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Divya Shukla
Divya Shukla is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economic Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur). In her thesis, she examines the effect of court efficiency on business performance in India. Before joining IIT Kanpur’s Ph.D. programme, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University and Master’s degree from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Her research interests lie in the fields of institutional economics and development economics.
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Court congestion, caste identity, and business performance
Effective contract enforcement is the key for the formation and expansion of business enterprises. But how does improvement in court performance matter differently to different caste groups? This article shows that the benefit of an efficient judiciary is higher for first-time entrepreneurs within communities that lack traditional informal business networks. This implies that besides other factors, improvements in court quality can be instrumental in enhancing social mobility.
