How Quotas Shape Political Violence: Field Evidence from Jharkhand

This survey-based project covered 105 Gram Panchayats in Jharkhand. The Survey was done under the patronage of Benjamin Pasquale and Michael Gilligan. MORSEL interviewed 16 natives in each Gram Panchayat. The sample criteria designed by Researchers was based on reports and news articles of Naxalite activities in Jharkhand published in Jharkhand and in nearby areas. The researchers had put in the intensity of incidence related to the Naxalite movement on Jharkhand’s map and drew a border of the least and most affected area by the armed movements. The researchers then selected Gram Panchayats randomly from both the areas and with the help of behavioral games and a careful analysis were done to study how development initiatives in some cases raised and in other cases reduced political violence.