… South Asian economists in the 1960s yielded era-defining research … March 12, 2025 | EGC History How an EGC … research and as a degree-granting institution training a new generation of development researchers. EGC affiliates … of economic growth, which suggests that nations can boost productivity by shifting labor and resources from agriculture …

… the workforce: Farzana Afridi and Kanika Mahajan on their research on gender and labor markets … May 20, 2024 | Podcast … the household, and then see how that interacts with the outside world to determine, ultimately, the impacts of … “When your educational attainment goes up, your productivity increases,” Afridi said. “So you’re going to be …

… future.  Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan EGC Deputy Director   Research Highlight Can Female Directors Shrink the Gender … firms are the treatment group. The vertical grey line shows the year at which the quota was implemented. See paper … sacrificing performance.”   - Louise Paul-Delvaux   New Research Do Female–Owned Employment Agencies Mitigate …

… Fan, Peters, and Zilibotti's Research in The New York Times: "Poor Nations Are Writing a … workers jumped into consumer service jobs and raised their productivity and incomes. But there was a catch: the gains …

… 28, 2025, EGC hosted a mini-conference highlighting research from early- and mid-career scholars, building on … effects of digitization of land records in Pakistan. She shows that while digitization substantially decreased … paper Ameet Morjaria (Northwestern University) presented new work on the impacts of product definition changes in a …

… to fundamental differences in their economic structures. Research has examined the characteristics of these countries … may disrupt established trade flows, they can also open up new opportunities for developing nations to position … into global value chains likely played a critical role in determining these outcomes. Understanding these …

… can change a woman's life: Gates report By Times of India September 13, 2017 In a report released Wednesday, the … that two billion people worldwide still live completely outside the financial system. Read more on Times of India . Times of India covers Rohini Pande's research on women and banking … September 13, 2017 | In the …

… for Policy Design  in September 2016. India is using a new tool in its approach to air pollution: a device that will … on that process, and considers gaps between the positive research result and successful policy implementation. Welcome … on pollution straight from smokestack to regulator – shows that big change depends on small projects, each with …

… Research by EGC affiliates offers perspectives on the effects of new tariffs … February 3, 2025 | News Research by EGC affiliates offers perspectives on the effects of new tariffs What will steep new U.S. tariffs mean for the …

… London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Research Coordinator  Rahul Shukla  delved into present … power within firms, to firm-level incentives to adapt new, productive technologies. Robin Burgess Robin Burgess … firms can allow them to earn a wage proportionate to their productivity. " Monopsony and Gender ", presented at Yale  …

… Fabrizio Zilibotti presents research on unequal gains from India’s service sector growth … of Yale, which uses Indian household data to propose a new model for estimating the distribution of service-sector … benefits from growth in services? How do we measure productivity growth in non-tradable sectors like retail, …

…   India’s Safest Kitchens Continue Old Habits, Undermining New Clean-Burning Stoves … April 13, 2018 | News India’s … stove than households that did not. As the figure below shows, households often use three or more types of stoves or … but open fires or LPG stoves for meals. However, more research is needed to understand these practices, because …