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Do asset transfer programmes lead to child labour? Evidence from Philippines

Asset transfers can expand household-based economic activity, but can also draw more children into the labour force when other labour is unavailable

Labour Markets

Eric Edmonds Caroline Theoharides

Published

20.11.20

Bad taste: Gender discrimination in consumer lending

Discrimination in consumer lending seems to come largely from biased male officers; combatting it may require cultural changes at the institutional level

Finance

Ana María Montoya Raimundo Undurraga

Published

13.11.20

A cascade model for cost-effective agricultural extension: Evidence from Uganda

Farmer-to-farmer information diffusion is a cost-effective approach for improving practices and profits for smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa

Agriculture

Luc Behaghel Jérémie Gignoux Karen Macours

Published

06.11.20

Improving management through worker feedback: Auto-manufacturing in China

Letting workers provide feedback on their managers leads to significant reductions in worker turnover and increases in team productivity

Firms

Jing Cai Shing-Yi Wang

Published

23.10.20

Can low-capacity governments work with local leaders to increase tax revenues? Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo

City chiefs collecting taxes in Kananga, DRC, outperformed state agents thanks to their superior local information about potential taxpayers

Public Economics

Pablo Balán Augustin Bergeron Gabriel Tourek Jonathan Weigel

Published

19.10.20

Reducing labour market information frictions with skill certificates: Evidence from South Africa

Youth skill assessment increased employment and earnings for treated workseekers by providing information to both them and prospective employers

Labour Markets

Eliana Carranza Robert Garlick Kate Orkin Neil Rankin

Published

12.10.20

Does caste identity affect labour supply? Evidence from India

Caste identity concerns constrain labour supply decisions, causing Indian workers to avoid certain jobs even at large economic costs

Labour Markets

Suanna Oh

Published

05.10.20

Measuring the impact of a home visiting programme on child skills

A home visiting programme substantially improves the language, cognitive, fine motor and socioemotional skills of left-behind children in rural China

Education

James Heckman Bei Liu Mai Lu Jin Zhou

Published

28.09.20

Learning management through matching: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

Evidence from Ethiopia shows that interning in a management role for a month leads to higher wage earnings and can help some people run profitable businesses

Firms

Girum Abebe Marcel Fafchamps Michael Koelle Simon Quinn

Published

18.09.20