New technology and job destruction: When does social unrest become inevitable? If technology-induced job losses are rapid, and affect a large part of the workforce, the risk of unrest can quickly become serious Technology & Innovation Bruno Caprettini Hans-Joachim Voth Published 18.05.18
Using satellite data to track improvements in infrastructure access and service delivery in South Africa Evidence shows that satellite data is a useful tool for tracking improvements in infrastructure access and service delivery in rural areas Methods & Measurement Taryn Dinkelman Martin Wittenberg Published 15.05.18
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
Law of the land: Ethnic patronage in Kenya’s slums Slum tenants face higher rents and lower investments when their landlord and chief share ethnicity, while gaining when their chief is a co-ethnic Infrastructure Benjamin Marx Tavneet Suri Thomas Stoker Nidhi Parekh Published 11.05.18
Kinship taxation and firm growth: Evidence from Kenya Pressure to share income with relatives, acting as a ‘kinship tax’, can discourage productive activity by impeding firm growth Firms Munir Squires Published 08.05.18
Unintended voter polarisation by political elites: Experimental evidence from Turkey A door-to-door information campaign in Turkey unintentionally polarised the electorate over their vote in a policy referendum Institutions & Political Economy Ceren Baysan Published 07.05.18
Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China's one-child policy China’s one-child policy increased its capital-labour ratio and reduced FDI inflows relative to India, consistent with neoclassical fundamentals Macroeconomics & Growth John Donaldson Christos Koulovatianos Jian Li Rajnish Mehra Published 04.05.18
The equitable benefits of Colombia’s bus rapid transit system Investments in bus rapid transit systems can lead to large returns that benefit the high-skilled more than we might expect Infrastructure Nick Tsivanidis Published 01.05.18
Integrated and unequal? The effects of trade on inequality in developing countries Does trade increase inequality? The answer is nuanced and context-specific, but the solution for policymakers is not protectionism. Trade Pinelopi Goldberg Nina Pavcnik Published 30.04.18
