High informal employment and disincentives: The anatomy of behavioural responses to social assistance in Uruguay CCT programmes in developing countries may generate disincentives to registered employment, but the efficiency consequences can be relatively small Social Protection Marcelo Bergolo Guillermo Cruces Published 19.02.21
Lasting effects of colonial-era resource exploitation in Congo: Concessions, violence, and indirect rule Concessions granted to private companies to extract natural resources still have negative effects on present-day development in the DRC Institutions & Political Economy Sara Lowes Eduardo Montero Published 11.01.21
How organised crime can affect economic development: Evidence from El Salvador For individuals living in El Salvador’s gang territories, restrictions on freedom of movement significantly limit one’s labour market options Migration & Urbanisation Nikita Melnikov Carlos Schmidt-Padilla Maria Micaela Sviatschi Published 30.10.20
Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision Institutions & Political Economy M R Sharan Chinmaya Kumar Published 26.06.20
Education and domestic violence in Turkey Increased schooling for girls in Turkey led to a rise in psychological violence, but also reduced the intergenerational transmission of violence Education Bilge Erten Pinar Keskin Published 31.05.19
Workers unite: Cooperative property rights and development in El Salvador Evidence from land reform in El Salvador shows that private property rights are not necessarily more efficient than cooperative property rights Agriculture Eduardo Montero Published 29.04.19
Social structure and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa Ethnic groups with a social structure based on lineage and strong allegiances to distant relatives show a greater propensity for violent conflict Institutions & Political Economy Jacob Moscona Nathan Nunn James Robinson Published 09.01.18
Elections and corruption: Politics and public procurement in India Political interference in government contract allocation when ruling power changes hands, combined with lack of accountability, leads to corruption Institutions & Political Economy Jonathan Lehne Jacob Shapiro Oliver Vanden Eynde Published 08.12.17
Democracy in Pakistan: Elections tell us why politicians behave badly Politicians in Pakistan provide patronage and are perceived as corrupt. Regime instability and incumbency disadvantage may explain their behaviour. Institutions & Political Economy Madiha Afzal Published 14.08.17
