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Large-scale regularisation of Venezuelan migrants had little effect on Colombian workers but dramatically improved migrants’ socioeconomic conditions

Published 10.01.22

Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm...

Published 07.01.22

The bulk of this century’s population growth lies in the exceptionally high demand for children of poorer households in sub-Saharan Africa

Published 03.01.22

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