On the role of misallocation in aggregate productivity Misallocation, a key cause of productivity disparities across nations, is the result of many factors, making it difficult to isolate policy solutions Firms Diego Restuccia Richard Rogerson Published 03.11.17
Jakarta’s maligned congestion-easing policy actually worked When unpopular anti-congestion policies were abandoned in Indonesia's capital, we discovered flawed policy had been better than no policy Infrastructure Rema Hanna Vestal McIntyre Published 31.10.17
Incentivising safer sexual behaviour: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention Lottery incentives targeting risk lovers led to a 20% reduction in HIV incidence Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Lucia Corno Damien de Walque Jakob Svensson Published 30.10.17
Exerting market power: Competition among agricultural traders in Kenya Low competition undermines consumer welfare. Collusive agreements are flexible enough to deflect the effect of a small number of new traders. Agriculture Lauren Falcao Bergquist Published 27.10.17
Political inclusion and development outcomes: Brazil introduces electronic voting The Brazilian experience shows that removing obstacles to political participation can have sizeable effects on public policy and development outcomes Technology & Innovation Thomas Fujiwara Published 24.10.17
Electoral reservations and leadership quality in village India The dysfunctions of identity based elections can be overcome with reservations, by curtailing poor leaders securing power based on identity alone Institutions & Political Economy Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois Published 23.10.17
The problem of public sector absenteeism Smartphone monitoring streamlined information flows and improved inspection rates at public clinics across Punjab Public Economics Michael Callen Saad Gulzar Muhammad Yasir Khan Ali Hasanain Published 20.10.17
The role of disbursement timing in conditional cash transfer programmes: Long-term effects An experiment in Colombia shows that delaying disbursement of conditional cash transfers can have substantial long-term effects on educational investment Social Protection Felipe Barrera-Osorio Leigh Linden Juan Saavedra Published 17.10.17
The skills to pay the bills: Returns to on-the-job soft skills training In a randomised controlled trial in India, the returns to a firm’s investment in worker soft skill training were nearly 250% after nine months Firms Achyuta Adhvaryu Namrata Kala Anant Nyshadham Published 16.10.17
