Satellite imagery: The future of tracking urban markets Analysing night-light intensity provides a complementary, alternative analysis of the intensity of economic activity in areas around urban markets Migration & Urbanisation Gordon Hanson Amit Khandelwal Published 29.10.18
On financial frictions and the rule of law in development Weak rule of law institutions distort establishments’ decisions and magnify financial frictions, contributing to substantial productivity losses Institutions & Political Economy Ashantha Ranasinghe Diego Restuccia Published 05.10.18
Perceived risk of street harassment and college choice of women in Delhi Women choose lower quality colleges, travel for a longer time, and spend more money on commuting, relative to men, to feel safer Education Girija Borker Published 01.10.18
Evidence to practice: Reforming private healthcare in India Using the example of healthcare in India, Nick O’Donohoe discusses how data plays a crucial role in making sure investments are put to their best use Health Nick O’Donohoe Published 19.09.18
Do property rights exacerbate son preference? Affording tenants in India property rights on the land they farmed exacerbated son preference, resulting in fewer girls surviving to the age of one Public Economics Sonia Bhalotra Abhishek Chakravarty Dilip Mookherjee Francisco Pino Published 17.09.18
How retail drug markets in poor countries develop The entry of a new pharmacy chain in India led existing companies to both cut prices and raise drug quality Health Daniel Bennett Wes Yin Published 13.08.18
Ideas for development Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity Public Economics Robin Burgess Published 08.08.18
Climate change and Indian agriculture Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas Agriculture Siddharth Hari Parth Khare Arvind Subramanian Published 06.08.18
Why are Indian men surprisingly reluctant to cross state borders? India’s system of ‘fragmented entitlements’, whereby state residents get preferential treatment by the state government, hinders internal migration Migration & Urbanisation Zovanga Kone Maggie Y. Liu Aaditya Mattoo Çağlar Özden Siddharth Sharma Published 27.07.18
