Research Summaries Recent papers by EGC affiliates on global development, explained. Title Country / Region - Any -BangladeshBrazilChinaColombiaIndiaInternationalMexicoNicaraguaTurkeyRegion: East AsiaRegion: EuropeRegion: Latin AmericaRegion: MENARegion: South AsiaRegion: Sub-Saharan Africa Topics - Any -AgricultureEducation & SkillsEnergy, Environment, and Climate ChangeFinanceFirmsGenderHealthLabor, Demography, and MigrationPolitical EconomyPovertyTrade and Spatial Economics Apply Reset Filters Research Summary Are There Too Many Farms in the World? New research on agricultural productivity in developing countries Mark Rosenzweig & Andrew D. Foster Research Summary Neilson, Humphries, and co-authors examine the effect of government Covid-related funding on small businesses in Latin America Maria Elena Guerrero Amezaga, John Eric Humphries, Christopher A. Neilson, Naomi Shimberg & Gabriel Ulyssea Research Summary Did women have an impact on social mobility in pre-modern economies? Journal of Economic History (Feb 2022) José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Salvador Gil-Guirado & Chris Vickers Research Summary Largest study on masks and Covid-19 demonstrates their effectiveness in the real world Jason Abaluck, Laura H Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Md. Ashraful Haque, Alamgir Kabir, Ellen Bates-Jeffries, Emily Crawford, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Salim Benhachmi, Shabib Raihan, Shadman Rahman, Neeti Zaman, Peter J. Winch, Md. Maqsud Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Stephen P. Luby, Abdullah All Jaber, Shawkee Gulshan Momen, Faika Laz Bani, Aura Rahman, Tahrima Saiha Huq & Mushfiq Mobarak Photo courtesy Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). Research Summary New survey findings on vaccine acceptance in developing nations Mushfiq Mobarak & Saad Omer 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 New findings on the spillover effects of migration subsidies in Bangladesh Mushfiq Mobarak, Costas Meghir, Corina Mommaerts & Melanie Morten Research Summary New research shows the role outside managers play in firm dynamics in India Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp & Michael Peters Research Summary New findings on the interplay of insurance, agricultural inputs, and crop yields for poor farmers in India Kevin Donovan Research Summary Unequal treatment of men and women by economic law: Global trends World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (Sep 2020) Marie Hyland, Simeon Djankov & Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Research Summary Bridges Between Villages in Nicaragua Serve as Links to Markets Wyatt Brooks & Kevin Donovan Pagination Previous page Previous Page 3 Next page Next
Research Summary Are There Too Many Farms in the World? New research on agricultural productivity in developing countries Mark Rosenzweig & Andrew D. Foster
Research Summary Neilson, Humphries, and co-authors examine the effect of government Covid-related funding on small businesses in Latin America Maria Elena Guerrero Amezaga, John Eric Humphries, Christopher A. Neilson, Naomi Shimberg & Gabriel Ulyssea
Research Summary Did women have an impact on social mobility in pre-modern economies? Journal of Economic History (Feb 2022) José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Salvador Gil-Guirado & Chris Vickers
Research Summary Largest study on masks and Covid-19 demonstrates their effectiveness in the real world Jason Abaluck, Laura H Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Md. Ashraful Haque, Alamgir Kabir, Ellen Bates-Jeffries, Emily Crawford, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Salim Benhachmi, Shabib Raihan, Shadman Rahman, Neeti Zaman, Peter J. Winch, Md. Maqsud Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Stephen P. Luby, Abdullah All Jaber, Shawkee Gulshan Momen, Faika Laz Bani, Aura Rahman, Tahrima Saiha Huq & Mushfiq Mobarak Photo courtesy Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
Research Summary New survey findings on vaccine acceptance in developing nations Mushfiq Mobarak & Saad Omer
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 New findings on the spillover effects of migration subsidies in Bangladesh Mushfiq Mobarak, Costas Meghir, Corina Mommaerts & Melanie Morten
Research Summary New research shows the role outside managers play in firm dynamics in India Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp & Michael Peters
Research Summary New findings on the interplay of insurance, agricultural inputs, and crop yields for poor farmers in India Kevin Donovan
Research Summary Unequal treatment of men and women by economic law: Global trends World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (Sep 2020) Marie Hyland, Simeon Djankov & Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Research Summary Bridges Between Villages in Nicaragua Serve as Links to Markets Wyatt Brooks & Kevin Donovan
