Migration to end poverty Removing barriers to internal migration can boost a country’s productivity, albeit modestly and with heterogonous effects on original populations Migration & Urbanisation Gharad Bryan Melanie Morten Published 22.02.19
New possibilities for cutting corruption in the public sector Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries Institutions & Political Economy Rema Hanna Vestal McIntyre Published 05.12.18
Imperfect substitution and development accounting Technological and institutional environments, rather than differences in human capital, are behind variations in skill premia across countries Labour Markets Francesco Caselli Antonio Ciccone Published 12.07.18
Labour market effects of workfare programmes: Evidence from India’s NREGA India’s NREGA programme increased rural and urban wages and reduced rural to urban migration Labour Markets Clément Imbert Published 27.04.18
The changing economy: Going factory-free The developed world is deindustrialising. What does this mean and how has globalisation impacted this process? Firms Lionel Fontagné Ann Harrison Published 05.03.18
The economics of protectionism: Trade and wage inequality Eric Verhoogen explains the relationship between trade liberalisation and wage inequality in developing countries. Trade Eric Verhoogen Published 24.08.17
Improving payroll-tax compliance through decentralised monitoring: Evidence from Mexico Even formal firms evade payroll taxes, and workers can be effective monitors of their employers’ reports, with the right incentives. Finance Eric Verhoogen Published 21.06.17
