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Women’s empowerment and development: The family connection
Female empowerment is associated with economic development, but cash transfers targeted at women may have unintended consequences
The effect of pollution on worker productivity: Evidence from call-centre workers in China
High levels of pollution reduce the productivity even of indoor workers; cutting pollution can improve the health of both the economy and of society
The implication of firm competition on industrial policies
Small firms that receive subsidies in India grow more quickly than their competitors. But is it a zero-sum game?
Trade and inequality: From theory to estimation
Starting from a closed economy, trade liberalisation increases wage inequality; as costs fall further, wage inequality peaks and also starts to fall
Rules versus discretion in tax policy
Compared to existing income taxes, a value-added tax limits the tax base to information that can easily be monitored, reducing the role of discretion
A better way to train small business owners: Using psychology to teach personal initiative
A new personal initiative training programme outperformed traditional business training in increasing profits for informal firms in Togo
Hiring do-gooders or go-getters: Attracting talent to improve public service delivery in Zambia
In an experiment conducted with the Ministry of Health, workers recruited via career incentive ads proved more effective at delivering health services
The skills to pay the bills: Returns to on-the-job soft skills training
In a randomised controlled trial in India, the returns to a firm’s investment in worker soft skill training were nearly 250% after nine months
The role of disbursement timing in conditional cash transfer programmes: Long-term effects
An experiment in Colombia shows that delaying disbursement of conditional cash transfers can have substantial long-term effects on educational investment
Electoral reservations and leadership quality in village India
The dysfunctions of identity based elections can be overcome with reservations, by curtailing poor leaders securing power based on identity alone
