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Should we pay job applicants?
Can firms attract better candidates by paying people to apply for jobs?
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The labour market impacts of soft skills certificates
Soft skills certificates improve the allocation of workers to jobs, and raise earnings conditional on employment
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Ending global poverty: Why money is not enough
How can we combat the increasing trend of extreme poverty not being confined to low-income countries, but also affecting middle-income ones?
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How development really works
What drives development? Using 50 years of data, Nicholas Stern explains what drives growth and development in Palanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Can variation in firm growth explain the development gap? Colombia vs the US
A deficit of superstar plants, an excess of microestablishments, and the success of underperformers are key symptoms of Colombia’s development problem
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Lessons from our polluted past
Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’
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Cash transfers and intimate partner violence
Cash transfers are a promising tool to reduce intimate partner violence, but can they be effective across diverse contexts and programme design?
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Informing civil servants to make better decisions
Incentivising civil servants to gather evidence before making decisions significantly reduced errors in the beliefs of Ethiopian government officials
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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
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The Mandarin model of growth
What is the Mandarin model and how has it affected China's economic and financial stability?