Replication data for: Enfranchising Your Own? Experimental Evidence on Bureaucrat Diversity and Election Bias in India
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Project Citation:
Neggers, Yusuf. Replication data for: Enfranchising Your Own? Experimental Evidence on Bureaucrat Diversity and Election Bias in India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113180V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper investigates the effects of polling station administrator diversity on elections in India, using a natural experiment: the random assignment of government officials to teams managing stations on election day, together with surveys conducted with voters and election officers. I demonstrate that changes in the religious and caste composition of officer teams impact voting at the polling station level, causing shifts in coalition vote shares large enough to influence election outcomes. Effects are strongest when officers have greater discretion over the voting process. I also provide evidence suggesting own-group favoritism by election personnel as one relevant mechanism.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Natural Experiment;
Survey Experiment
JEL Classification:
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C93 Field Experiments
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
C93 Field Experiments
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Geographic Coverage:
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Bihar, India
Time Period(s):
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2014 – 2015
Universe:
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Polling stations and random samples of polling station officers and potential voters in the 2014 general elections in two districts in the state of Bihar, India
Data Type(s):
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survey data;
administrative records data;
observational data;
experimental data
Methodology
Data Source:
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Polling station electoral returns (Form 20s) from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar; Author's own surveys of polling stations officers and potential voters; 2011 Census of India
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Individuals,
Polling Stations,
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