When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what
is the source of the money? We combine high-frequency surveys…
The Power of Transparency:
Information, Identification
Cards, and Food Subsidy
Programs in Indonesia
Information, Identification
Cards, and Food Subsidy
Programs in Indonesia
Can governments improve aid programs by providing information to
beneficiaries? In our model, information can change how much aid citizens…
Economics of the Public Sector, Fourth Edition, focuses on the heavily changed, post-global recession world. This new, modern approach…
South Korea has been held out as an economic miracle—as a country that successfully completed the transition from underdeveloped to…
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India’s population is exposed to dangerously high levels
of air pollution. Using a combination of ground-level in
situ measurements and…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate?…
Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert important influences on work. We exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the…
Waste—its generation, collection and disposal—is a major global challenge in the 21st century. Cities are responsible for managing…
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first…