The long-term effects of cash transfers: Mexico’s Progresa Conditional transfers in childhood improve education, labour, and economic outcomes in adulthood, especially for women Social Protection Susan W. Parker Tom Vogl Published 17.12.18
The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development Finance Sumit Agarwal Tomas Kigabo Camelia Minoiu Andrea Presbitero Andre Silva Published 19.11.18
Prosperity without freedom? Media bias in China Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 04.11.18
How football can help build a nation Even in the presence of deeply rooted divisions, shared experiences can be an effective nation-building tool and have a tangible effect on violence Institutions & Political Economy Filipe Campante Emilio Depetris-Chauvin Ruben Durante Published 24.08.18
The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis' Energy & Environment Francisco Costa Francois Gerard Published 02.08.18
Economic shocks and crime: Evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalisation Homicides increased in Brazilian regions exposed to greater foreign competition following trade liberalisation, with employment rates the main driver Trade Rafael Dix-Carneiro Rodrigo R. Soares Gabriel Ulyssea Published 15.06.18
Justice delayed is justice denied: Speeding up court pre-trials Evidence from Senegal shows that the length of legal pre-trials can be reduced whilst not impacting quality of decisions Institutions & Political Economy Florence Kondylis Mattea Stein Published 14.05.18
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
Land rights and agricultural efficiency Legal protection for agricultural land leasing contracts facilitates productivity-enhancing trades and increases agricultural efficiency Agriculture Amalavoyal Chari Yongxiang Wang Shing-Yi Wang Published 22.01.18
