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'Til dowry do us part: Bargaining and violence in the Indian marriage market

Policy crackdowns on dowries can reduce their prevalence, but with unintended impacts on women’s decision-making power and domestic violence

Institutions & Political Economy

Rossella Calvi Ajinkya Keskar

Published

26.02.21

The value of job displacement insurance programmes in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil

Income support for laid-off formal workers can be beneficial even in countries with high informality, but how the benefits are disbursed matters

Social Protection

Francois Gerard Joana Naritomi

Published

22.02.21

Can minimum-age-of-marriage laws eradicate child marriage? Evidence from Mexico

Increasing the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old in Mexico reduced formal marriage but did not prevent school dropout or early motherhood

Institutions & Political Economy

Cristina Bellés-Obrero María Lombardi

Published

08.01.21

Is improving tax administration more effective than raising tax rates? Evidence from Indonesia

Enhanced tax administration can increase government revenue collection from medium-sized firms in developing countries even more than raising tax rates

Public Economics

Muhamad Chatib Basri Mayara Felix Rema Hanna Benjamin Olken

Published

14.12.20

Impact of amnesty programmes: Evidence from undocumented refugees in Colombia

Providing migrants working rights and social benefits has minimal impacts on local labour markets

Migration & Urbanisation

Dany Bahar Ana María Ibáñez Sandra Rozo

Published

04.12.20

The impact of criminalising sex work in Indonesia

Criminalising sex work in Indonesia led to large increases in sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and likely across the whole population

Health

Lisa Cameron Jennifer Seager Manisha Shah

Published

09.11.20

Subsidising stability: State employment in China

China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge

Institutions & Political Economy

Jaya Wen

Published

28.08.20

Returns to work, child labour, and schooling: The income versus price effects

Returns to child work play an important role in determining child labour and schooling through changing the opportunity costs of schooling

Education

Jie Bai Yukun Wang

Published

21.08.20

How remittances affect long-run economic change in rural labour markets

International labour migration and related remittances increase human capital attainment in rural areas, and over the long run trigger a shift of jobs out of farming towards the service sector

Migration & Urbanisation

Taryn Dinkelman

Published

29.06.20