The Amazon forest and the social cost of deforestation The risk of irreversible change raises the value of maintaining the Amazon forest cover and leads to coordination problems among Amazon countries Energy & Environment Sergio Franklin Robert S. Pindyck Published 09.11.18
Prosperity without freedom? Media bias in China Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 04.11.18
The role of the railway network in the growth of London The expansion of transport networks in the 19th century substantially impacted the subsequent economic growth and population distribution in the city Infrastructure Stephan Heblich Stephen Redding Daniel Sturm Published 31.10.18
Satellite imagery: The future of tracking urban markets Analysing night-light intensity provides a complementary, alternative analysis of the intensity of economic activity in areas around urban markets Migration & Urbanisation Gordon Hanson Amit Khandelwal Published 29.10.18
Does China owe its growth to schooling? Human capital externalities amplify the returns to education in China. Yet this can only explain some of the country's rapid growth. Education Edward Glaeser Ming Lu Published 26.10.18
Arsenic in tubewell water, a public health emergency in Bangladesh Evidence from Bangladesh highlights the important role of inducing risk-avoiding behaviour to avoid public health emergencies Health Ricardo Maertens Alessandro Tarozzi Kazi Matin Ahmed Alexander Van Geen Published 22.10.18
Cash transfers and adult labour outcomes in developing countries: Why does the Econ 101 labour-leisure trade-off model lead us astray? Missing markets, price effects, and dynamic and general equilibrium effects help explain why poor people do not work less when given cash Labour Markets Sarah Baird David McKenzie Berk Özler Published 19.10.18
Internal migration improves economic security in rural China Government policies that facilitate internal migration not only drive economic growth, but also improve the welfare of rural households Migration & Urbanisation Cynthia Kinnan Shing-Yi Wang Yongxiang Wang Published 15.10.18
Violent crime reductions boost businesses growth Sharp reductions in violent crime in Colombia led to substantial increments in firm production, firm creation, and higher real income for local workers Firms Sandra Rozo Published 12.10.18
