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Project Citation: 

Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, Keniston, Daniel, and Singh, Nina. Data and Code for: Improving Police Performance in Rajasthan, India: Experimental Evidence on Incentives, Managerial Autonomy and Training. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-01-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116807V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Management matters for firms, but what practices are optimal in hierarchical government organizations? And can skilled managers identify them? A large-scale randomized trial conducted with the police of Rajasthan, India, tested four interventions recommended by senior police officers: limitations of transfers, rotation of duties and days off, increased community involvement, and on-duty training. Field experience motivated a fifth intervention: “decoy” visits by enumerators to register cases, incentivizing staff to improve service. Only training and decoy visits had robust impacts; others were poorly implemented and ineffective. Management reforms can improve policing, but even skilled leaders struggle to identify the optimal interventions.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Will and Flora Hewlett Foundation; UNODC

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Policing; personnel management; bureaucracy
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
      D23 Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
      D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
      F63 Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development
      H11 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Rajasthan, India
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2006 – 2008
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; survey data

Methodology

Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) face-to-face interview

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