Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police

Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision

Hometown auditors report lower suspicious expenditures, implying that social ties are associated with greater leniency

A new index of ethnic stratification reveals that ethnic differences matter for conflict if, and only if, they coincide with economic differences

Can the linguistic structure of our mother tongue train us to see the world in terms of masculine and feminine?

How can governments in developing countries best ensure widespread and effective social protection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?

How can we best protect the most vulnerable in the developing world during the COVID-19 pandemic?

The relationship between intensity of reporting on violence and tourist spending suggests that a bad news bias can have serious economic consequences

Economic integration can help promote transition to democracy within the world’s more autocratic countries through trade with democratic partners