Recent work by Edward Glaeser
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The role of cities in economic development
Cities can be engines of growth. How can policymakers realise the benefits of cities while minimising the drawbacks of urbanisation?
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Learning from the urban past
From infrastructure to institutional development, the histories of the world’s largest cities provide key lessons for those in developing economies
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Can women find trust in the market?
In markets in Lusaka where chiefs serve as arbiter of contract disputes, women are more likely to trust their male counterparts and to share and cooperate more
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Gender norms, rule of law, and female entrepreneurship in developing countries
Unless you have both relatively equal gender laws and decent rule of law, female entrepreneurship is very low
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Cities in the developing world
Should development economists focus more on analysis of cities?
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Public procurement in developing economies
Heavier regulation of procurement is associated with better outcomes in countries with lower quality public sectors, and with worse outcomes in countries with higher quality ones
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The spacial structure of cities in developing countries
Ed Glaeser outlines key urban policy challenges in developing countries and the research needed to address them
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Does China owe its growth to schooling?
Human capital externalities amplify the returns to education in China. Yet this can only explain some of the country's rapid growth.
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Building effective and functioning cities
Ed Glaeser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.