The household-level effects of subsidised housing: Evidence from urban India Subsidised government-constructed housing increases income, education, and employment in Mumbai Migration & Urbanisation Tanu Kumar Published 18.02.22
Fertility, migration, and growth: Evidence from China Migration and fertility decisions are highly integrated, and policies ignoring that relationship can threaten economic growth Migration & Urbanisation Pei-Ju Liao Ping Wang Yin-Chi Wang Chong Kee Yip Published 08.12.21
Defining emerging market cities using lights at night Satellite imagery of night-time city lights suggests that agglomeration is skill-biased in Brazil, China, and India, as it is in developed economies Migration & Urbanisation Jonathan Dingel Antonio Miscio Donald R. Davis Published 05.04.21
Cities in the developing world Should development economists focus more on analysis of cities? Migration & Urbanisation Edward Glaeser Gharad Bryan Nick Tsivanidis Published 26.08.20
Pipe dreams: Enforcing payment for water and sanitation services in Kenya How can policymakers solve the problem of non-payment of utility bills while still maintaining access to water and sanitation services? Infrastructure Paul Gertler Aidan Coville Sebastian Galiani Susumu Yoshida Published 05.08.20
Lessons from our polluted past Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’ Energy & Environment Brian Beach Walker Hanlon Published 17.04.19
Satellite imagery: The future of tracking urban markets Analysing night-light intensity provides a complementary, alternative analysis of the intensity of economic activity in areas around urban markets Migration & Urbanisation Gordon Hanson Amit Khandelwal Published 29.10.18
Why is labour mobility in India so low? Rural insurance networks in India incentivise adult males to remain in villages, contributing to the country’s low rural-to-urban migration rates Migration & Urbanisation Kaivan Munshi Mark Rosenzweig Published 16.07.18
E-commerce integration and economic development: Evidence from China A programme introducing e-commerce into Chinese villages led to sizable gains among certain, but not all, rural households Technology & Innovation Victor Couture Benjamin Faber Yizhen Gu Lizhi Liu Published 04.06.18
