See the op-ed in The Boston Globe by Carr Senior Fellow John Shattuck.
An authoritarian nationalist regime in Hungary is…
We consider a model of technological learning under which people “learn through noticing”: they choose which input dimensions to attend to…
This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on informal employment, and highlights the growing significance of…
Book abstract: At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had…
Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…