Early marriage and the persistence of traditional gender norms Research in Bangladesh shows how early marriage contributes towards women expressing more traditional gender attitudes Institutions & Political Economy M Niaz Asadullah Zaki Wahhaj Published 11.03.19
Is China a meritocracy? Do government officials in China get promoted based on economic performance? Institutions & Political Economy Yang Yao Published 06.03.19
Historical legacies and African development The effect of colonisation on Africa’s modernisation is a highly contentious and emotional debate. The reality is trickier than you think. Institutions & Political Economy Stelios Michalopoulos Elias Papaioannou Published 01.03.19
Does China’s bureaucracy work? Analysing the pattern of promotions provides illuminating evidence on current levels of corruption in Chinese bureaucracy Institutions & Political Economy Peter Lorentzen Published 20.02.19
The republic of beliefs The power of law comes through its ability to help people build up expectations about one another’s behaviour Institutions & Political Economy Kaushik Basu Published 13.02.19
How do family planning policies reshape the life of the Chinese elderly? A study finds that while family planning has either no effect or a slightly positive one on elderly Chinese parents’ physical health, it can be detrimental to their mental health Institutions & Political Economy Yi Chen Hanming Fang Published 11.02.19
(Un)ease of doing business: How congested courts hinder firm productivity Congestion in Indian courts of justice distorts firms’ organisation and sourcing decisions and lowers aggregate productivity Institutions & Political Economy Johannes Boehm Ezra Oberfield Published 07.02.19
Making policies matter A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition Institutions & Political Economy Cesi Cruz Philip Keefer Julien Labonne Francesco Trebbi Published 14.01.19
New possibilities for cutting corruption in the public sector Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries Institutions & Political Economy Rema Hanna Vestal McIntyre Published 05.12.18
