The long-run development impacts of agricultural productivity gains: Evidence from irrigation canals in India Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth Agriculture Sam Asher Alison Campion Douglas Gollin Paul Novosad Published 21.10.22
Infrastructure maintenance and rural economic activity: Evidence from India Investments in the development and maintenance of existing infrastructure spur the growth of microenterprises and stimulate rural economic activity Infrastructure Ritam Chaurey Duong Trung Le Published 11.10.22
Road connectivity and rural economic development: Evidence from India’s rural roads programme Road connectivity leads to workers moving out of agriculture and improvements in education but no substantial effects on income, assets or consumption Infrastructure Anjali Adukia Sam Asher Paul Novosad Published 25.07.22
Factor market failures and the adoption of irrigation in Rwanda Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology Agriculture Maria Ruth Jones Florence Kondylis John Loeser Jeremy Magruder Published 08.07.22
Scholarships increase social mobility: Evidence from Colombia Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students Education Rachid Laajaj Andrés Moya Fabio Sánchez Published 20.06.22
The impact of digital credit in low-income countries Digital credit does not appear to systematically improve lives, while the lack of transparency raises serious concerns about predatory lending Finance Valentina Brailovskaya Pascaline Dupas Jonathan Robinson Published 10.06.22
Leveraging political incentives for environmental regulation: Evidence from China Leveraging high-powered political incentives for pollution control could distort the decentralised enforcement of environmental regulation Energy & Environment Guojun He Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang Published 07.03.22
Reducing mortality in disaster response and recovery: Evidence from Mexico Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters Energy & Environment Alejandro Del Valle Published 11.10.21
How teacher wage policies help reduce urban-rural achievement gaps: Evidence from Peru Wage policies that account for teacher preferences can achieve a more effective and equitable geographic allocation of teachers Education Matteo Bobba Tim Ederer Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Christopher Neilson Marco Nieddu Published 04.10.21
