Building resilience through social protection: Evidence from Malawi Resilience measures can predict choice of coping strategies, helping targeted cash transfers improve how vulnerable households respond to shocks Social Protection Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa Frank Otchere Published 22.09.22
The relationship between labour market conditions and policy effects: Evidence from Mexico’s PROGRESA A conditional cash transfer programme was less effective in regions with more exposure to export-manufacturing jobs Social Protection Teresa Molina Joaquim Vidiella-Martin Published 15.09.22
A breath of fresh air: Raising awareness for clean fuel adoption in India Providing information about both the health hazards of cooking with solid fuel and subsidy benefits led to behavioural changes and increased LPG usage Energy & Environment Farzana Afridi Sisir Debnath E. Somanathan Published 09.09.22
The impacts of technology on property tax collection and efficiency: Evidence from Ghana Technology improves local tax collection efficiency and the progressivity of the property tax system but can also lead to unintended outcomes Public Economics James Dzansi Anders Jensen David Lagakos Henry Telli Published 26.08.22
The impact of information provision on women’s migration outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia Providing information about the quality of placement agencies improves migration outcomes for job-seeking migrant women Migration & Urbanisation Samuel Bazzi Lisa Cameron Simone Schaner Firman Witoelar Published 22.08.22
Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
The impact of subsidised childcare on household income: Evidence from Uganda Subsidised childcare services are at least as effective as cash grants in increasing household income Public Economics Arne Nasgowitz Denise Ferris Kjetil Bjorvatn Lore Vandewalle Selim Gulesci Vincent Somville Published 12.08.22
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
Indirect effects of access to finance: Evidence from China Access to finance improved firm performance, product quality and price, but disadvantaged competitor firms Finance Jing Cai Adam Szeidl Published 29.07.22
