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How skilled migration from Asia reshaped the US economy
Since the 1990s, high-skilled migrants from Asia have played a pivotal role in meeting US demand in technology, healthcare, and higher education, contributing to innovation, productivity growth, and improved services across the economy. Restricting t...
Do disaster-relief cash transfers trap people in risky areas, or help them adapt?
Disaster relief can discourage people from adapting to future disasters – for example, by reducing incentives to relocate. But in low-income settings, cash relief can also ease liquidity constraints and enable adaptation. Evidence from Pakistan’s 201...
Carbon offsets are broken. Economists know how to fix them.
Carbon offsets can, in theory, reduce emissions efficiently, but in practice problems like non-additional projects, self-selection, and weak regulation mean they may fail to cut – and can even increase – global emissions unless embedded within proper...
What education and minimum wages can – and can’t – do about wage inequality
In Brazil, education raised productivity and reduced informality, while minimum wage increases compressed inequality but risked lowering formal employment for low-skilled workers.
Can restricting mining reduce violent conflict?
Myanmar’s 2016 mining moratorium substantially reduced violent conflict by cutting off armed groups’ access to resource rents and pushing workers into alternative livelihoods, demonstrating that deliberately restricting poorly governed extractive act...
Three ways India is using AI for development
Organisations in India are already using AI for development across its courts, classrooms and farms.
