Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay Decentralising the monitoring of public sector workers is cost-effective, but as central state capacity increases this advantage disappears Public Economics Ernesto Dal Bó Frederico Finan Nicholas Li Laura Schechter Published 08.10.18
Does higher pay attract better applicants? Evidence from a Ugandan NGO Financial incentives to community health promoters attract more applicants at the expense of crowding out pro-social preferences Public Economics Erika Deserranno Published 24.09.18
Do property rights exacerbate son preference? Affording tenants in India property rights on the land they farmed exacerbated son preference, resulting in fewer girls surviving to the age of one Public Economics Sonia Bhalotra Abhishek Chakravarty Dilip Mookherjee Francisco Pino Published 17.09.18
Ideas for development Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity Public Economics Robin Burgess Published 08.08.18
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals Elliott Harris on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); their vision, policy implications, financing strategy, and the way forward Public Economics Elliott Harris Published 04.07.18
Feedback rating to decrease bribery: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic Anonymous rating of inspectors can decrease bribes and increase tax revenues as long as it takes into account market structure considerations Public Economics Francesco Amodio Jieun Choi Giacomo De Giorgi Aminur Rahman Published 02.07.18
Evidence to practice: Understanding the audience, context, and indirect effects Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary General at the UNEP, shares two examples of designing policy.* Public Economics Elliott Harris Published 03.06.18
Childcare and development The benefits of early childcare are well-known. Orazio Attanasio looks at the different mechanisms to effectively deliver childcare at scale. Public Economics Orazio Attanasio Published 01.06.18
The audacity of hope: Poverty and aspirations Evidence from Latin America suggests that solely encouraging unattainable aspirations among poor households does not improve their welfare Public Economics Sebastian Galiani Paul Gertler Raimundo Undurraga Published 24.04.18
