In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are accurate? And…
Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data. However, given the…
Much research has investigated the association of income inequality with average life expectancy, usually finding negative correlations…
We study the tradeoff between megacities and networks of smaller cities in a model of recombinant growth and endogenous amenities. Three…
People are exposed to exemplary peer performances often (and sometimes by design in interventions). In two studies, we showed that exposure…
Liberal democracy has been difficult to institute and sustain in developing countries. This has to do both with ideational factors-the…
Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be…
Since the Zapatista revolution of January 1994, enormous amount of resources coming from the federal government have poured over Chiapas.…
When the US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new numbers, in theory it should make no difference whether the press release emphasizes…
Decision-makers often seek to design policies that support sustainable development. Prospective evaluations of how effectively such…