David Blakeslee
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Blakeslee |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Blakeslee |
| SIGNATURE | BLAKESLEE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Economic factors mediate the impact of drought on farmer suicides in India
Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education, and half the villages received a higher subsidy for females. The program increased enrollment by 32 percentage points and test scores by 0.63 standard deviations, with no difference across the two subsidy schemes. Estimati…
Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
We study the long-term impact of large-scale irrigation infrastructure on the composition of local economic activity in India. Our analysis uses high-resolution spatial data covering approximately 150,000 villages and towns and exploits spatial discontinuities in the coverage of irrigation projects. Irrigation increases agricultural output, wealth, and population density in rural villages. However, in towns it reduces population and nightlight de…
Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
We study the long-term impact of large-scale irrigation infrastructure on the composition of local economic activity in India. Our analysis uses high-resolution spatial data covering approximately 150,000 villages and towns and exploits spatial discontinuities in the coverage of irrigation projects. Irrigation increases agricultural output, wealth, and population density in rural villages. However, in towns it reduces population and nightlight de…
Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education, and half the villages received a higher subsidy for females. The program increased enrollment by 32 percentage points and test scores by 0.63 standard deviations, with no difference across the two subsidy schemes. Estimati…
Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
We study the long-term impact of large-scale irrigation infrastructure on the composition of local economic activity in India. Our analysis uses high-resolution spatial data covering approximately 150,000 villages and towns and exploits spatial discontinuities in the coverage of irrigation projects. Irrigation increases agricultural output, wealth, and population density in rural villages. However, in towns it reduces population and nightlight de…
Economic factors mediate the impact of drought on farmer suicides in India
Economics (3 works) · Agricultural economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Agricultural Economics and Practices (1 work) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agroforestry (1 work) · Business (1 work)