Green objectives have reshaped public policy worldwide since the signing in 2015 of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. Climate…
We use unique survey data from former victims of child sex trafficking and vulnerable girls in shelters in the Philippines to study the…
Various factors influence why some countries are more open to immigration than others. Policy is only one of them. We design country-…
Community-based targeting, in which communities allocate social assistance using local information about who is poor, in experimental…
Many government social insurance policies have low take-up. To understand whether this is due to administrative barriers, information, or…
Technological know-how in a country shapes its growth potential and competitiveness. Scientific publications, patents, and international…
Recent geopolitical challenges have revived the implementation of industrial and innovation policies. Ongoing discussions focus on…
Wyoming is facing two distinct labor market challenges: in the short-term, low workforce availability is a constraint while in the long-…
Alberto Alesina was the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, from where he got his PhD, taught for more…
Economic development is a path-dependent process in which countries accumulate capabilities that allow them to move into more complex…