Recent work by David Lagakos
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The impacts of technology on property tax collection and efficiency: Evidence from Ghana
Technology improves local tax collection efficiency and the progressivity of the property tax system but can also lead to unintended outcomes
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Urban-rural gaps in the developing world: Does internal migration offer opportunities?
Policymakers might seek to address the frictions that prevent potentially beneficial migration to urban areas from taking place
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Electricity and firm productivity: A general equilibrium approach
Eliminating power outages in the developing world would substantially raise firm productivity and worker wages in the long run
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Unemployment: An advanced economy problem?
A new data set based on household surveys shows that unemployment is largely a feature of advanced economies, particularly for low-skill workers
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Measuring living standards in African cities and rural areas
It’s no wonder that people are moving to cities. Urban areas offer better amenities and, on average, pay higher wages than rural areas.
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Average working hours: New global dataset
Residents of poor countries are not only ‘consumption poor’, they are also ‘leisure poor’