Politics at work Political discrimination in the workplace is large in magnitude, and impacts hiring, pay and promotion Institutions & Political Economy Emanuele Colonnelli Valdemar Neto Edoardo Teso Published 07.09.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
State-building on the margin: An urban experiment in Medellín The success of an intervention to increase state presence in gang-controlled neighbourhoods depended on the initial level of gang vs state governance Institutions & Political Economy Christopher Blattman Gustavo Duncan Benjamin Lessing Santiago Tobón Published 27.07.22
Can workfare programmes moderate conflict? Evidence from India Through providing guaranteed employment for a period, workfare programmes provide insurance against the shocks to income that can lead to conflict Institutions & Political Economy Thiemo Fetzer Published 20.07.22
Alternative dispute resolution in Liberia Alternative dispute resolution reduced the number of prolonged and unresolved disputes, and meant that disputes were less likely to turn violent Institutions & Political Economy Alexandra Hartman Robert Blair Christopher Blattman Published 08.06.22
Jam-barrel politics: Road construction and legislative behaviour in Colombia The Colombian government used roads as a token of exchange for legislative support, sparking debates about the proper handling of public resources Institutions & Political Economy Leonardo Bonilla Juan S. Morales Published 02.05.22
Building trust in state institutions: Evidence from Pakistan Providing information about reforms in local courts increases trust in state institutions and decreases use of non-state dispute resolution mechanisms Institutions & Political Economy Daron Acemoğlu Ali Cheema Asim Ijaz Khwaja James Robinson Published 09.02.22
Subjective evaluation and bureaucratic performance: Experimental evidence from China Uncertainty in the identity of an evaluator discourages evaluator-specific influence activities and significantly improves state employees’ performance Institutions & Political Economy Alain De Janvry Guojun He Elisabeth Sadoulet Shaoda Wang Qiong Zhang Published 31.01.22
Fiscal rules, public overspending, and political accountability in Colombia Limitations to fiscal spending reduced overspending in public administration without affecting public goods, aligning with voters’ preferences Institutions & Political Economy Maria Carreri Luis R. Martinez Published 28.01.22
