All VoxDevTalks
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How does privatisation impact workers? Evidence from Brazil
When SOEs are privatised their employees’ wages, particularly for the less educated, fall dramatically, which also has negative spillover effects on...
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Improving migrant workers' welfare
Better information about intermediaries in international migration improves migrant worker outcomes
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Improving public sector management at scale
Well-designed programmes may be ineffective in practice, even with high compliance
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Bureaucratic representation and state responsiveness during crises
Bureaucratic representation in the Indian civil service lowered mortality rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic
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How corporate debarment affects workers in Brazil
The large negative effects of corporate debarment on workers should be an important consideration for governments
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The unequal effects of pollution on daily labour supply
In response to high pollution, workers reduce their labour supply, but by differing amounts
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Job loss and crime in Brazil
After mass layoffs criminal prosecutions increase for displaced workers, but eligibility for unemployment benefits offsets this effect
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Politics at work
Political discrimination in the workplace is large in magnitude, and impacts hiring, pay and promotion
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Expanding access to clean water for the rural poor: Evidence from Malawi
Offering coupons for free chlorine is an effective way to increase water treatment and prevent waterborne diseases