The impact of digital credit in low-income countries Digital credit does not appear to systematically improve lives, while the lack of transparency raises serious concerns about predatory lending Finance Valentina Brailovskaya Pascaline Dupas Jonathan Robinson Published 10.06.22
Leveraging political incentives for environmental regulation: Evidence from China Leveraging high-powered political incentives for pollution control could distort the decentralised enforcement of environmental regulation Energy & Environment Guojun He Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang Published 07.03.22
Reducing mortality in disaster response and recovery: Evidence from Mexico Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters Energy & Environment Alejandro Del Valle Published 11.10.21
How teacher wage policies help reduce urban-rural achievement gaps: Evidence from Peru Wage policies that account for teacher preferences can achieve a more effective and equitable geographic allocation of teachers Education Matteo Bobba Tim Ederer Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Christopher Neilson Marco Nieddu Published 04.10.21
Payment fintechs and debt enforcement: Evidence from India While their location in the payment chain gives payment fintechs a debt-enforcement advantage, borrower behaviour can limit their success Finance Kumar Rishabh Jorma Juhani Schäublin Published 13.09.21
Escaping the subsidy-quality trap in India’s retail electricity market Reducing power prices for commercial and industrial consumers can help utilities raise revenue and enhance service quality across the system Energy & Environment Shefali Khanna Kevin Rowe Published 05.07.21
Multinationals and local development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company Investment in amenities by large foreign companies induced by labour market competition can have persistent positive effects on local living standards Firms Esteban Méndez-Chacón Diana Van Patten Published 25.06.21
How developing countries can boost their property tax revenues: Evidence from Mexico City Increasing property taxes can boost revenues for developing countries, but enforcement may threaten the welfare of liquidity-constrained households Public Economics Anne Brockmeyer Alejandro Estefan Karina Ramírez Arras Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Published 07.05.21
Rank and peer effects in higher education: Evidence from India A more selective academic environment benefits female students along multiple dimensions but male students fail to take advantage of this exposure Education Utteeyo Dasgupta Subha Mani Smriti Sharma Saurabh Singhal Published 12.03.21
