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
How domestic firms in poor countries learn from foreign firms: Evidence from Ethiopia Exposure to foreign firms can induce knowledge transfers to domestic firms in close geographical proximity Firms Girum Abebe Margaret McMillan Michel Serafinelli Published 19.08.22
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
The multidimensionality of school choice: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago Schools that improve academic outcomes are not those that improve non-academic ones. Academic and non-academic factors affect parental school choice Education Diether W. Beuermann Kirabo Jackson Laia Navarro-Sola Francisco Pardo Published 08.08.22
Cash transfer programmes can stimulate the local economy: Evidence from Brazil In addition to their impact on poverty, cash transfers can have positive spillovers to the local economy Macroeconomics & Growth Francois Gerard Joana Naritomi Joana Silva Published 05.08.22
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
