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Women in India valued longer maternity leave, but it cost them jobs
Expanding paid maternity leave in India from 12 to 26 weeks led employers to cut women's employment by up to 10% and favour men for promotions, while leaving wages unchanged. Women greatly valued longer leaves such that the policy was broadly cost-be...
YIMBY goes global? Building more houses in Africa
Africa needs to house nearly a billion new urban residents by 2050. Who's going to build it – and how will it be paid for?
Money for nothing: The roles of evidence in GiveDirectly’s journey to $1 billion delivered
Is it nuts to give cash to the poor without strings attached?
Can digital credit unlock investment in smallholder farms?
A randomised trial testing digital input loans for smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana found that access to credit increased farm input spending but failed to raise profits, primarily because inputs arrived too late in the planting season to have the ...
Can cash and therapy work in conflict settings?
A randomised evaluation of a cash and psychological intervention in Ethiopia shows that the joint intervention is needed to improve both mental health and economic outcomes, but the effectiveness of the combined intervention is attenuated by active c...
