How air pollution can impact mental health in China Bringing down air pollution in China could improve mental health as evidence shows a causal effect of pollutants on depressive symptoms... Energy & Environment Shuai Chen Paulina Oliva Peng Zhang Published 22.04.19
Curbing leakage in public programmes: Evidence from India’s Direct Benefit Transfer Policy for LPG subsidies Transferring subsidies directly to the programme beneficiaries in in-kind transfer programmes can help in reducing leakages... Energy & Environment Prabhat Barnwal Published 12.04.19
Should civil servants be allowed to serve in their home areas? Evidence from India Assigning civil servants to environments to which they are most socially proximate may actually limit their ability to effectively serve the nation... Public Economics Guo Xu Marianne Bertrand Robin Burgess Published 08.04.19
Making a Narco: Childhood exposure to illegal labour markets and criminal life paths Exposure to illegal labour markets in childhood leads to the formation of industry-specific human capital, putting children on a criminal life path... Labour Markets Maria Micaela Sviatschi Published 05.03.19
The impact of the steamship on global trade and development The arrival of the steamship benefitted some countries but not others, with the strength and inclusiveness of institutions playing a key role... Trade Luigi Pascali Published 18.02.19
Remedying early life weather shocks with Mexico’s PROGRESA Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted... Social Protection Achyuta Adhvaryu Teresa Molina Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo Published 26.11.18
Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity... Infrastructure Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan Published 07.09.18
The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'... Energy & Environment Francisco Costa Francois Gerard Published 02.08.18
Measuring the equilibrium impacts of credit: Evidence from the Indian microfinance crisis Revoking access to microcredit was costly – and not just for the households that borrowed... Finance Emily Breza Cynthia Kinnan Published 22.06.18