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Conditional cash transfers: Do they work?

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Economics Unpacked

In our new series, Economics Unpacked, we speak to experts about the economics behind policies that affect millions of people around the world.

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What’s wrong with economics?

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

Methods & Measurement

Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo

Published

22.06.20

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?

Institutions & Political Economy

Pamela Jakiela

Published

13.05.20

Capitalism’s broken promises

Has capitalism’s promise of equal opportunity broken down as a result of technological change?

Health

Raghuram Rajan

Published

22.04.20

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

Health

Imran Rasul

Published

18.03.20

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

Labour Markets

David Yanagizawa-Drott

Published

21.02.20

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

Institutions & Political Economy

David Atkin

Published

12.02.20

Can toilets save children?

A programme promoting latrine construction in East Java with no financial assistance has limited impact on the health of children in poorer households

Health

Manisha Shah

Published

22.01.20

Speeding up justice: The reform that transformed Mexico’s labour courts

How research helped improve the effectiveness of Mexico’s judiciary system and influenced the country’s largest labour law reform in a century

Institutions & Political Economy

Christopher Woodruff

Published

16.12.19

Solving sub-Saharan Africa’s demographic challenge: Matching firms and workers

Evidence from Uganda shows both vocational training and within-firm training help workers find better-paid jobs, but with crucial differences

Labour Markets

Oriana Bandiera

Published

27.11.19

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What’s wrong with economics?

Does language create our gender biases?

Capitalism’s broken promises

What works when for early-childhood interventions? Evidence from Nigeria

Women, work, and social norms in Saudi Arabia

Can consumption patterns explain identity choices? Evidence from India

Can toilets save children?

Speeding up justice: The reform that transformed Mexico’s labour courts

Solving sub-Saharan Africa’s demographic challenge: Matching firms and workers