Search | Economic Growth Center

News Item

Nicholas Ryan and coauthors in VoxDev: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China

… emissions at firms that sold offsets went up! Some prior research has found that offsets do not reduce emissions as much as claimed (Badgley et al. 2022, Calel et al. 2025). But even these findings are for …

Relevance: 84.63673
Basic page

Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health Success: Arsenic Well Water"

… Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health Success: Arsenic Well Water" … Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health …

Relevance: 82.548065
Basic page

Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future"

… Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future" … Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, … Past, Present, and Future." NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2020 35. https://doi.org/10.1086/712332. … Smith et al.: …

Relevance: 57.893147
News Item

EGC Quarterly Newsletter, June 2020

… to receive EGC's quarterly newsletter EGC and development research, past and future A man in a Covid mask distributes … are cross-border trade, or pandemics, or climate change. Rosenzweig and Ryan both have new papers on environmental … Development mini-conference Publications Attanasio, Meghir et al. on the determinants of early childhood development; …

Relevance: 55.99206

Denis Dymov, Shutterstock
Basic page

Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data"

… Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data" … Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data" Abstract A data …

Relevance: 53.227795
Event

Gender and Structural Transformation in South Asia - Research and Policy Dialogue 2025

… Gender and Structural Transformation in South Asia - Research and Policy Dialogue 2025 … Gender and Structural Transformation in South Asia - Research and Policy Dialogue 2025 …

Relevance: 50.693897
Basic page

Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female trainees?"

… Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female trainees?" … Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female …

Relevance: 49.937347
Basic page

Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful Trade Barriers"

… Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful Trade Barriers" … Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful …

Relevance: 49.87401
Person

Mark Rosenzweig

… Mark R. Rosenzweig is the Frank Altschul Professor of International Economics at Yale University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously held faculty positions at Minnesota, …

Relevance: 49.79786
Basic page

Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle income countries, and what can we do about it?"

… Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle … income countries, and what can we do about it?" … Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle …

Relevance: 46.4713
News Item

Internal migration and spatial reorganisation of agriculture

… reducing agricultural output ( Lewis 1954 ). Yet empirical research shows that emigration does reduce farm employment and output ( Rozelle et al. 1999 , Mendola 2008 ). Sustaining food supplies as … showing that small farms are labour-abundant ( Foster and Rosenzweig 2022 ). This suggests that the impact of worker …

Relevance: 45.604763
News Item

Emissions markets to reduce air pollution

… diseases when inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream. Research indicates that particulate pollution is the most … in settings with limited enforcement capacity. The Research The world’s first emissions market for particulate … Member Secretary, Gujarat Pollution Control Board In 2020, based on these promising findings, the research team …

Relevance: 42.787594

Pollution Gate - Saurav022_Shutterstock.jpg
News Item

Do voters hold politicians accountable for vote-buying?

… gains of stealing once in office. Learn more about this research LISTEN TO THE PODCAST LEIGHT ET AL. 2020. Do voters hold politicians accountable for …

Relevance: 41.802246
News Item

Insights from the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE)

… Kenneth Gillingham and Nick Ryan, the workshop showcased research projects tackling questions that matter for both … maintaining policy relevance. Related publications Ryan et al., 2025: "Firm Selection and Growth in Carbon Offset …

Relevance: 40.948956

Noel Sardalla
News Item

Development Dialogues: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?

… for small farms in Africa? Gérardine Mukeshimana, Mark Rosenzweig, and Christopher Udry dissect one of Africa’s most … the Society of Labor Economics, and the Bureau of for Research and Analysis of Development (BREAD). Christopher … Growth Center. He is a development economist whose research focuses on rural economic activity in sub-Saharan …

Relevance: 40.806328