Research Summaries Recent papers by EGC affiliates on global development, explained. Title Country / Region - Any -AfghanistanBangladeshBrazilChinaColombiaCosta RicaEgyptGhanaIndiaInternationalKenyaMexicoNepalNicaraguaRwandaTurkeyRegion: East AsiaRegion: EuropeRegion: Latin AmericaRegion: MENARegion: North AmericaRegion: South AsiaRegion: Sub-Saharan Africa Topics - Any -AgricultureBehavioral EconomicsEconomic HistoryEducation & SkillsEnergy, Environment, and Climate ChangeFinanceFirmsGenderHealthLabor, Demography, and MigrationMacroeconomicsPolitical EconomyPovertyTrade and Spatial Economics Research Summary Air pollution in India: New findings on how to reduce crop burning American Economic Review: Insights (Mar 2025) Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran, Namrata Kala & Rohini Pande Makh, Shutterstock Research Summary Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students? Journal of Political Economy (Sep 2024) Orazio Attanasio, Alison Andrew, Raquel Bernal, Lina Cardona Sosa, Sonya Krutikova & Marta Rubio-Codina Research Summary In the US-China trade war, how did some “bystander” countries come out ahead? American Economic Review: Insights (Jun 2024) Pablo Fajgelbaum, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Patrick Kennedy, Amit Khandelwal & Daria Taglioni Tieu Bao Truong, Shutterstock Research Summary Fieler & coauthors: The power of firm networks in trade and economic development Journal of Political Economy (Jan 2024) Ana Cecilia Fieler, Banu Demir, Daniel Xu & Kelly Kaili Yang Thomas Koch, Shutterstock Research Summary The welfare implications of lobbying on international regulatory agreements American Economic Review (Aug 2023) Giovanni Maggi & Ralph Ossa Shutterstock Research Summary Buyers’ Sourcing Strategies and Suppliers’ Markups in Bangladeshi Garments Guillermo Noguera Research Summary In India's "invisible workforce" women face a slower economic recovery from Covid-19 Manoej Paateel, Shutterstock Research Summary Did women have an impact on social mobility in pre-modern economies? Journal of Economic History (Feb 2022) José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez Research Summary Pande and coauthors: Empowering women through direct digital payments American Economic Review (Jun 2021) Rohini Pande, Charity Troyer Moore, Erica Field, Natalia Rigol & Simone Schaner Research Summary New analysis of the costs and benefits of expanding India’s energy infrastructure American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (May 2021) Nicholas Ryan Research Summary Unequal treatment of men and women by economic law: Global trends Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Research Summary Empowering women through direct digital payments Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner & Charity Troyer Moore Ishan Tankha
Research Summary Air pollution in India: New findings on how to reduce crop burning American Economic Review: Insights (Mar 2025) Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran, Namrata Kala & Rohini Pande Makh, Shutterstock
Research Summary Did Colombia’s nationwide preschool expansion benefit students? Journal of Political Economy (Sep 2024) Orazio Attanasio, Alison Andrew, Raquel Bernal, Lina Cardona Sosa, Sonya Krutikova & Marta Rubio-Codina
Research Summary In the US-China trade war, how did some “bystander” countries come out ahead? American Economic Review: Insights (Jun 2024) Pablo Fajgelbaum, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Patrick Kennedy, Amit Khandelwal & Daria Taglioni Tieu Bao Truong, Shutterstock
Research Summary Fieler & coauthors: The power of firm networks in trade and economic development Journal of Political Economy (Jan 2024) Ana Cecilia Fieler, Banu Demir, Daniel Xu & Kelly Kaili Yang Thomas Koch, Shutterstock
Research Summary The welfare implications of lobbying on international regulatory agreements American Economic Review (Aug 2023) Giovanni Maggi & Ralph Ossa Shutterstock
Research Summary Buyers’ Sourcing Strategies and Suppliers’ Markups in Bangladeshi Garments Guillermo Noguera
Research Summary In India's "invisible workforce" women face a slower economic recovery from Covid-19 Manoej Paateel, Shutterstock
Research Summary Did women have an impact on social mobility in pre-modern economies? Journal of Economic History (Feb 2022) José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez
Research Summary Pande and coauthors: Empowering women through direct digital payments American Economic Review (Jun 2021) Rohini Pande, Charity Troyer Moore, Erica Field, Natalia Rigol & Simone Schaner
Research Summary New analysis of the costs and benefits of expanding India’s energy infrastructure American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (May 2021) Nicholas Ryan
Research Summary Unequal treatment of men and women by economic law: Global trends Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Research Summary Empowering women through direct digital payments Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner & Charity Troyer Moore Ishan Tankha
