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The economics of child marriage
Empowerment programmes improve adolescent girls’ educational and labour market outcomes; financial incentives are effective in reducing child marriage
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How technology can drive student performance
How does the use of education technology actually impact students in poorer regions of the developing world?
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Why does poverty persist?
Does poverty continue due to differences in ability or limited access to opportunities?
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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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Does language create our gender biases?
Can the linguistic structure of our mother tongue train us to see the world in terms of masculine and feminine?
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Capitalism’s broken promises
Has capitalism’s promise of equal opportunity broken down as a result of technological change?
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What works when for early-childhood interventions? Evidence from Nigeria
Information on raising children is more important in the first two years of a child’s life, whereas cash plays a bigger role from age 2 to 4
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Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia
Most Saudi men think that women should be allowed to work but are unaware that others share this view, so often don’t support their wife taking a job
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Can consumption patterns explain identity choices? Evidence from India
Evidence from India shows how both conflict and economic forces can cause people to realign their ethnic or religious identity