Tag: VOXEU

PANDEMIC/CONTACT TRACING APPS – Economic incentives and regulation to increase COVID-19 app effectiveness (Nathan Sussman, VOXEU)

The development of contact tracing apps was a promising response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but too few people appear to be using the apps...
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ITALY/LOCAL INEQUALITIES/PANDEMIC – Local inequalities of the COVID-19 crisis (Augusto Cerqua, Marco Letta, VOXEU)

There is widespread concern about the toll of the pandemic on local economies, but little causal evidence to assess its real costs. This column...
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MEXICO – Promoting parental involvement in schools: Evidence from Mexico (Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Paul Gertler, Nozomi Nakajima, Harry Patrinos, VOX)

Parents play an important role in their children’s educational experiences and outcomes, but they often face challenges when supporting their children through school. This...
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CHINA/MIGRANT WORKERS – Trade unionism and the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China (Alison Booth, Xin Meng, Jilu Zhang, VOXEU)

Rural-urban migrant workers in China often do not receive the same benefits at the workplace as their urban counterparts. This column uses a rich...
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USA/HEALTH CHALLENGE – The next public health challenge (David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara, Susan T. Stewart, VOXEU)

Recent analyses suggest that pain is on the rise among working age adults in the US. Like many public health challenges, the burden of...
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COVID19/VACCINE – Why prudent people might avoid vaccinations (Leonard Goebel, Thomas Mayrhofer, Hendrik Schmitz, VOXEU)

Many people tend to avoid the worst outcome when making decisions – a concept known as ‘prudence’. This column presents results from an experimental...
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CAPITALISMS/INCOME INEQUALITY – Capitalist systems and income inequality (Marco Ranaldi, Branko Milanovic, VOXEU)

Similar levels of income inequality may be characterised by completely different distributions of capital and labour. People who belonged to the highest income decile...
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AFRICA – The political economy of Africa’s interior-to-coast roads (Roberto Bonfatti, Steven Poelhekke , VOXEU)

One striking fact about Africa is that paved roads have evolved mostly in an interior-to-coast direction, and not only during colonial periods. Figures 1...
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PYRAMIDAL BUSINESS GROUPS – Using regulation to dismantle pyramidal business groups: Evidence from the US, Japan, Korea and Israel (Assaf Hamdani, Konstantin Kosenko, Yishay...

Large business entities are often perceived as valuable players in the economy and the product of bold entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation. Nevertheless, they are...
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COVID19/GREAT RECESSION – The role of managerial quality during the Great Recession (Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Jacques Mairesse, Giuseppe Nicoletti, VOXEU)

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of swift reorganisation of tasks and logistics in cushioning economic shocks. For instance, the ability to rapidly...
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