Does Fair Trade work? Fair Trade coffee produced in Costa Rica benefits the producers and skilled workers, but not the unskilled workers Trade Raluca Dragusanu Nathan Nunn Published 09.02.18
Population policies and fertility convergence While urbanisation and socioeconomic factors played a role, the global decline in fertility is largely due to successful population control programmes Health Tiloka de Silva Silvana Tenreyro Published 06.02.18
International migration's long-term impact: Evidence from a lottery Outcomes for migration lottery winners suggest the economic payoff to moving to a richer country comes immediately and persists for at least a decade Migration & Urbanisation John Gibson David McKenzie Halahingao Rohorua Steven Stillman Published 05.02.18
Upgrading outputs means upgrading inputs Success when exporting to richer countries requires upgrading the quality of products, but also of inputs Firms Paulo Bastos Joana Silva Eric Verhoogen Published 02.02.18
Tourism and economic development: Evidence from Mexico's coastline Tourism leads to long-run economic gains locally and in the aggregate. The local gains are in part driven by positive spillovers on manufacturing. Firms Benjamin Faber Cecile Gaubert Published 30.01.18
The impact of the Green Revolution on structural change The introduction of high-yield crop varieties led to greater entrenchment in the agricultural sector, while reducing urban and industrial growth Agriculture Jacob Moscona Published 29.01.18
Changing population distribution: The roles of nature and history The dynamic interplay of geography, technology, economic growth, and history has changed the way population is distributed Migration & Urbanisation Vernon Henderson Tim Squires Adam Storeygard David Weil Published 25.01.18
Central banks to the rescue Could central banks co-investing in private companies hold a possible solution to many developing government budgetary issues? Macroeconomics & Growth Bryane Michael Published 23.01.18
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
