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📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Sanitation Infrastructure is out now!. Senior Editors @AugsburgBritta @TheIFS, @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatten & @afosterri @Brown_Economics systematically review economic research on sanitation infrastructure. Read and download here:
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Tariff cuts in India reduced firms’ reliance on political connections, lowering politically driven misallocation and addressing a common source of inefficiency. Read today's article to learn more:
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🆕 How trade liberalisation erodes the advantage of political connections. Today on VoxDev, @SJavervall (@kielinstitute) & @RozaKhoban (@econ_uzh) discuss how tariff cuts in India reduced firms' reliance on political connections:
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This week we featured research on carbon offsets, Special Economic Zones, remote work and more. Read a summary of this work here:
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🆕 How trade liberalisation erodes the advantage of political connections. Today on VoxDev, @SJavervall (@kielinstitute) & @RozaKhoban (@econ_uzh) discuss how tariff cuts in India reduced firms' reliance on political connections:
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Tariff cuts in India reduced firms’ reliance on political connections, lowering politically driven misallocation and addressing a common source of inefficiency.
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RT @iea_we: Making laws isn't enough. Brazilian cities with STRICT enforcement of smoking bans saw massive drops in smoking. Cities with w….
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Between 2009 and 2013, several Brazilian states and state capitals adopted strict smoking bans; this was followed by a national-level ban in 2014. Comprehensive bans and strict enforcement were...
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Building cognitive endurance: How a simple change in the school day can transform attentional capacity. Last month on VoxDev w/ @christinalbrown (@UChi_Economics), @supKaur (@berkeleyecon), Geeta Gandhi Kingdon (@IOE_London) & @h_schof (@CornellMBA):
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Promoting sustained effortful mental activity in Indian primary schools markedly improved student cognitive and educational outcomes across a wide range of subjects.
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Agricultural modernisation in Brazil has driven economic growth but also intensified land inequality and redistributive conflict. Read today's article to learn more:
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🆕 The two faces of agricultural modernisation: How modern farming causes conflict. Today on VoxDev, Stefano Falcone (Institute for Economic Analysis) & @Miche_Rosenberg (@UoE_Economics) outline research on Brazil:
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RT @vox_dev: 🆕 The two faces of agricultural modernisation: How modern farming causes conflict. Today on VoxDev, Stefano Falcone (Institute….
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Agricultural modernisation in Brazil has driven economic growth but also intensified land inequality and redistributive conflict. As capital-intensive farming expands, it displaces rural communities...
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RT @vox_dev: 🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings. Today on VoxDev, @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON)….
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Peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake and increased formal savings among women in Ghana.
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Peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake and increased formal savings among women in Ghana. Read today's article to learn more:
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🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings. Today on VoxDev, @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON), @Abu_Shonchoy (@FIU) & @RdoseiOsei (@UnivofGh) discuss how peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake in Ghana:
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🆕 The two faces of agricultural modernisation: How modern farming causes conflict. Today on VoxDev, Stefano Falcone (Institute for Economic Analysis) & @Miche_Rosenberg (@UoE_Economics) outline research on Brazil:
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Agricultural modernisation in Brazil has driven economic growth but also intensified land inequality and redistributive conflict. As capital-intensive farming expands, it displaces rural communities...
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🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings. Today on VoxDev, @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON), @Abu_Shonchoy (@FIU) & @RdoseiOsei (@UnivofGh) discuss how peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake in Ghana:
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Peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake and increased formal savings among women in Ghana.
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Understanding men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence in Mali. Last week on VoxDev w/ Olivia Bertelli (@Paris_Dauphine), Thomas Calvo (@ird_fr), Emmanuelle Lavallée (@Paris_Dauphine), @MarionMercier1 (@CNRS_Paris) & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps (@ird_fr)
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Combining direct questions with list experiments can help deduce men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence.
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RT @timsvengali: ⭐ VoxDev Talks ⭐. Stigma, shame & social norms around menstruation can prevent women & girls managing their periods with d….
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Edutainment: Can storytelling reduce violence against women and children? 📢. Last week on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @a_peterman (@UNICEFEval) discussed how mass media can meaningfully shift attitudes and behaviours in developing countries:
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Using detailed data from a major call centre in Turkey, we find that a permanent shift to fully remote work boosts recruitment and productivity without harming service quality. Read today's article to learn more:
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🆕 How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity. Today on VoxDev, @cevatgirayaksoy (@Kingspol_econ), @I_Am_NickBloom (@StanfordEcon), Steven Davis (@HooverInst), Victoria Marino (@EBRD) & @CemOzguzel (@PSEinfo) outline research on Turkey:
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