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

Published 13.12.21

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

Published 06.12.21

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

Published 22.11.21

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

Published 15.11.21

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

Published 08.11.21

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

Published 01.11.21

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

Published 25.10.21

An increase in risk can reduce the probability of a child attending school by 4–5%

Published 18.10.21

Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters

Published 11.10.21