Kartikeya Batra on Long-Run Effects of Land Redistribution in India
Ideas of India · Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Show Notes
Shruti spoke with Kartikeya Batra, who is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Maryland and has a master's in international affairs from The Fletcher School.
His research lies at the intersection of political economy, development economics, and economic history. They discussed his job market paper titled "Long-Run Effects of Land Redistribution: Evidence from India," and talked about the erstwhile Zamindari or Taluqdari system and its impact on modern day Uttar Pradesh, land titling versus land redistribution in India, the importance of property rights, relationship between land owning castes and socioeconomic outcomes, and much more.
Recorded September 19th, 2023.
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