We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels…
Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local…
Many government social insurance policies have low take-up. To understand whether this is due to administrative barriers, information, or…
The "Tutoring Online Program" (TOP), launched in Italy in 2020, is an online educational reinforcement tutoring program that offered…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change and create…
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted child development and the well-being of caregivers, and such evidence ought to be…
We compare two approaches to increasing tax revenue: tax administration and tax rates. We show that when Indonesia moved top regional firms…
Governments seeking to provide food assistance have a choice between providing in-kind food directly to beneficiaries, or providing…
• The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on public finances across developing countries. Large fiscal responses and weak…