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Do migrants affect the domestic economy? Evidence from Colombia
Large-scale regularisation of Venezuelan migrants had little effect on Colombian workers but dramatically improved migrants’ socioeconomic conditions
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How democracy causes growth: Evidence from Indonesia
Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm...
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Bursting the bubble of population growth: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
The bulk of this century’s population growth lies in the exceptionally high demand for children of poorer households in sub-Saharan Africa
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Contract labour and firm growth in India
Legal constraints to firm growth incentivise large firms to find loopholes by hiring contract labour
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Improving healthcare provisioning through decentralised financing: Evidence from Nigeria
Providing operating funds to public health facilities can be as effective as alternative pay-for-performance models, at half the cost
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Strategic or confused? Firm behaviour and missing millions in Uganda’s VAT
A quarter of Ugandan firms appear to consistently make costly mistakes, with potentially far-reaching consequences for theory and policy design
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Fertility and polygyny in rural Burkina Faso
Women have a stronger preference for contraceptive vouchers than their spouses in monogamous households, but a weaker preference in polygynous ones
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Electing educated leaders during democratisation: Evidence from Indonesia
The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders
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Easing contracting frictions with machines: Evidence from India
Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities