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Labour market adjustment to trade in developing countries: The role of the informal sector
In Brazil, shifts into non-tradables, non-employment and informal employment are important margins of labour adjustment to import competition
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Reducing rural-urban education gap through computer-assisted learning: Evidence from China
An ‘ed tech’ intervention in China had long-lasting positive effects across outcomes, suggesting potential for reducing the rural-urban education gap
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How financial education of managers can help improve firm practices: Evidence from Mozambique
Low-cost interventions such as executive education courses can improve firms’ financial practices and decision making, and trigger economic...
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Is mobile money changing the rural landscape? Evidence from Mozambique
The introduction of mobile money promoted migration out of rural areas by easing long-distance transfers and increasing resilience
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Improving management practices through individual and group consulting: Evidence from Colombia
By leveraging peer-learning effects, group-based consulting can be cheaper and more effective than individual interventions in improving SME...
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Rank and peer effects in higher education: Evidence from India
A more selective academic environment benefits female students along multiple dimensions but male students fail to take advantage of this exposure
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Can laws change attitudes and behaviours around child marriage in the absence of strict enforcement? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
A video experiment uncovers the potential pitfalls of relying on legal reforms alone to reduce female early marriage in low-income countries
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Informality and the effects of trade in developing countries
What are the effects of trade amidst a large informal sector? New research studies a model tightly connected to data on firms and workers in Brazil
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In-kind transfers as insurance: Evidence from India
While academics and policymakers prefer unconditional cash transfer to the poor, they value in-kind transfers that protect against price fluctuations