Change in Subjective Well-Being, Affluence and Trust in Judiciary in India

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dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, Vani S.
dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, Veena S.
dc.contributor.authorImai, Katsushi S.
dc.contributor.authorGaiha, Raghav
dc.date2023-05-18T02:45:42.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:35:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:35:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-12
dc.date.submitted2022-05-12T13:12:12-07:00
dc.description.abstractThe present study tests the hypothesis that trust in the lower judiciary in India - comprising High Courts at the state level and District Courts at the lower level - is associated with improvement in subjective economic well-being. The analysis is based on the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) 1 and 2 in 2005 and 2012, a large nationally representative household panel dataset. Using 2SLS and Lewbel IV models to take into account the endogeneity of trust in the lower judiciary, our analysis confirms that trust in the lower judiciary has a positive association with the change in SWB. The policy significance of this result is substantial as the pace of judicial reform tends to be slow in developing countries, such as India. Attention is drawn to specific reforms to reduce the pendency of cases. These include repeal of long outdated and dysfunctional laws, greater funding for expansion of the judiciary and, more importantly, for increasing the productivity of judges through the creation of a specialised administrative agency to support the judiciary and more effective use of IT in case management. This also has the potential for reducing rampant corruption, frequency of adjournments in court hearings as well as in ensuring autonomy of the judiciary.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/44296
dc.legacy.articleid1089
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dc.source.issue90
dc.source.journalPopulation Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC)
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.othersubjective well-being
dc.subject.othertrust
dc.subject.otherlower judiciary
dc.subject.otherreforms
dc.subject.otherIndia
dc.subject.otherDemography, Population, and Ecology
dc.subject.otherFamily, Life Course, and Society
dc.subject.otherGender and Sexuality
dc.subject.otherInequality and Stratification
dc.subject.otherPolitics and Social Change
dc.subject.otherSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subject.otherSociology
dc.titleChange in Subjective Well-Being, Affluence and Trust in Judiciary in India
dc.typeWorking Paper
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:vanik@sas.upenn.edu|institution:University of Pennsylvania|Kulkarni, Vani S.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:vkulkarni@astate.edu|institution:Arkansas State University - Main Campus|Kulkarni, Veena S.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:Katsushi.Imai@manchester.ac.uk|institution:University of Manchester|Imai, Katsushi S.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:raghavdasgaiha@gmail.com|institution:University of Pennsylvania|Gaiha, Raghav
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