Methods & Measurement
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Finally, 2020 comes to a close! From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Tavneet Suri looks at VoxDev over 2020
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Launching VoxDevLits
VoxDev’s editor-in-chief introduces its new feature – VoxDevLits, dynamic literature reviews edited by a community of scholars working in the field
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Measuring the cost of living in Mexico and the US
Data on prices and quantities of consumer packaged goods suggest that Mexican real consumption relative to the US is larger than previously estimated
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VoxDev turns three! Note from the Editor-in-Chief
A note from Tavneet Suri, our Editor-in-Chief, on our three-year anniversary
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What’s wrong with economics?
How can economists better communicate with the wider public to regain the profession’s credibility?
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Measuring deprivation: Going beyond income poverty and accounting for premature mortality
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
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Skills and personality matter, but how do we capture them?
Data from developing country settings highlight the risk of misinterpreting non-cognitive skills and personality using existing measures
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RCTs in the long run
RCTs have revolutionised development policy, but do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later?
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Alleviating poverty with experimental research: The 2019 Nobel laureates
The Nobel nomination’s emphasis on the practical applications of Banerjee’s, Duflo’s and Kremer’s methods represents a monumental and welcome change