… Creative destruction and catch-up growth in India Related people Michael Peters … Michael Peters quoted in Financial …

… impact of automation on global labor markets Related people Pascual Restrepo … Pascual Restrepo cited in New York …

… problem is both historically and politically, with so many people benefiting from the status quo. I think our best hope … began trading goods like sugar, silver – even enslaved people, who were treated as property – which all had profound … impact on inequality and on opportunities for poor people, like my father.  Across my research, it’s clear that …

… see the NSF Announcement of the award . Related people Lauren Falcao Bergquist … Lauren Falcao Bergquist, …

… News EGC affiliates receive major research grants Related people Rohini Pande Michael Peters Fabrizio Zilibotti … …

… issues training aims to address. Are we training people for jobs that do not exist? A recurring theme in the … If the counterfactual is offering training to people who don't benefit, then it's better to just focus on … interventions and aim for market-level change.  “If many people get trained, maybe a new firm will open... all those …

… Microlending is booming once again. If it is to help people out of poverty, though, it needs to work much better … well, and how it needs to change. The idea of springing people from poverty by advancing them small amounts of money … tasks normally done by well-paid bankers to poor people, Grameen had brought costs down so much that it could …

… work at the intersection of economics and biology Related people Kaivan Munshi … Kaivan Munshi named the Frederick W. …

… accuracy, but the information is often inaccessible to the people who need it most. In this article, Rohini Pande and … to identify what works in delivering flood warnings to people in India imperiled by rising waters. by Maulik Jagnani … predictive technology yields is often inaccessible to the people like Jogender who need it most. We are working with …

… banks were disproportionately lending their funds to the people who ran the banks. I thought, wait a minute – that’s … privileges to specific individuals – allowing certain people to start a bank or have a corporation. But this … and economic structures are still intertwined – the people in power stay in power by doing favors for elites. …