How soccer and goals make better relationships Lessons on gender parity and staying healthy reduced intimate partner violence and led goal-minded girls to choose age-appropriate and ‘better’ boys Health Manisha Shah Jennifer Seager Published 16.09.20
The economics of child marriage Empowerment programmes improve adolescent girls’ educational and labour market outcomes; financial incentives are effective in reducing child marriage Health Rachel Glennerster Nina Buchmann Erica Field Published 09.09.20
How technology can drive student performance How does the use of education technology actually impact students in poorer regions of the developing world? Health Karthik Muralidharan Abhijeet Singh Alejandro J. Ganimian Published 19.08.20
Why does poverty persist? Does poverty continue due to differences in ability or limited access to opportunities? Macroeconomics & Growth Clare Balboni Oriana Bandiera Robin Burgess Maitreesh Ghatak Published 22.07.20
What’s wrong with economics? How can economists better communicate with the wider public to regain the profession’s credibility? Methods & Measurement Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Published 22.06.20
Does language create our gender biases? Can the linguistic structure of our mother tongue train us to see the world in terms of masculine and feminine? Institutions & Political Economy Pamela Jakiela Published 13.05.20
Capitalism’s broken promises Has capitalism’s promise of equal opportunity broken down as a result of technological change? Health Raghuram Rajan Published 22.04.20
What works when for early-childhood interventions? Evidence from Nigeria Information on raising children is more important in the first two years of a child’s life, whereas cash plays a bigger role from age 2 to 4 Health Imran Rasul Published 18.03.20
Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia Most Saudi men think that women should be allowed to work but are unaware that others share this view, so often don’t support their wife taking a job Labour Markets David Yanagizawa-Drott Published 21.02.20
