Progressive wealth taxes may be difficult to enforce if wealthy individuals underreport their wealth, but disclosure incentives and greater...

Manufacturing job loss, induced by competition with China, increased cocaine trafficking, thereby increasing violent crime in urban areas in Mexico

Female inheritance might create unintended consequences for young women’s freedoms due to patriarchal practices designed to retain property within...

Economic complexity and R&D investment influence the number, size, product quality, and diversification of exporters, making them policy...

A new trade deal could open opportunities for foreign and domestic private firms if China is willing to open sectors and protect intellectual property

Liberalising trade and FDI is key to the promotion of domestic value added into a country’s exports, as the Chinese experience highlights

Evidence from Indonesia shows school construction improves labour and marriage market outcomes, and benefits are transmitted intergenerationally

Evidence from land reform in El Salvador shows that private property rights are not necessarily more efficient than cooperative property rights

Robotisation can catalyse trade and improve welfare, but policies are required to ensure automation-induced growth is inclusive