US competitiveness is at its worst in generations. Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, September 15, 2016, Video, "A worker assembles a box…
Research and Impacts of Digital Financial Services. Rohini Pande, September 2016, Paper, "A growing body of rigorous research shows…
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Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links. Filipe Campante, David Yanagizawa-Drott, September 2016,…
Have big banks gotten safer? Lawrence Summers, September 15, 2016, Paper, "Since the financial crisis, there have been major changes in the…
The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks. George Borjas, September 2016, Paper, "The continuing inflow of hundreds of…
Governments often require that products carry warnings to inform people about risks. The warnings approach, as opposed to the command and…
This paper, which also serves as an introduction to this special issue of Environment and Urbanization on urban livelihoods, draws on the…
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers. It presents recent national data on the…
Technology is a key driver of change, not least in the world of work. Yet little is known about what technologies are used by – or impact…
A central challenge in securing property rights is the subversion of justice through legal skill, bribery, or physical force by the strong—…