Do social structures affect the success of development policies? Policy delivery agents perform better when working with members of their own social groups thereby affecting the efficiency of policy interventions Institutions & Political Economy Oriana Bandiera Robin Burgess Erika Deserranno Imran Rasul Munshi Sulaiman Ricardo Morel Published 23.09.20
Subsidising stability: State employment in China China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge Institutions & Political Economy Jaya Wen Published 28.08.20
Terrorism financing, recruitment, and attacks Financial counterterrorism is under attack for being costly and ineffective, but a new study shows it can reduce terrorist attack casualties Institutions & Political Economy Nicola Limodio Published 17.08.20
Prison labour: The price of prisons and the lasting effects of incarceration Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police Institutions & Political Economy Belinda Archibong Nonso Obikili Published 03.08.20
Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision Institutions & Political Economy M R Sharan Chinmaya Kumar Published 26.06.20
Social ties and ‘hometown favouritism’ towards local officials in China Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency Institutions & Political Economy Raymond Fisman Yongxiang Wang Jian Chu Songtao Tan Published 12.06.20
Ethnic stratification: A new measure to predict social conflict A new index of ethnic stratification reveals that ethnic differences matter for conflict if, and only if, they coincide with economic differences Institutions & Political Economy Roland Hodler Sorawoot Srisuma Alberto Vesperoni Noémie Zurlinden Published 08.06.20
Resources and conflict: The role of law enforcement and group competition The effect of illegal ‘resources’ on conflict depends on the country context, group competition, and the government’s capacity to enforce laws Institutions & Political Economy Kai Gehring Sarah Langlotz Published 18.05.20
Does language create our gender biases? Can the linguistic structure of our mother tongue train us to see the world in terms of masculine and feminine? Institutions & Political Economy Pamela Jakiela Published 13.05.20
