Do migrants affect the domestic economy? Evidence from Colombia Large-scale regularisation of Venezuelan migrants had little effect on Colombian workers but dramatically improved migrants’ socioeconomic conditions Migration & Urbanisation Sandra Rozo Published 10.01.22
How democracy causes growth: Evidence from Indonesia Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm productivity Institutions & Political Economy Ama Baafra Abeberese Prabhat Barnwal Ritam Chaurey Priya Mukherjee Published 07.01.22
Electing educated leaders during democratisation: Evidence from Indonesia The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders Institutions & Political Economy Paul Pelzl Steven Poelhekke Published 08.11.21
The plant-level view of an industrial policy: The Korean heavy industry drive of 1973 Korea’s promotion of heavy and chemical industries would have been more successful if it had not come with a rise in concentration and misallocation Firms Minho Kim Munseob Lee Yongseok Shin Published 25.10.21
Market power and in-kind transfers: Evidence from Mexico In settings with market power, providing goods directly can generate larger consumer surplus gains than cash and vouchers because of price effects Public Economics Diego Jiménez Hernández Enrique Seira Published 12.07.21
How credit market competition increases employment and productivity: Evidence from India Increasing competition between banks in India can improve the lending standards of government banks and yield broader economic benefits Finance Indraneel Chakraborty Apoorva Javadekar Rodney Ramcharan Published 26.04.21
Examining the macro effects of MNREGA The introduction of MNREGA increased economic activity as measured by night-time lights and banking deposits, but mostly in richer districts Methods & Measurement Justin Cook Manisha Shah Published 16.04.21
The effect of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh Reforms after the tragedy improved working conditions but women’s wages fell in the long run, as did the likelihood of having a formal work contract Firms Laurent Bossavie Yoonyoung (Yoon) Cho Rachel Heath Published 12.04.21
Reducing rural-urban education gap through computer-assisted learning: Evidence from China An ‘ed tech’ intervention in China had long-lasting positive effects across outcomes, suggesting potential for reducing the rural-urban education gap Education Nicola Bianchi Yi Lu Hong Song Published 26.03.21
