Does the government control of school systems facilitate equality in school quality? There is a trade-off. On the one hand, government…
Buenos Aires and Chicago grew during the nineteenth century for remarkably similar reasons. Both cities were conduits for moving meat and…
Book abstract: The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009 builds on
the methodology and findings of the World Economic
Forum’s Global…
In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India,
we ran an exam competition through…
The BRIGHT program was designed to improve the educational outcomes of children in Burkina Faso.1 It focused on girls in particular and was…
In March 2009, the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition hosted a workshop called "…
We estimate the “place premium”—the wage gain that accrues to foreign workers who arrive to work in the United States. First, we estimate…
I remember clearly the thirty seconds when I grew up. As we crossed the bridge over the river on the way from the airport, I looked down…
This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,…