Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity Infrastructure Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan Published 07.09.18
Going to the movies can help you at school Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores Education Emma Riley Published 03.09.18
Why are older women missing in India? The age profile of bargaining power and poverty Within-family inequalities in resource allocation can explain the disproportionately high mortality risk faced by older women in India Health Rossella Calvi Published 31.08.18
Inequality in the Middle East Contrary to survey estimates, analysis of ‘distributional national accounts’ data shows that the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world Methods & Measurement Facundo Alvaredo Lydia Assouad Thomas Piketty Published 27.08.18
How football can help build a nation Even in the presence of deeply rooted divisions, shared experiences can be an effective nation-building tool and have a tangible effect on violence Institutions & Political Economy Filipe Campante Emilio Depetris-Chauvin Ruben Durante Published 24.08.18
China’s One Child Policy and crime China’s One Child Policy has profoundly affected demographic trends, the labour market, and savings behaviour in China. Is it also increasing crime? Institutions & Political Economy Lisa Cameron Xin Meng Dandan Zhang Published 20.08.18
What are the economic effects of landmine clearance? Demining in Mozambique had a significant impact on the economy due to large positive spillovers Infrastructure Giorgio Chiovelli Stelios Michalopoulos Elias Papaioannou Published 17.08.18
How retail drug markets in poor countries develop The entry of a new pharmacy chain in India led existing companies to both cut prices and raise drug quality Health Daniel Bennett Wes Yin Published 13.08.18
Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish Firms Ruochen Dai Dilip Mookherjee Kaivan Munshi Xiaobo Zhang Published 10.08.18
