The introduction of MNREGA increased economic activity as measured by night-time lights and banking deposits, but mostly in richer districts

Adaptive sampling has the potential to ensure that experiments better meet the learning goals of policymakers and are more beneficial to participants...

Tavneet Suri looks at VoxDev over 2020

VoxDev’s editor-in-chief introduces its new feature – VoxDevLits, dynamic literature reviews edited by a community of scholars working in the field

Data on prices and quantities of consumer packaged goods suggest that Mexican real consumption relative to the US is larger than previously estimated

A note from Tavneet Suri, our Editor-in-Chief, on our three-year anniversary

How can economists better communicate with the wider public to regain the profession’s credibility?

A year prematurely lost is as bad as a year spent in poverty. Aggregating these indices offers a more accurate insight into the progress of nations

Data from developing country settings highlight the risk of misinterpreting non-cognitive skills and personality using existing measures