Intranational trade barriers and firm productivity: Evidence from India Highway construction in India improved productivity by inducing firms to focus on products in which they are most efficient Infrastructure Ama Baafra Abeberese Mary Chen Published 14.02.22
Communication infrastructure and stabilising food prices: Evidence from the telegraph network in China Timely information brought about by communication infrastructure enables risk-sharing across regions Infrastructure Pei Gao Yu-Hsiang Lei Published 21.01.22
How building roads boosts agricultural production: Evidence from India Rural road construction in India increases investment in profitable crops and hired labour Infrastructure Yogita Shamdasani Published 06.10.21
Long-term effects of the Inca Road Proximity to the Inca Road improved subsequent educational, development and labour outcomes, in particular for women. Infrastructure Ana Paula Franco Sebastian Galiani Pablo Lavado Published 03.09.21
The effect of infrastructure on firm gains from trade liberalisation: Evidence from Ethiopia Improvements in road infrastructure magnify firm productivity gains from input tariff liberalisation Infrastructure Matteo Fiorini Marco Sanfilippo Asha Sundaram Published 27.08.21
Incentivising quality of public infrastructure excludes users and worsens public health A study of community toilets in India shows importance of fully subsidising basic services and of measures to prevent overcrowding and degradation Infrastructure Alex Armand Britta Augsburg Antonella Bancalari Published 23.08.21
Can women find trust in the market? In markets in Lusaka where chiefs serve as arbiter of contract disputes, women are more likely to trust their male counterparts and to share and cooperate more Infrastructure Nava Ashraf Alexia Delfino Edward Glaeser Published 16.06.21
Africa's roads make the rich richer Do politicians and presidents build roads to allow their citizens to get around, or is it primarily to make themselves richer? Infrastructure Roberto Bonfatti Yuan Gu Steven Poelhekke Published 10.03.21
Can ‘white elephants’ kill? Evidence from infrastructure development in Peru Incomplete and abandoned sewerage projects can increase risks of early life mortality and impose significant public health costs on populations Infrastructure Antonella Bancalari Published 02.11.20
