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How effective are monetary incentives to vote?

A larger fine for electoral abstention increases voter turnout but does not affect election outcomes in settings with compulsory voting

Institutions & Political Economy

Mariella Gonzales Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Luis R. Martinez

Published

11.03.24

Grassroots party activism by women promotes equal political participation

In Indian local politics, women politicians empower women party activists for their campaigns, which reduces gender gaps in political knowledge and political participation

Institutions & Political Economy

Tanushree Goyal

Published

08.03.24

Gender disparities in the use of government health insurance in India

There are stark gender disparities in hospital usage in India which increase with the cost of care. Social subsidies are unlikely to close disparities without gender-targeted efforts

Health

Pascaline Dupas Radhika Jain

Published

07.03.24

Trade liberalisation can weaken unions and reduce votes for the left

Intuitively, trade liberalisation should increase the appeal of left-wing parties that offer to protect workers with protectionist policies. Evidence from Brazil shows how liberalisation actually reduced votes for the left by undermining labour union...

Institutions & Political Economy

Pedro Ogeda Emanuel Ornelas Rodrigo R. Soares

Published

06.03.24

Brain drain vs brain gain: Does international migration deplete poor countries of skilled workers?

Opportunities for nurses to migrate abroad can increase the supply of educated nurses at home

Migration & Urbanisation

Paolo Abarcar Caroline Theoharides

Published

05.03.24

The impacts of a non-contributory government pension in Chile

A non-contributory government pension in Chile raised life expectancy of the elderly poor, increasing food consumption and visits to health centres, and also had important knock-on effects on relatives living in the same household

Public Economics

Enrico Miglino Nicolas Navarrete Gonzalo Navarrete Pablo Navarrete

Published

04.03.24

The reversal of the gender education gap with economic development: A cross-country analysis

There is a strong negative relationship between income and gender education gaps, a phenomenon that persists despite widely varying gender norms across countries

Education

Ying Feng Jie Ren Michelle Rendall

Published

01.03.24

Indian women are not dropping out of paid work voluntarily

What factors underlie the persistently low labour force participation rates of Indian women?

Labour Markets

Ashwini Deshpande

Published

29.02.24

How gender norms are perceived across the world

Data from 60 countries across six continents reveals that, in almost every country, the support for basic rights is underestimated, especially among men, suggesting that aligning perceived and actual views may be a promising policy intervention to ra...

Labour Markets

Leonardo Bursztyn Alexander Cappelen Bertil Tungodden Alessandra Voena David Yanagizawa-Drott

Published

29.02.24