Politics and ethnicity in Africa The spread of export agriculture and print technologies across Africa transformed ethnicity via their effects on politicisation and boundary-making Institutions & Political Economy Yannick Pengl Philip Roessler Valeria Rueda Published 17.03.21
Can laws change attitudes and behaviours around child marriage in the absence of strict enforcement? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh A video experiment uncovers the potential pitfalls of relying on legal reforms alone to reduce female early marriage in low-income countries Institutions & Political Economy Amrit Amirapu M Niaz Asadullah Zaki Wahhaj Published 08.03.21
'Til dowry do us part: Bargaining and violence in the Indian marriage market Policy crackdowns on dowries can reduce their prevalence, but with unintended impacts on women’s decision-making power and domestic violence Institutions & Political Economy Rossella Calvi Ajinkya Keskar Published 26.02.21
Public disclosure as a political incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India Councilors who thought performance reports would be published before an election invested more in infrastructure, with positive impacts on re-election Institutions & Political Economy Abhijit Banerjee Nils Enevoldsen Rohini Pande Michael Walton Published 24.02.21
How women’s social networks vary with wealth and status: Evidence from India Isolation is common amongst women living in contexts with restrictive gender norms but varies across socioeconomic groups Institutions & Political Economy Alison Andrew Orazio Attanasio Britta Augsburg Jere Behrman Monimalika Day Pamela Jervis Costas Meghir Angus Phimister Published 15.02.21
The impact of presidential appointment of judges: Montesquieu or the federalists? Presidential appointment of judges may be costing Pakistan about 0.14% of GDP or about $400 million in land expropriations every year Institutions & Political Economy Sultan Mehmood Published 29.01.21
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
Can minimum-age-of-marriage laws eradicate child marriage? Evidence from Mexico Increasing the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old in Mexico reduced formal marriage but did not prevent school dropout or early motherhood Institutions & Political Economy Cristina Bellés-Obrero María Lombardi Published 08.01.21
How does shame and embarrassment impact social learning? Evidence from India People are less likely to ask questions in their communities if it exposes the limits of their knowledge. Institutions & Political Economy Arun G. Chandrasekhar Benjamin Golub He Yang Published 06.01.21
