Electricity grid expansion and firm turnover in Indonesia Electrification generates industrial development by attracting entrants through lowering barriers to entry, and thus increasing competition Energy & Environment Dana Kassem Published 31.07.19
Can electricity access help solve poverty in Kenya? Ensuring sufficient investment to establish reliable access to comprehensive basic services, beyond electricity, is needed for impacts to be achieved Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 29.07.19
How does access to electricity affect people’s lives? Free electricity connections in rural South African households changed home production technologies and induced more women to work in the market Energy & Environment Taryn Dinkelman Published 26.07.19
Does bottom-up accountability work? Evidence from Uganda Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates Health Pia Raffler Daniel N. Posner Doug Parkerson Published 22.07.19
Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya Finance Kelly Jones Erick Gong Published 19.07.19
Does patient demand contribute to overuse of prescription drugs? Evidence from Mali Evidence from Mali shows that patient demand is an important contributor to the overuse of antimalarials Health Carolina Lopez Anja Sautmann Simone Schaner Published 15.07.19
Information is power: Evidence from Mexico City’s Labour Court Providing personalised information on predicted case outcomes to parties in ongoing cases improved court efficiency and achieved better settlements Institutions & Political Economy Joyce Sadka Enrique Seira Christopher Woodruff Published 12.07.19
The effects of land reforms on farm size and agricultural productivity Land reforms, whilst well-intended, misallocate land and labour across farms, thereby reducing average farm size and agricultural productivity Agriculture Tasso Adamopoulos Diego Restuccia Published 08.07.19
Labour standards in Asian export factories: Does compliance pay? Compliant factories have higher quality and performance. Even so, noncompliant firms dominate the market. Could stronger financial incentives help? Firms Greg Distelhorst Richard M. Locke Published 05.07.19
