Promoting parental involvement in schools: Evidence from Mexico Group-based interventions can increase parental engagement in school, change parents’ behaviour at home and improve children’s behaviour in school Education Felipe Barrera-Osorio Paul Gertler Nozomi Nakajima Harry Patrinos Published 11.12.20
Does a fear of violence reduce female labour supply? Evidence from India Higher media reporting of sexual assaults reduces women’s likelihood of working outside their homes in urban India Labour Markets Zahra Siddique Published 07.12.20
Impact of amnesty programmes: Evidence from undocumented refugees in Colombia Providing migrants working rights and social benefits has minimal impacts on local labour markets Migration & Urbanisation Dany Bahar Ana María Ibáñez Sandra Rozo Published 04.12.20
Training entrepreneurs This VoxDevLit reviews innovative research out there on training entrepreneurs Firms David McKenzie Christopher Woodruff Published 02.12.20
What works in training entrepreneurs? The first VoxDevLit highlights the role of research in generating innovation in approaches to training entrepreneurs Firms Christopher Woodruff David McKenzie Published 01.12.20
The limited effect of a mobile-linked deposit service on increasing savings: Evidence from Sri Lanka A digital mobile-deposit service reduced deposit transaction costs but did not increase savings Finance Suresh De Mel Craig McIntosh Ketki Sheth Christopher Woodruff Published 27.11.20
Paying outsourced labour: Evidence from linked data in Argentina Novel administrative data reveal that firms share a significant amount of rents with temporary workers, but less than with their permanent employees Labour Markets Andres Drenik Simon Jäger Pascuel Plotkin Benjamin Schoefer Published 23.11.20
Do asset transfer programmes lead to child labour? Evidence from Philippines Asset transfers can expand household-based economic activity, but can also draw more children into the labour force when other labour is unavailable Labour Markets Eric Edmonds Caroline Theoharides Published 20.11.20
Digging for dirt: Rent-seeking among elected politicians in India’s mineral belt Increases in local mineral wealth raise both the likelihood of criminally charged politicians entering office and asset accumulation among incumbents Institutions & Political Economy Sam Asher Paul Novosad Published 16.11.20
