The effects of crime on the labour market: Evidence from Mexico Rising violence in Mexico City led workers, especially women, to reduce hours and leave the labour force Labour Markets Andrea Velásquez Published 14.07.21
Reshaping gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in India Integrated school-based interventions to advance gender equality can achieve lasting changes in regressive attitudes and behaviours Education Diva Dhar Tarun Jain Seema Jayachandran Published 07.07.21
To each according to their needs The Covid pandemic is an opportunity to look for radical answers to big questions that would not be possible in normal times Macroeconomics & Growth Kaushik Basu Published 02.06.21
The effects of gun control on crime: Evidence from Brazil The 2003 introduction of stricter gun controls led to a significant reduction in gun-related homicides and other crimes Institutions & Political Economy Rodrigo Schneider Published 19.05.21
Exporting pollution Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict Energy & Environment Itzhak Ben-David Yeejin Jang Stefanie Kleimeier Michael Viehs Published 05.05.21
Why promising trials often fail to result in agricultural yield gains: Evidence from Kenya Farmer selection and researcher interference during trials can introduce bias, impacting how new technologies perform in real-world conditions Agriculture Rachid Laajaj Karen Macours Cargele Masso Moses Thuita Bernard Vanlauwe Published 31.03.21
Politics and ethnicity in Africa The spread of export agriculture and print technologies across Africa transformed ethnicity via their effects on politicisation and boundary-making Institutions & Political Economy Yannick Pengl Philip Roessler Valeria Rueda Published 17.03.21
Africa's roads make the rich richer Do politicians and presidents build roads to allow their citizens to get around, or is it primarily to make themselves richer? Infrastructure Roberto Bonfatti Yuan Gu Steven Poelhekke Published 10.03.21
Boiling point in Africa: Climate change and inter-group conflict across the continent Resource constraints due to climate change are increasing conflicts between herders and farmers trying to make a living Energy & Environment Ulrich J. Eberle Dominic Rohner Mathias Thoenig Published 03.03.21
