Is improving tax administration more effective than raising tax rates? Evidence from Indonesia

Enhanced tax administration can increase government revenue collection from medium-sized firms in developing countries even more than raising tax rates...

Impact of amnesty programmes: Evidence from undocumented refugees in Colombia

Providing migrants working rights and social benefits has minimal impacts on local labour markets...

The impact of criminalising sex work in Indonesia

Criminalising sex work in Indonesia led to large increases in sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and likely across the whole population...

Subsidising stability: State employment in China

China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge...

Returns to work, child labour, and schooling: The income versus price effects

Returns to child work play an important role in determining child labour and schooling through changing the opportunity costs of schooling...

How remittances affect long-run economic change in rural labour markets

International labour migration and related remittances increase human capital attainment in rural areas, and over the long run trigger a shift of jobs out of farming towards the service sector...

Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh

A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit...

Maternal mortality and women’s political participation

Reserving seats for women in parliament leads to sharp reductions in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries...

The impact of social incentives on tax payment in Pakistan

An evaluation of two programmes reveals that public disclosure of tax information and social recognition of top taxpayers increases tax revenues...