Minimum wage increases in China are spent rather than saved, and are not associated with increased unemployment. In households with children, a significant portion of the additional income is allocated to healthcare and education.
In the conflict between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, fear (rather than hate) is the main driver, it is founded on misperceptions, and proves hard to change with policy.
Evidence from an elite university in Brazil that began reserving 45% of its admission slots for low-income and minority applicants shows that the policy increased early-career earnings for disadvantaged students, yet it also reduced the earnings of t...
Evidence from Mexico shows that extreme heat leads to increased delinquency rates, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises. Policy must address these risks, coupling climate resilience with enhanced credit access for vulnerable firms.
An adaptive field experiment aiming to integrate Syrian refugees into urban labour markets in Jordan sheds light on the effectiveness of different policies, while targeting the welfare of experimental participants.
Warrantage is an innovative model of rural finance which improves access to credit and crop storage. In Burkina Faso, warrantage increased farmers’ sales revenues, which they spent on education, health, livestock, and future farm capital.
Employers under-invest in training their employees in general skills. Evidence from rural Burundi shows that while there are large returns to providing training, these are not captured by the employer who invested in it due to short contract duration...
Lowering the cost of accessing secondary school proved to be a powerful tool in curtailing early marriage in Niger, and had a host of other benefits for girls
