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title: India Econ Conference | Reading List
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# Readings

Session 1: Evidence on Large Government Programs and Policies

[Safety Nets, Credit, and Investment: Evidence from a Guaranteed Income Program](https://nishvats.github.io/Documents/Vats_JMP_Booth.pdf)  
Pulak Ghosh and Nishant Vats  
March 20, 2023

[Impact of the GST on Corporate Tax Evasion: Evidence from Indian Tax Records](https://aiplayground-prod2.stanford.edu/URL_HERE)  
Sumit Agarwal, Shashwat Alok, Shiv Dixit, Tejaswi Velayudhan  
March 8, 2022

Session 2: Environment and Energy Policy

[Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India](https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjaf009)  
Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, Anant Sudarshan  
*The Quarterly Journal of Economics*, Volume 140, Issue 2, May 2025, Pages 1003–1060  
Published: February 5, 2025

Session 3: Healthcare and Education

Session 4: Digital Transformation, Financial Inclusion, and Beyond

[Can Cashless Payments Spur Economic Growth?](https://aiplayground-prod2.stanford.edu/URL_HERE)  
Tamanna Singh Dubey, Amiyatosh Purnanandam  
November 2023

[Breaking Barriers to Financial Access: Cross-Platform Digital Payments and Access Markets ](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5069372)   
Shashwat Alok, Pulak Ghosh, Nirupama Kulkarni, Manju Puri  
December 2024

Session 5: Skilling and Employment

[What Works For Her? How Work-from-Home Jobs Affect Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4739387)  
Suhani Jalota, Lisa Ho  
January 2024

[Bringing Work Home: Flexible Work Arrangements as Gateway Jobs for Women in West Bengal](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vyzkrzwv2xlce1woj9hcm/lisaho_jmp_hjk_bwh.pdf?rlkey=aj66ghiptyslj5l7lawr9kzgs&e=2&dl=0)  
Lisa Ho, Suhani Jalota, Anahita Karandikar  
March 2025