Fertility and polygyny in rural Burkina Faso Women have a stronger preference for contraceptive vouchers than their spouses in monogamous households, but a weaker preference in polygynous ones Health Ben D'Exelle Aurelia Lepine Richard Bakyono Ludovic Tapsoba Published 15.11.21
Electing educated leaders during democratisation: Evidence from Indonesia The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders Institutions & Political Economy Paul Pelzl Steven Poelhekke Published 08.11.21
Easing contracting frictions with machines: Evidence from India Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities Agriculture Julieta Caunedo Namrata Kala Published 01.11.21
The plant-level view of an industrial policy: The Korean heavy industry drive of 1973 Korea’s promotion of heavy and chemical industries would have been more successful if it had not come with a rise in concentration and misallocation Firms Minho Kim Munseob Lee Yongseok Shin Published 25.10.21
Risk and schooling investments: Evidence from India An increase in risk can reduce the probability of a child attending school by 4–5% Education Esther Gehrke Andrew Foster Published 18.10.21
Reducing mortality in disaster response and recovery: Evidence from Mexico Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters Energy & Environment Alejandro Del Valle Published 11.10.21
How teacher wage policies help reduce urban-rural achievement gaps: Evidence from Peru Wage policies that account for teacher preferences can achieve a more effective and equitable geographic allocation of teachers Education Matteo Bobba Tim Ederer Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Christopher Neilson Marco Nieddu Published 04.10.21
The fate of the Brazilian Amazon's carbon stock Estimates indicate that current land-use patterns would inefficiently release 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the rainforest Energy & Environment Rafael Araujo Francisco Costa Marcelo Sant’Anna Published 27.09.21
The downside of raising aspirations for poor entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Philippines Encouraging the poor to set higher savings aspirations may backfire if they fall short of these goals, leading to less economic investment Finance David McKenzie Aakash Mohpal Dean Yang Published 20.09.21
