The labour market for teachers in Pakistan: Pay and effectiveness Teachers determine the quality of student learning; however, teacher effectiveness is difficult to predict and does not necessarily correlate to wages Education Natalie Bau Jishnu Das Published 08.09.17
Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda Effective education programmes can be implemented in low-income settings, but the quality of service and adapting it to the local context are crucial Education Orazio Attanasio Sarah Cattan Sonya Krutikova Published 07.09.17
Property rights and poverty reduction: Effects of land titling on Argentina’s urban poor Reducing the cost of land titles and simplifying the systems can improve land security and livelihoods of the poor Infrastructure Sebastian Galiani Published 05.09.17
Autonomy, incentives, and the effectiveness of bureaucrats Bureaucratic output is negatively associated with monitoring and incentive schemes but positively associated with the autonomy of mid-level bureaucrats Public Economics Imran Rasul Daniel Rogger Martin J. Williams Published 04.09.17
Strengthening women’s professional aspirations through job training: Evidence from Nigeria Beyond employment and earnings, job training can increase aspirations among women who lack the confidence to see themselves as successful Labour Markets Alaka Holla Published 31.08.17
Dodging the taxman: Evidence from Ecuador Tax evasion leads to large losses in government revenue. A recent study explores the limitations of a potential solution, third-party reporting Public Economics Paul Carrillo Dina Pomeranz Monica Singhal Published 29.08.17
How to reduce elite capture: Watch out for local elites during democratic transitions Allowing old-regime agents to remain in power during democratic transitions facilitates elite capture, which lowers public good provision Institutions & Political Economy Monica Martinez-Bravo Priya Mukherjee Andreas Stegmann Published 28.08.17
The lives and times of civil servants in the developing world Insights into the lives and experiences of civil servants in developing countries Public Economics Daniel Rogger Published 25.08.17
Increasing crop insurance adoption among smallholder farmers with pay-at-harvest premium payment The cost of insurance comes before the benefit. For crop insurance, pay-at-harvest premiums remove this gap, and can increase demand substantially. Agriculture Lorenzo Casaburi Jack Willis Published 22.08.17
