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The impact of displacement on marriage outcomes of women: Evidence from the partition of India

Forced migration can create conditions that lead to early marriage for adolescent women

Migration & Urbanisation

Frances Lu Sameem Siddiqui Prashant Bharadwaj

Published

18.03.22

Non-monetary teacher incentives and student learning in Guinea

Public recognition rewards for well-performing public-sector teachers are less effective than in-kind rewards at improving student learning

Education

Jacobus Cilliers Felipe Barrera-Osorio Marie-Helene Cloutier Deon Filmer

Published

14.03.22

Urban water disinfection and mortality decline: Evidence from Mexico

Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection

Health

Sonia Bhalotra Alberto Diaz-Cayeros Grant Miller Alfonso Miranda Atheendar Venkataramani

Published

11.03.22

Leveraging political incentives for environmental regulation: Evidence from China

Leveraging high-powered political incentives for pollution control could distort the decentralised enforcement of environmental regulation

Energy & Environment

Guojun He Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang

Published

07.03.22

The economic effects of easing zoning restrictions: Evidence from São Paulo

Zoning reform in São Paulo led to new building permits, modest price declines primarily benefitting the college-educated rich moving in from suburbs

Migration & Urbanisation

Santosh Anagol Fernando Ferreira Jonah Rexer

Published

04.03.22

Collective reputation in trade: Evidence from the Chinese dairy industry

A quality scandal that affected some Chinese dairy firms disrupted exports from all firms across the industry

Trade

Jie Bai Ludovica Gazze Yukun Wang

Published

28.02.22

The political economy of policy learning: Evidence from China

While China’s bureaucracy and institutions allow large-scale policy experimentation, incentives in complex political environments can inhibit policy learning

Public Economics

Shaoda Wang David Yang

Published

25.02.22

The cross-border effects of environmental regulation: Evidence from battery recycling in the US and Mexico

Tightened US regulations around lead increased exports of lead-acid batteries to Mexico for recycling, worsening health outcomes for locals, especially the poor

Energy & Environment

Shinsuke Tanaka Kensuke Teshima Eric Verhoogen

Published

21.02.22

The household-level effects of subsidised housing: Evidence from urban India

Subsidised government-constructed housing increases income, education, and employment in Mumbai

Migration & Urbanisation

Tanu Kumar

Published

18.02.22