Greater interdependence is often taken
to require more global governance, but the logic requires
scrutiny. Cross-border spillovers do not always call for
international...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160982Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Rodrik,Dani
This paper focuses on the sluggish
growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent
years. The authors use a simple empirical strategy based on
an error correction...
This paper explores the relationship
between linguistic diversity and the stock of health
information in society. Information is measured using
individual-level knowledge...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160972Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Gomes,Joseph Flavian
This paper uses comprehensive and
comparable firm-level manufacturing censuses from four
Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to examine the extent,
costs, and nature...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160949Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Fattal Jaef,Roberto N. ;
Maemir,Hibret Belete
Financial services can help drive
development. They help people escape poverty by facilitating
investments in their health, education, and businesses. And
they make...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160973Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Klapper,Leora ;
Singer,Dorothe ;
Ansar,Saniya ;
Hess,Jake Richard
In parts of Asia, the South Caucasus,
and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger
significant levels of sex selection, resulting in the excess
mortality...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160981Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Kumar,Sneha ;
Sinha,Nistha
This paper analyzes millions of credit
card transaction records during several months for tens of
thousands of individuals from two different countries. The
study shows...
Tanzania’s rapid labor productivity
growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of small,
largely informal firms. Using Tanzania’s first nationally
representative...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160966Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Diao,Xinshen ;
Kweka,Josaphat Paul ;
Mcmillan,Margaret S. ;
Qureshi,Zara
Productivity differences across
countries are often attributed to differences in
technological capabilities. This paper asks whether there
are systematic cross-country...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160945Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Eden,Maya ;
Gaggl, Paul
Despite the central role of surveys in
empirical research, academics have not paid enough attention
to the factors that affect response rates. This is
especially concerning...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160979Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Reyes,German Jeremias
This paper uses birth cohorts spanning
several hundred locations over 40 years to examine the
long-term consequences of in utero exposure to abnormal
rainfall events...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160947Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Carrillo, Bladimir
Modern availability of rich geospatial
datasets and analysis tools can provide insight germane to
the design of field experiments. Design of field
experiments, and in...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160967Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Noriega,Alejandro ;
Pentland,Alex
Over the coming decade, much more
genetic data will enter into the study of economic
development. This paper provides an example and emphasizes
the uses and misuses...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160968Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Klitgaard,Robert Emery ;
Fedderke,Johannes Wolfgang ;
Napolioni,Valerio
There is a growing consensus that the
presence of illegal and harmful cross-border financial flows
is one of the factors impeding economic and human
development. In...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160980Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Collin,Matthew Edward
This paper compares costs of living
across world cities. The international comparison program
(ICP) reports price levels across world economies in its
calculation of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160964Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Harati,Rawaa ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Dikhanov,Yuri M. ;
Hamadeh,Nada ;
Vigil Oliver,William ;
Rissanen,Marko Olavi ;
Yamanaka,Mizuki
In Sub-Saharan Africa, individuals
frequently transfer a substantial share of their resources
to members of their social networks. Social pressure to
redistribute, however,...
This paper compares two approaches to
measuring subnational ethnolinguistic diversity in
Sub-Saharan Africa, one based on censuses and large-scale
population surveys...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160974Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Gershman,Boris ;
Rivera,Diego
The implications of urbanization on
child nutritional outcomes are investigated using
satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a marker
of urbanization with...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160954Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Amare, Mulubrhan ;
Arndt,Channing ;
Abay, Kibrom A ;
Benson, Todd
Despite billions of dollars spent by
policy institutions and academics, very few programs
designed to increase managerial skills among
microenterprises are cost-effective....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160971Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Brooks,Wyatt James ;
Donovan,Kevin Michael ;
Johnson,Terence Robert
This study exploits contract-level data
from Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the impact of a new
credit registry on the use of borrower collateral versus
third-party...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 160977Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Haas,Ralph De ;
Millone,Matteo
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