How do domestic migrants impact local labour markets in developing countries? Low-skilled natives tend to be most affected by low-skilled migrants, but are high-skilled natives most affected by high-skilled migrants? Migration & Urbanisation Marieke Kleemans Jeremy Magruder Published 31.01.19
Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities Migration & Urbanisation Joan Hicks Marieke Kleemans Nicholas Li Edward Miguel Published 30.07.18
Managing ethnic divisions in diverse societies: Evidence from redrawing political boundaries Redrawing subnational political boundaries potentially reduces interethnic tensions yet also can create new ethnic divisions that exacerbate conflict Institutions & Political Economy Samuel Bazzi Matthew Gudgeon Published 16.04.18
Summary: How to Effectively Target Development Transfers Summary video of Ben Olken discussing the effectiveness of and trade-offs between different methods of targeting development assistance. Public Economics Benjamin Olken Published 07.01.18
Part 2: How to Effectively Target Development Transfers Part 2: Ben Olken discusses the effectiveness of and trade-offs between different methods of targeting development assistance. Public Economics Benjamin Olken Published 05.12.17
How to effectively target development transfers Ben Olken discusses the effectiveness and trade-offs of different methods of targeting development assistance. Public Economics Benjamin Olken Published 01.12.17
Estimating productivity spillovers among firm networks in Indonesia Clustering of firms in Indonesia only leads to substantial productivity spillovers in a few industries, suggesting the need to review cluster policies Firms Samuel Bazzi Amalavoyal Chari Shanthi Nataraj Alexander Rothenberg Published 28.11.17
How to reduce elite capture: Watch out for local elites during democratic transitions Allowing old-regime agents to remain in power during democratic transitions facilitates elite capture, which lowers public good provision Institutions & Political Economy Monica Martinez-Bravo Priya Mukherjee Andreas Stegmann Published 28.08.17
Designing more effective resettlement programs: Lessons from transmigration in Indonesia Better matching between transmigrants’ origin and destination agroclimate and languages can substantially improve productivity and integration Migration & Urbanisation Samuel Bazzi Arya Gaduh Alexander Rothenberg Maisy Wong Published 08.08.17