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Nicholas Li
PhD candidate in Economics, UC Berkeley
Nicholas Li is a PhD candidate in economics at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on topics in labor and development.
PhD candidate in Economics, UC Berkeley
Nicholas Li is a PhD candidate in economics at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on topics in labor and development.
Decentralising the monitoring of public sector workers is cost-effective, but as central state capacity increases this advantage disappears
Published 08.10.18
Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities
Published 30.07.18