In China, an air-quality monitoring and disclosure program focused on fine particulate matter pollution led residents to buy air purifiers and to delay going out when pollution was high.
A study of Indonesian reforms finds that sharpening focus and boosting staff-to-taxpayer ratios produced major revenue gains at minor expense.
The effect of a more selective school on wages conditional on working is small compared to the effect on the likelihood of working.
Since 2000, gross profit rates in the United States have risen and industry concentration has soared, but these trends are not found in the European Union.
For high-productivity firms, export shocks that provide access to an expanded market lead to greater innovation, even though such shocks may also bring new competitors.
Childhood exposure to Mexico's Progresa program raised average educational attainment by 1.4 years. Girls were 30 percentage points, and boys 18 percentage points, more likely to obtain s...
