"id":29,"date":"2018-01-29T18:49:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T22:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:16:43","slug":"working-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/working-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Iyer, Lakshmi, Coleson Weir and Susan Ostermann. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2026\/03\/IWO_Political-Influence_Feb2026_Full.pdf\">Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in India?<\/a>&#8221; February 2026.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Molina-Garz\u00f3n, Adriana, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, Phani Devarakonda, Valena McEwen, Braden Roosevelt, Nicolas Tsypin, Aemro Worku, Poulomi Ghosh, Ellis A. Adams, Krister P. Andersson, and Daniel C. Miller. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/12\/MolinaGarzon_etal_SystematicReview_2025Dec1.pdf\">Can interventions Reduce Rural Poverty While Conserving the Environment? A Systematic Review of Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials<\/a>.&#8221; December 2025.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Holman, Mirya, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong> and Christina Wolbrecht. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2026\/08\/HIW_StackedDeck_July2026.pdf\">A Stacked Deck: Ambition, Supply, Demand, and Women&#8217;s Access to Political Power.&#8221;<\/a> July 2026. <em>Revised and resubmitted.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong>, Coleson Weir and Susan Ostermann. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/84fvwdasg1j97etpfx5dy\/IOW_Delimitation_2States_Aug2025.pdf?rlkey=lf8smrgz0pjptq2leebwdp052&amp;dl=0\">Political Incumbents and India\u2019s Electoral Redistricting: Evidence from Two States<\/a>.&#8221; August 2025. [Revised version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/item.aspx?num=46005\">Iyer and Reddy (2013)<\/a>].\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/2008-delimitation-process-was-politically-neutral-with-exceptions\/article5602819.ece\">The Hindu<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Wolbrecht, Christina, Mirya Holman and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/roh3zmf42id94y7pp8bwu\/WHI_TurningVotesIntoPower_Mar2026.pdf?rlkey=v5fxuscw1vlj4681i52sjjmqk&amp;dl=0\">Turning Votes into Power: New Women Voters and Access to Local Governance<\/a>.&#8221; March 2026.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Lancker, Kira, <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>, Faraz Usmani, James Allen IV, Molly J. Doruska, Samba Mbaye, Aminata Sylla, Bineta Sow, Jason R. Rohr and Christopher B. Barrett. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2026\/05\/Lancker_etal_MotivationalCrowding_May2026.pdf\">Do private incentives crowd out public good donations? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/03\/Lancker_etal_MotivationalCrowding_Mar2025.pdf\">.<\/a>&#8221; May 2026.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Vivek Moorthy, <strong>Iyer, Lakshmi<\/strong> and Paloma Lopez de mesa Moyano. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/4toqkwgim60qr7s9rwv38\/MIL_PapalVisits_Jan2026Full.pdf?rlkey=7xuq5mv5duxnymkwg5qeywj62&amp;dl=0\">Social norm salience and fertility: Evidence from Papal visits.<\/a>&#8221; January 2026.\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Earlier version: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/lakshmi-iyer\/files\/2025\/02\/ILM_PopeFertility_FullPaper_Feb2025.pdf\">Religion and Demography: Papal Influences on Fertility<\/a>.&#8221; ND Population Analytics Working paper 2025-001.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nd.edu\/news\/who-the-messenger-is-matters-cultural-leaders-can-positively-influence-population-growth\/\">Notre Dame News<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/church-in-the-americas\/2025\/04\/new-research-finds-john-paul-ii-effect-on-boosting-fertility-in-latin-america\">Crux<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsmemo.com\/p\/pope-john-paul-iis-visits-to-latin\">The News Memo<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/todayscatholic.org\/researchers-find-link-between-papal-visits-fertility-rates\/\">Today&#8217;s Catholic<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and <strong>Lakshmi Iyer<\/strong>. &#8220;Ethnic Conflict: The Role of Ethnic Representation.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.35188\/UNU-WIDER\/2023\/392-5\">WIDER Working Paper 2023\/84<\/a>, June 2023.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u201cGender Quotas and Crimes Against Women: Is There an Intensive Margin Effect?\u201d with Margaret Triyana (email me for a draft).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Resting Papers<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&#8220;Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India.&#8221; (with Petia Topalova), updated August 2014.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~liyer\/Iyer_Topalova_August2014.pdf\">PDF<\/a><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>Media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/the_world_\/2014\/04\/24\/climate_change_and_crime_research_indicates_that_weather_shocks_cause_increased.html\">Slate<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chrisblattman.com\/2014\/04\/07\/papers-liked\/\">Chris Blattman&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGender Quotas and Crimes Against Women: Is There an Intensive Margin Effect?\u201d with Margaret Triyana (email me for a draft). 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