Can toilets save children? A programme promoting latrine construction in East Java with no financial assistance has limited impact on the health of children in poorer households Health Manisha Shah Published 22.01.20
‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion Infrastructure Arya Gaduh Tadeja Gračner Alexander Rothenberg Published 29.11.19
The challenges of universal health insurance in Indonesia A large-scale randomised experiment reveals that temporary health insurance subsidies can improve take-up at no additional cost to the government Health Abhijit Banerjee Amy Finkelstein Rema Hanna Benjamin Olken Arianna Ornaghi Sudarno Sumarto Published 25.11.19
Electricity grid expansion and firm turnover in Indonesia Electrification generates industrial development by attracting entrants through lowering barriers to entry, and thus increasing competition Energy & Environment Dana Kassem Published 31.07.19
What happens when a better-educated generation gets involved in local politics? How an education reform in Indonesia resulted in better public service delivery Health Monica Martinez-Bravo Published 24.07.19
Female inheritance: A key to women’s empowerment or another lock on their freedom? Female inheritance might create unintended consequences for young women’s freedoms due to patriarchal practices designed to retain property within families Institutions & Political Economy Duman Bahrami-Rad Published 24.05.19
Long-term and intergenerational effects of education Evidence from Indonesia shows school construction improves labour and marriage market outcomes, and benefits are transmitted intergenerationally Education Richard Akresh Daniel Halim Marieke Kleemans Published 03.05.19
Unintended consequences of introducing state pensions State pensions in Indonesia and Ghana are found to impact parents and their children, with respect to elderly care and investment in education Public Economics Natalie Bau Published 01.05.19
Migration to end poverty Removing barriers to internal migration can boost a country’s productivity, albeit modestly and with heterogonous effects on original populations Migration & Urbanisation Gharad Bryan Melanie Morten Published 22.02.19