Technology improves local tax collection efficiency and the progressivity of the property tax system but can also lead to unintended outcomes

Policymakers might seek to address the frictions that prevent potentially beneficial migration to urban areas from taking place

Eliminating power outages in the developing world would substantially raise firm productivity and worker wages in the long run

A new data set based on household surveys shows that unemployment is largely a feature of advanced economies, particularly for low-skill workers

It’s no wonder that people are moving to cities. Urban areas offer better amenities and, on average, pay higher wages than rural areas.

Residents of poor countries are not only ‘consumption poor’, they are also ‘leisure poor’