Measuring inequality from above
Jose G. Montalvo, Marta Reynal-Querol, and Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora explore the potential of using luminosity at night to construct measures of inequality.
Tag Archive: development
Colonial settlers and economic development in Latin America
José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol show a relevant effect of the skills of first colonizers on long-run levels of development in Latin America.
Network-constrained risk sharing in village economies
Pau Milán uses data from community networks in the Bolivian Amazon to analyze a model of informal insurance.
Training female entrepreneurs, an effective way of spending foreign aid?
Gabriela Calderón, Jesse M. Cunha, and Giacomo De Giorgi conducted a randomized controlled trial by providing business training to small and micro female entrepreneurs in the poor, rural Mexican state of Zacatecas.
