How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity
Using detailed data from a major call centre in Turkey, we find that a permanent shift to fully remote work boosts recruitment and productivity without harming service quality. Not only did this increase the share of female and small-town workers, bu...
Breadwinner’s burden: How financial relief improved sleep and cognition in Indonesia
Cash transfers improve sleep quality for household heads but not other family members, revealing how financial pressures burden those responsible for providing.
Edutainment: Can storytelling reduce violence against women and children?
How can mass media meaningfully shift attitudes and behaviours in developing countries?
Understanding self-employment in Brazil: Can people afford to search for jobs?
Material scarcity and financial constraints appear to be the main drivers of self-employment for approximately two-thirds of urban own-account workers in Brazil.
The long-term health impacts of emergency aid: Evidence from the 1985 Ethiopian relief operation
Do we fully understand the impacts of emergency aid? New evidence from the 1984 Ethiopian famine suggests that emergency aid mitigates the impacts of large-scale disasters even decades later.