Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm...

The bulk of this century’s population growth lies in the exceptionally high demand for children of poorer households in sub-Saharan Africa

Legal constraints to firm growth incentivise large firms to find loopholes by hiring contract labour

Providing operating funds to public health facilities can be as effective as alternative pay-for-performance models, at half the cost

A quarter of Ugandan firms appear to consistently make costly mistakes, with potentially far-reaching consequences for theory and policy design

Women have a stronger preference for contraceptive vouchers than their spouses in monogamous households, but a weaker preference in polygynous ones

The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders

Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities

Korea’s promotion of heavy and chemical industries would have been more successful if it had not come with a rise in concentration and misallocation