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Do health subsidies help?
In this video, Pascaline Dupas discusses how a full subsidy of health products increases the number of people benefitting from health products
Land and financial misallocation in India
A strong positive correlation emerges between the misallocation of land and misallocation of finance
“The Office” goes to India: How bad management keeps India poor
Better management of Indian firms could lead to massive improvements in productivity and performance
Economic consequences of Brexit
The economic consequences of leaving the EU are at the heart of the Brexit debate. This column studies how changes in trade and fiscal transfers to the EU following Brexit would affect living standards in the UK. Across a range of scenarios, Brexit l...
The rise of China and the future of US manufacturing
Analysis suggests the impact of China’s rise on US manufacturing has been strong, and employment in the sector is unlikely to recover
Bad practices hold back small firms in developing countries
Survey of more than 20,000 small firms suggests better business practices are correlated with higher productivity, firm profits, and rates of survival
Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda
Effective education programmes can be implemented in low-income settings, but the quality of service and adapting it to the local context are crucial
Contaminated water and mental health: Evidence from Bangladesh
Drinking contaminated drinking can lead to symptoms of arsenicosis, with negative impacts on mental health, household productivity, and wellbeing
The bubble dynamics of China’s housing boom
Unless the government curtains new construction in lower tier cities, it is hard to see how the housing boom will sustain.
Floods and the location of economic activity
Economic activity is concentrated in low-lying urban areas despite greater risk of flooding, and tends to return to these areas rather than relocating
