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How to value the time of the self-employed
Valuing the time of the self-employed is crucial for evaluating interventions and conducting cost-benefit analysis. Yet research often misprices this value at zero or equal to market wages. New evidence from Kenya suggests a practical fix: value unpa...
India’s economic development since independence
India’s 75-year journey of development has intertwined nation-building, democracy, and economic transformation in ways that challenge conventional theories of growth – highlighting both the achievements and enduring tensions between inclusion, govern...
How men’s migration increases women’s political engagement in India
Male internal migration in India expands women’s roles and increases their political engagement by easing day-to-day restrictions even in the absence of their financial empowerment.
Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia
Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns, fostering inter-generational prosperity and long-term development despite the destructive intent of the repression.
