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Functional Dysfunction: Mumbai’s Political Economy of Rent Sharing

This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban space.

The Labour Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks

The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised questions that require a fuller understanding of the determina

Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(K) Introductions

Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement?

Girl Child Marriage as a Risk Factor for Early Childhood Development and Stunting

This paper quantitatively examines the intergenerational effects of girl child marriage, or the developmental and health outcomes of children born to women who marry before age 18.

Federal Policy and Economic Growth

I am quite concerned about the high and rising levels of federal debt we will have in the long term unless our policies are changed.

On the Misplaced Politics of Behavioural Policy Interventions

Government agencies around the world have begun to embrace the use of behavioural policy interventions (such as the strategic use of default options), which has inspired vigorous public discussion abo

Human Mobility and the Longue Durée: The Prehistory of Global Migration Law

The long history of human migration sets the stage for a probing engagement with current migration law and the challenges of bringing it into alignment with contemporary needs and rights.

Race, Class, Politics, and the Disappearance of Work: A Rejoinder

The author comments on Jennifer Hochschild's commentary on his article which analyzes the impact of collective joblessness across racial and ethnic groups.

Foundations of Decarbonization in China: A post-2030 perspective

The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

For a century, the geopolitics of energy has been synonymous with the geopolitics of oil and gas. However, geopolitics and the global energy economy are both changing.