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How refugees boost business growth in hosting locations
A large influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey induced substantial increments in Turkish firm production and entry, with variation in effects across...
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How remittances affect long-run economic change in rural labour markets
International labour migration and related remittances increase human capital attainment in rural areas, and over the long run trigger a shift of...
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Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers
Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision
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VoxDev turns three! Note from the Editor-in-Chief
A note from Tavneet Suri, our Editor-in-Chief, on our three-year anniversary
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Boosting firm productivity through joining multinational supply chains
Domestic firms that start supplying to multinational corporations see their productivity grow between 6% and 9%
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Measuring the productivity of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa
Collecting data using multiple survey methods can mitigate data errors that magnify the differences between low- and high-productivity farms
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Social ties and ‘hometown favouritism’ towards local officials in China
Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency
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Ethnic stratification: A new measure to predict social conflict
A new index of ethnic stratification reveals that ethnic differences matter for conflict if, and only if, they coincide with economic differences
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The impacts of agribusiness-led development on farming incomes and profits
A shift from a state-led to an agribusiness-led development model in Kenya reallocated profits away from farmers towards agribusiness firms