VoxDev
@voxdev.bsky.social
Where research meets practice; a platform for development enthusiasts to discuss key policy issues. Powered by CEPR, IGC & PEDL.
Board: Martina Björkman-Nyqvist, Michael Callen, Cesi Cruz, David Lagakos, Joana Naritomi, Oliver Hanney & Emaan Siddique
Board: Martina Björkman-Nyqvist, Michael Callen, Cesi Cruz, David Lagakos, Joana Naritomi, Oliver Hanney & Emaan Siddique
Amateur football clubs in Latin America show no overall discrimination against immigrants, but treatment varies sharply by origin, with players from lower-ranked football countries facing fewer positive responses.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Amateur football clubs in Latin America show no overall discrimination against immigrants, but treatment varies sharply by origin, with players from lower-ranked football countries facing fewer positive responses.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Evidence from Pakistan shows that while digital marketplaces may reduce discrimination in prices, women continue to face higher non-economic costs that may constrain their participation in patriarchal settings.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Evidence from Pakistan shows that while digital marketplaces may reduce discrimination in prices, women continue to face higher non-economic costs that may constrain their participation in patriarchal settings.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
In rural India, roads and electricity complement each other, with their joint provision delivering far greater gains in dry-season agricultural productivity, assets, and consumption than either investment alone.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
In rural India, roads and electricity complement each other, with their joint provision delivering far greater gains in dry-season agricultural productivity, assets, and consumption than either investment alone.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Sustained, classroom-based media literacy improved the ability of teenagers in rural India to resist misinformation. The effects are large, lasting – and even spill over to parents.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Sustained, classroom-based media literacy improved the ability of teenagers in rural India to resist misinformation. The effects are large, lasting – and even spill over to parents.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
🆕 How to solve the global reading crisis 📢
Today on #VoxDevTalks, @benlpiper.bsky.social (Gates Foundation) discusses how effective reading instruction can transform learning outcomes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on #VoxDevTalks, @benlpiper.bsky.social (Gates Foundation) discusses how effective reading instruction can transform learning outcomes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
🆕 How to solve the global reading crisis 📢
Today on #VoxDevTalks, @benlpiper.bsky.social (Gates Foundation) discusses how effective reading instruction can transform learning outcomes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on #VoxDevTalks, @benlpiper.bsky.social (Gates Foundation) discusses how effective reading instruction can transform learning outcomes in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
In Mexico, better management improves firm efficiency, but a range of factors limit well-managed firms from expanding and gaining market share – reducing firms’ incentives to upgrade their practices.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
In Mexico, better management improves firm efficiency, but a range of factors limit well-managed firms from expanding and gaining market share – reducing firms’ incentives to upgrade their practices.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Pairing an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain control of household resources and reduced intimate partner violence.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Pairing an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain control of household resources and reduced intimate partner violence.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in the very regions where agricultural productivity suffers most, exacerbating the ‘food problem’ just as economies would benefit most from diversifying away from agriculture.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in the very regions where agricultural productivity suffers most, exacerbating the ‘food problem’ just as economies would benefit most from diversifying away from agriculture.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development.
At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.
Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9
At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.
Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development.
At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.
Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9
At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.
Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9
Evidence from Ecuador reveals that central transfers to subnational governments can meaningfully stimulate local economic activity – operating primarily through higher municipal spending on wages, procurement, and small-scale investment.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Evidence from Ecuador reveals that central transfers to subnational governments can meaningfully stimulate local economic activity – operating primarily through higher municipal spending on wages, procurement, and small-scale investment.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
The new Global Gender Distortions Index (GGDI) quantifies the impact of gender gaps in the labour market, shedding light on how much higher economic activity would be if women had the same opportunities as men.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The new Global Gender Distortions Index (GGDI) quantifies the impact of gender gaps in the labour market, shedding light on how much higher economic activity would be if women had the same opportunities as men.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
🆕 A proposal for a unified global carbon market 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Robin Burgess (@theigc.bsky.social) & Rohini Pande (@yaleegc.bsky.social) discuss the credibility and scale needed to drive global decarbonisation: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Robin Burgess (@theigc.bsky.social) & Rohini Pande (@yaleegc.bsky.social) discuss the credibility and scale needed to drive global decarbonisation: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🆕 A proposal for a unified global carbon market 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Robin Burgess (@theigc.bsky.social) & Rohini Pande (@yaleegc.bsky.social) discuss the credibility and scale needed to drive global decarbonisation: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Robin Burgess (@theigc.bsky.social) & Rohini Pande (@yaleegc.bsky.social) discuss the credibility and scale needed to drive global decarbonisation: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Minimum wage policy can positively affect living standards for workers thought beyond the reach of labour law, with limited reallocation effects towards the informal sector.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Minimum wage policy can positively affect living standards for workers thought beyond the reach of labour law, with limited reallocation effects towards the informal sector.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
In India, easing the barriers to renting land could boost agricultural productivity by encouraging the most productive farmers to expand.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In India, easing the barriers to renting land could boost agricultural productivity by encouraging the most productive farmers to expand.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Spread across 1.27 billion hectares, tropical forests hold around one-third of all historical human emissions. But we are still losing over 10 million hectares each year, undermining one of the planet’s most powerful natural carbon regulators.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Spread across 1.27 billion hectares, tropical forests hold around one-third of all historical human emissions. But we are still losing over 10 million hectares each year, undermining one of the planet’s most powerful natural carbon regulators.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Forcibly displaced population inflows generally have neutral or positive effects on native employment and wages, though informal workers and other vulnerable groups may face short-term challenges. https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/refugees-and-other-forcibly-displaced-populations
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Forcibly displaced population inflows generally have neutral or positive effects on native employment and wages, though informal workers and other vulnerable groups may face short-term challenges. https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/refugees-and-other-forcibly-displaced-populations
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can accelerate development in the countries hosting them, both directly with their presence, and indirectly through linkages to local economic actors.
Read our VoxDevLit on FDI to learn more: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/foreign-direct-investment
Read our VoxDevLit on FDI to learn more: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/foreign-direct-investment
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can accelerate development in the countries hosting them, both directly with their presence, and indirectly through linkages to local economic actors.
Read our VoxDevLit on FDI to learn more: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/foreign-direct-investment
Read our VoxDevLit on FDI to learn more: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/foreign-direct-investment
Throughout the world, women’s labour force participation is lower than men’s, though the gap between men’s and women’s labour force participation varies strikingly across regions.
Read our VoxDevLit to learn more: https://ow.ly/9jBK50Xu2H9
Read our VoxDevLit to learn more: https://ow.ly/9jBK50Xu2H9
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Throughout the world, women’s labour force participation is lower than men’s, though the gap between men’s and women’s labour force participation varies strikingly across regions.
Read our VoxDevLit to learn more: https://ow.ly/9jBK50Xu2H9
Read our VoxDevLit to learn more: https://ow.ly/9jBK50Xu2H9
🆕 Women’s power at home
In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕 Women’s power at home
In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
While trade can provide cheaper access to food, it also makes countries vulnerable to trade disruptions, such as those triggered by geopolitical conflicts, export bans, climate shocks, or shipping breakdowns.
This reshapes how countries organise production and set policy ⤵️
This reshapes how countries organise production and set policy ⤵️
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
While trade can provide cheaper access to food, it also makes countries vulnerable to trade disruptions, such as those triggered by geopolitical conflicts, export bans, climate shocks, or shipping breakdowns.
This reshapes how countries organise production and set policy ⤵️
This reshapes how countries organise production and set policy ⤵️
In most developing cities, trips are made on privately operated minibuses & shared/motorcycle taxis. But cities are increasingly investing in public transit.
Today's article explores the impacts of new public buses in Lagos, including on the existing private transit sector.
Today's article explores the impacts of new public buses in Lagos, including on the existing private transit sector.
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In most developing cities, trips are made on privately operated minibuses & shared/motorcycle taxis. But cities are increasingly investing in public transit.
Today's article explores the impacts of new public buses in Lagos, including on the existing private transit sector.
Today's article explores the impacts of new public buses in Lagos, including on the existing private transit sector.
Vietnam's solar boom was built on three key pillars:
1⃣ Foreign direct investment (FDI) (mostly from China)
2⃣ Access to subsidised Chinese inputs
3⃣ Productivity spillovers from multinationals to domestic suppliers.
Learn more ⤵️
1⃣ Foreign direct investment (FDI) (mostly from China)
2⃣ Access to subsidised Chinese inputs
3⃣ Productivity spillovers from multinationals to domestic suppliers.
Learn more ⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Vietnam's solar boom was built on three key pillars:
1⃣ Foreign direct investment (FDI) (mostly from China)
2⃣ Access to subsidised Chinese inputs
3⃣ Productivity spillovers from multinationals to domestic suppliers.
Learn more ⤵️
1⃣ Foreign direct investment (FDI) (mostly from China)
2⃣ Access to subsidised Chinese inputs
3⃣ Productivity spillovers from multinationals to domestic suppliers.
Learn more ⤵️
A global boom in solar panels is powering the world's clean energy transition, and Vietnam has emerged as a solar panel manufacturing success story.
But how exactly did Vietnam achieve this export success? Today's article has the full story ⤵️
But how exactly did Vietnam achieve this export success? Today's article has the full story ⤵️
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A global boom in solar panels is powering the world's clean energy transition, and Vietnam has emerged as a solar panel manufacturing success story.
But how exactly did Vietnam achieve this export success? Today's article has the full story ⤵️
But how exactly did Vietnam achieve this export success? Today's article has the full story ⤵️
Repeated increases in the real minimum wage in early-2000s Argentina – implemented amid moderate inflation and an economic recovery – did not lead to higher job destruction.
Firms were able to absorb higher costs without resorting to terminations.
Firms were able to absorb higher costs without resorting to terminations.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Repeated increases in the real minimum wage in early-2000s Argentina – implemented amid moderate inflation and an economic recovery – did not lead to higher job destruction.
Firms were able to absorb higher costs without resorting to terminations.
Firms were able to absorb higher costs without resorting to terminations.
Rural Kenyans massively underestimate what they would earn in Nairobi.
As you can see in the figure below, rural Kenyans priors (hollow points) are well below actual incomes (filled points).
Learn why this gap matters ⤵️
As you can see in the figure below, rural Kenyans priors (hollow points) are well below actual incomes (filled points).
Learn why this gap matters ⤵️
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Rural Kenyans massively underestimate what they would earn in Nairobi.
As you can see in the figure below, rural Kenyans priors (hollow points) are well below actual incomes (filled points).
Learn why this gap matters ⤵️
As you can see in the figure below, rural Kenyans priors (hollow points) are well below actual incomes (filled points).
Learn why this gap matters ⤵️