Female “empowerment” has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals.…
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them…
In this paper, I analyze the impacts of a centuries-old social institution, the caste system, (directly) on households'access to water…
Two experimental studies examined the effect of power-seeking intentions on backlash toward women in political office. It was hypothesized…
Visions of the post-conflict reintegration process in Sierra Leone as a moment of healing, reconstruction, opportunity and rehabilitation…
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This paper considers how the landscape of development and humanitarian action is likely to change over the next ten years, what that will…
Hauser Institute Publications: Hauser Institute Articles
“Despite increased contact between the West and the Arab world, even top American political leaders have only limited awareness of the…
This paper, written for a larger compendium edited by
Dennis Mueller, examines key dynamic features of capitalistic
economies and how…