The benefits of road maintenance in Indonesia Better roads help manufacturers create new jobs, enabling worker transitions out of informal employment, and increasing wages.... Infrastructure Alexander Rothenberg Paul Gertler Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Tadeja Gračner Published 23.11.22
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 workers at other private sector firms.... Labour Markets David Arnold Published 09.11.22
Improving migrant workers' welfare Better information about intermediaries in international migration improves migrant worker outcomes... Migration & Urbanisation A. Nilesh Fernando Niharika Singh Published 02.11.22
Improving public sector management at scale Well-designed programmes may be ineffective in practice, even with high compliance... Education Karthik Muralidharan Abhijeet Singh Published 12.10.22
Bureaucratic representation and state responsiveness during crises Bureaucratic representation in the Indian civil service lowered mortality rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic... Institutions & Political Economy Guo Xu Published 05.10.22
How corporate debarment affects workers in Brazil The large negative effects of corporate debarment on workers should be an important consideration for governments... Labour Markets Christiane Szerman Published 28.09.22
The unequal effects of pollution on daily labour supply In response to high pollution, workers reduce their labour supply, but by differing amounts... Energy & Environment Bridget Hoffmann Juan Pablo Rud Published 21.09.22
Job loss and crime in Brazil After mass layoffs criminal prosecutions increase for displaced workers, but eligibility for unemployment benefits offsets this effect... Labour Markets Diogo Britto Paolo Pinotti Breno Sampaio Published 15.09.22
Politics at work Political discrimination in the workplace is large in magnitude, and impacts hiring, pay and promotion... Institutions & Political Economy Emanuele Colonnelli Valdemar Neto Edoardo Teso Published 07.09.22
