We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels…
Sanctions on Venezuela are not Driving Migration to the US Southwest Border: An Empirical Assessment
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After the decision of the Venezuelan regime to disregard the results of the presidential election of July 28, 2024, and subsequently swear…
Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local…
Manufacturing generates very little employment in the developing world. Urban jobs are predominantly informal, unproductive, and in…
The future of developing countries lies in services. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services in particular must be an essential…
We study the Tutoring Online Program (TOP), where: (i) tutoring is entirely online; (ii) tutors are volunteer university students, matched…
The U.S.-China conflict is threatening continued global economic prosperity and this has inspired a variety of predictions and…
The most pressing economic problems of our time require pragmatic remedies closely tailored to context
This is a bold and intriguing paper. It offers a new explanation for poverty reduction (or lack thereof) and interesting new empirical…
The "Tutoring Online Program" (TOP), launched in Italy in 2020, is an online educational reinforcement tutoring program that offered…