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How football can help build a nation
Even in the presence of deeply rooted divisions, shared experiences can be an effective nation-building tool and have a tangible effect on violence
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China’s One Child Policy and crime
China’s One Child Policy has profoundly affected demographic trends, the labour market, and savings behaviour in China. Is it also increasing crime?
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What are the economic effects of landmine clearance?
Demining in Mozambique had a significant impact on the economy due to large positive spillovers
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How retail drug markets in poor countries develop
The entry of a new pharmacy chain in India led existing companies to both cut prices and raise drug quality
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Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China
Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish
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Climate change and Indian agriculture
Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas
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The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours
The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'
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Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data
Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities
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Why are Indian men surprisingly reluctant to cross state borders?
India’s system of ‘fragmented entitlements’, whereby state residents get preferential treatment by the state government, hinders internal migration