We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants…
The lack of "social capital" is frequently given as an explanation for why communities perform poorly. Yet to what extent can project…
Propensity score matching estimators (Rosenbaum and Rubin, 1983) are widely used in evaluation research to estimate average treatment…
Informal payments are a frequently overlooked source of local public finance in developing countries. We use microdata from ten countries…
Regression-based studies of inequality model only between-group differences,
yet often these differences are far exceeded by residual…
There is growing impetus for a domestic US climate policy that can providemeaningful reductions
in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and…
Women face a compensation negotiation dilemma in which they have to weigh the economic benefits of asking for higher pay with the social…
We offer a dyadic perspective on gender and persistence in negotiation, focusing on the interactive effects of persister gender and…
Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging…
This paper talks about the unique institutional innovations microfinance has experienced in the last three decades - from the entry of new…