Health & Education
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How technology can drive student performance
How does the use of education technology actually impact students in poorer regions of the developing world?
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Does vocational educational training work? Experimental evidence from Mongolia
Can investments in vocational training, contrary to the existing research literature, actually improve labour market outcomes?
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Reducing rates of child marriage: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Why do we still see high rates of child marriage in settings such as Bangladesh, despite significant improvements in women’s economic empowerment?
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Poverty and depression: How improving mental health can help economic wellbeing
How do poor mental health and poverty interact, and how can we best ensure access to mental health services?
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The anatomy of a public health crisis: Household responses during the Zika epidemic in Brazil
Pregnancy rates fell by almost 7% as a result of the public health information provided on the Zika epidemic by the Brazilian government
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Maternal mortality and women’s political participation
Reserving seats for women in parliament leads to sharp reductions in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries
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Capitalism’s broken promises
Has capitalism’s promise of equal opportunity broken down as a result of technological change?
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Alcohol and self-control: Evidence from India
Rickshaw drivers in India who randomly received sobriety incentives as part of an experiment significantly reduced their daytime drinking
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Increasing sleep for the urban poor: Evidence from India
Studies in the US point to significant productivity benefits from sleeping more, but does this apply to low-income workers in developing countries?