Do changing gender norms counteract the effects of information on the aspirations of Saudi women? The provision of information about peers’ aspirations increases the labour market expectations of Saudi women, and is not counteracted by local gender norms Labour Markets Monira Essa Aloud Sara Al-Rashood Ina Ganguli Basit Zafar Published 27.04.20
Maternal mortality and women’s political participation Reserving seats for women in parliament leads to sharp reductions in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries Health Sonia Bhalotra Damian Clarke Joseph Flavian Gomes Atheendar Venkataramani Published 24.04.20
International tax avoidance and development Corporate taxation is at the heart of economic development, and cardiac failure looms if international tax reform is not made globally inclusive Public Economics Ludvig Wier Published 20.04.20
Balancing corruption and exclusion: Incorporating India’s Aadhaar into public food distribution Fighting corruption with India's new national ID system has cost some low-income households their benefits in the process Social Protection Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Published 17.04.20
Are there micro solutions to poverty? Evidence from a long-term follow-up of the Youth Opportunities Programme in Uganda Long-term results from a cash grant programme in Uganda suggests that poverty may be bigger than the issues these types of programmes can address Macroeconomics & Growth Nathan Fiala Published 13.04.20
When goals get in the way: Imperfect information in job search in South Africa Reducing transport costs and increasing exposure to the labour market leads to job seekers improving targeting in the job search Labour Markets Abhijit Banerjee Sandra Sequeira Published 10.04.20
Do improved cooking stoves inevitably go up in smoke? Evidence from India and Senegal New evidence on the adoption and impacts of various improved cooking stoves offers promising options for climate policy and poverty alleviation Energy & Environment Marc A. Jeuland Subhrendu K. Pattanayak Jörg Peters Published 06.04.20
Terror and tourism: How bad news can harm economic development The relationship between intensity of reporting on violence and tourist spending suggests that a bad news bias can have serious economic consequences Institutions & Political Economy Tim Besley Thiemo Fetzer Hannes Mueller Published 03.04.20
Building trust: Evidence from workshops on increasing savings in Peru Trust is important in encouraging poor households to hold their savings in bank accounts Finance Sebastian Galiani Paul Gertler Camila Navajas-Ahumada Published 30.03.20
