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155285: The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants

David Atkin

153267: Savings by and for the Poor: A Research Review and Agenda

Dean Karlan, Aishwarya Ratan and Jonathan Zinman

150384: Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

Manuela Angelucci, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman

150383: Mixed Method Evaluation of a Passive mHealth Sexual Information Testing Service in Uganda

Julian Jamison, Dean Karlan and Pia Raffler

150381: Long-Run Price Elasticities of Demand for Credit: Evidence from a Countrywide Field Experiment in Mexico

Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman

148749: Problems of Sample-selection Bias in the Historical Heights Literature: A Theoretical and Econometric Analysis

Howard Bodenhorn, Timothy Guinnane and Thomas Mroz

148748: Political Mergers as Coalition Formation: An Analysis of the Heisei Municipal Amalgamations

Eric Weese

145142: A Two-Tiered Demographic System: "Insiders" and "outsiders" in Three Swabian Communities, 1558-1914

Timothy Guinnane and Sheilagh Ogilvie

143826: Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali

Lori Beaman, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry and Bram Thuysbaert

139887: Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints

Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Robert Osei

136024: Wages and Informality in Developing Countries

Costas Meghir, Renata Narita and Jean-Marc Robin

133419: Vertical and Horizontal Decentralization and Ethnic Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gustav Ranis

133411: Labor Surplus Revisited

Gustav Ranis

133408: Another Look at Foreign Aid

Gustav Ranis

133405: Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development

Dean Karlan, Ryan Knight and Christopher Udry

130879: Incentives that saved lives: Government regulation of accident insurance associations in Germany, 1884-1914

Timothy Guinnane and Jochen Streb

123319: For Every Law, a Loophole: Flexibility in the Menu of Spanish Business Forms, 1886-1936

Timothy Guinnane and Susana Marrinez Rodriguez

121867: A Personal Touch: Text Messaging for Loan Repayment

Melanie Morten, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman

121675: The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico

Miriam Bruhn, Dean Karlan and Antoinette Schoar

121674: You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening and Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment

Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman

121672: Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins

Mark Rosenzweig and Junsen Zhang

121671: Selling formal Insurance to the Informally Insured

Ahmed Mobarak and Mark Rosenzweig

121670: Hey Look at Me: The Effect of Giving Circles on Giving

Dean Karlan and Margaret McConnell

121640: Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes

Alberto Chong, Ana De La O, Dean Karlan and Leonard Wantchekon

118649: Technology and Human Development

Gustav Ranis

118648: The New Model of Foreign Aid Drawn from the Experiences of Japan and the United States

Gustav Ranis, Stephen Kosack and Ken Togo

118647: Technology Change: Sources and Impediments

Gustav Ranis, Mallory Irons and Yanjing Huang

115713: Diversity of Communities and Economic Development: An Overview

Gustav Ranis

115712: Learning, Misallocation, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from New Malaria Therapy in Tanzania

Achyuta Adhvaryu

107271: The Evolution of Grain Policy Beyond Europe: Ottoman Grain Administration in the Late Eighteenth Century

Seven Agir

107270: Endowments and Investments within the Household: Evidence from Iodine Supplementation in Tanzania

Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham

107268: Political Mergers as Coalition Formation

Eric Weese

107263: Labor Complementarities and Health in the Agricultural Household

Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham

107260: Labor Supply, Schooling and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania

Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham

107257: Healthcare Choices, Information and Health Outcomes

Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham

97338: Social Class and the Fertility Transition: A Critical Comment on the Statistical Results Reported in Simon Szreter's Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain, 1860-1940

Geoffrey Barnes and Timothy Guinnane

97337: Natural Disasters in a Two-Sector Model of Endogenous Growth

Ryo Horii and Masako Ikefuji

95273: Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?

Andrew Foster and Mark Rosenzweig

95271: The Historical Fertility Transition: A Guide for Economists

Timothy Guinnane

93916: Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

Mark M. Pitt, Mark Rosenzweig and Md. Nazmul Hassan

92001: Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving

Dean Karlan, Margaret McConnell, Sendhil Mullainathan and Jonathan Zinman

90880: Did the Cooperative Start Life as a Joint-Stock Company? Business Law and Cooperatives in Spain, 1869-1931

Timothy Guinnane and Susana Martinez-Rodriguez

60710: Trade, Tastes and Nutrition in India

David Atkin

59442: Microeconomic Approaches to Development: Schooling, Learning, and Growth

Mark Rosenzweig

56760: Microeconomics of Technology Adoption

Andrew Foster and Mark Rosenzweig

56757: Global Wage Inequality and the International Flow of Migrants

Mark Rosenzweig

56754: Structural Change in Transition Economies: Does Foreign Aid Matter?

Mohsen Fardmanesh and Li Tan

55707: Does Land Abundance Explain African Institutions?

James Fenske

54536: Commitment Contracts

Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan and Scott Nelson

54534: The Gender and Generational Consequences of the Demographic Transition and Population Policy: An Assessment of the Micro and Macro Linkages

T. Schultz