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Body and mind: Experimental evidence from women living with HIV
Participatory information interventions empower and inspire women to become more ambitious and invest in income-generating activities
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Skill-biased production makes high-skill workers more efficient in rich countries
Highly educated workers are relatively more productive in rich countries, largely due to a more skill-biased technological environment
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Ghosting the tax authority: Fake firms and tax fraud in Ecuador
Ghost firms help real firms evade significant sums in tax, but the tax authority developed an innovative way to recover the revenue from cheating...
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Infrastructure maintenance and rural economic activity: Evidence from India
Investments in the development and maintenance of existing infrastructure spur the growth of microenterprises and stimulate rural economic activity
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Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan
Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours
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The socioeconomic effects of export slowdowns: Evidence from China
Cities with export slowdowns had larger increases in crime rates, driven by weakened labour markets
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How does social media influence democracy? Evidence from WhatsApp in India
Social media groups can improve voter knowledge, but may also increase polarisation in political preferences
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Texting to save lives: Evidence from cardiovascular treatment reform in Mexico
Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients
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Autocrats in crisis mode: How dictators adapt distributive choices during economic shocks
Autocrats may further discriminate against their opposition as a way to minimise the scope of dissent during economic shocks