I am an Assistant Professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. My research examines questions at the intersection of political economy and economic development, with a focus on state capacity and the delivery of public services. I am an affiliate of IEIC, J-PAL, and YIE.
Contact Information
yneggers@umich.edu
735 S. State Street, #4216
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Publications
“Indian Female Migrants Face Greater Barriers to Post-Covid Recovery than Males: Evidence from a Panel Study” (with Jenna Allard, Maulik Jagnani, Rohini Pande, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore), eClinicalMedicine (Lancet), 53: 101631, November 2022. (Paper)
“Enfranchising Your Own? Experimental Evidence on Bureaucrat Diversity and Election Bias in India”,
American Economic Review, 108(6): 1288-1321, June 2018. [Lead Article] (Paper)
“Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia” (with Sean Lewis-Faupel, Benjamin A. Olken, and Rohini Pande),
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(3): 258-83, August 2016. (Paper)
Working Papers
“Surveillance of Repression: Theory and Implementation”, with Veli M. Andirin, Mehdi Shadmehr, and Jesse M. Shapiro. (Draft, October 2025)
Revise and Resubmit (3rd round), Econometrica.
“From Delay to Payday: Easing Bureaucratic Access to Implementation Information Strengthens Social Protection Delivery”, with Eric Dodge, Rohini Pande, and Charity Troyer Moore. (Draft, July 2025)
Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review.
“Learning, Salience, and Voting: Evidence from Criminal Politicians in India”, with Siddharth George and Sarika Gupta. (Draft, May 2026)
Submitted.
“Improving Property Tax Collection in Urban India”, with Shreya Singh and Wendy Wong.
“Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Impacts of Open Meetings in State Legislatures”.
Research in Progress
“Can Smart Technology Systems Improve Social Protection? - Bihar Extension”, with Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore.
“Leveraging Local Electoral Accountability to Improve Service Delivery”, with Jenna Allard, Rohini Pande, and Charity Troyer Moore.