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Spatial frictions and high-frequency human mobility: Evidence from three African countries

Insights from a year of smartphone app data suggest high levels of spatial mobility

Macroeconomics & Growth

Paul Blanchard Douglas Gollin Martina Kirchberger

Published

31.10.22

Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: Evidence from India

Changing the attitudes and behaviours of those enforcing restrictive societal norms is critical for achieving meaningful improvements in women’s wellbeing

Education

Alison Andrew Sonya Krutikova Gabriela Smarrelli Hemlata Verma

Published

24.10.22

The long-run development impacts of agricultural productivity gains: Evidence from irrigation canals in India

Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth

Agriculture

Sam Asher Alison Campion Douglas Gollin Paul Novosad

Published

21.10.22

Body and mind: Experimental evidence from women living with HIV

Participatory information interventions empower and inspire women to become more ambitious and invest in income-generating activities

Health

Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza Patrick Lubega Korugyendo Frances Nakakawa Gaia Narciso Carol Newman Archileo N. Kaaya Gaston Ampe Tumuhimbise

Published

18.10.22

Skill-biased production makes high-skill workers more efficient in rich countries

Highly educated workers are relatively more productive in rich countries, largely due to a more skill-biased technological environment

Labour Markets

Federico Rossi

Published

17.10.22

Ghosting the tax authority: Fake firms and tax fraud in Ecuador

Ghost firms help real firms evade significant sums in tax, but the tax authority developed an innovative way to recover the revenue from cheating firms

Public Economics

Paul Carrillo Dave Donaldson Dina Pomeranz Monica Singhal

Published

13.10.22