My Work.

Published Work

Blakeslee, David, Aaditya Dar, Ram Fishman, Samreen Malik, Heitor Pelegrina, and Karan Singh (2022). "Irrigation and the Spatial Pattern of Structural Transformation in India," Forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics.
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Blakeslee, David S, Ram Fishman, and Veena Srinivasan (2020). "Way Down in the Hole: Adaptation to Long-Term Water Loss in Rural India,"​ American Economic Review, 110(1): 200-224.

Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, David S Blakeslee, Matthew Hoover, Leigh Linden, Dhushyanth Raju, and Stephen Ryan (2020). "Delivering Education to the Underserved Through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan," Accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics.

Blakeslee, David S and Ram Fishman (2018). "Weather Shocks, Agriculture, and Crime: Evidence from India," Journal of Human Resources, 53(3): 750-782.

Blakeslee, David S (2018). "Politics and Public Goods in Developing Countries: Evidence from the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi," Journal of Public Economics, 163: 1-19.

Blakeslee, David S, Ritam Chaurey, Ram Fishman, and Samreen Malik (2020). "Land Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India: Evidence from the Industrial Areas Program," Accepted, World Bank Economic Review.

Blakeslee, David S, Ritam Chaurey, Ram Fishman, Deepak Malghan, and Samreen Malik (2021). "In the Heat of the Moment: Economic and Non-Economic Drivers of the Weather Crime Relationship," Accepted, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.


Working Papers

Blakeslee, David S (2018). "The ​Rath Yatra Effect: Hindu Nationalist Propaganda and the Rise of the BJP,"  Working Paper.

Blakeslee, David S, Ram Fishman, Deepak Malghan, and Yoav Rothler (2020). "Economic Factors Mediate the Effect of Drought on Farmer Suicides in India," Working Paper.