The costs of extreme competition for government jobs: Evidence from India Highly competitive examinations for public service recruitment in India have detrimental economic effects Public Economics Kunal Mangal Published 21.04.23
Infrastructure bottlenecks to market access: Ports or roads? Port infrastructure improvements may have higher economic returns than road improvements but have different regional implications Infrastructure Barthélémy Bonadio Published 20.04.23
Incentivising school attendance: Evidence from Mozambique Research in Mozambique highlights new, lower-cost approaches to reducing pupil absenteeism in low-income countries Education Damien de Walque Christine Valente Published 18.04.23
Constraints to migration: Evidence from Comoros A workfare programme increases migration by loosening households’ liquidity and risk constraints Migration & Urbanisation Jules Gazeaud Eric Mvukiyehe Olivier Sterck Published 14.04.23
How potential offenders and victims interact: Evidence from Chile Decoupling driver salaries from fare revenues led to a surge in crime, highlighting the role of private behaviour in victimisation Institutions & Political Economy Patricio Domínguez Published 13.04.23
COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa Insights from high-frequency phone survey data collection reveal that access, rather than hesitancy, prevents vaccine uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa Health Philip Wollburg Yannick Markhof Alberto Zezza Published 10.04.23
How lumpy investments determine the effect of expanding financial services: Evidence from Uganda Grants and finance can alleviate poverty traps associated with lumpy investments, but the impact on development depends on the supply of investment goods Finance Joseph Kaboski Molly Lipscomb Virgiliu Midrigan Carolyn Pelnik Published 06.04.23
Do small firms need more workers? Evidence from Ghana Allowing workers to signal their ability more easily increases access for the poor and alleviates labour constraints faced by small firms in Ghana Labour Markets Morgan Hardy Jamie McCasland Published 04.04.23
The education spending multiplier: Evidence from schools in Pakistan Grants given to public schools in Pakistan increase test scores in both public and private schools as a result of increased competition Education Tahir Andrabi Natalie Bau Jishnu Das Naureen Karachiwalla Asim Ijaz Khwaja Published 03.04.23
