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wp-2021-157: Improving young women's working conditions in Tanzania's urban food vending sector

Nandera Ernest Mhando and Nasibu Rajabu Mramba

wp-2021-156: The macroeconomic effect of fiscal policy in South Africa: A narrative analysis

Tumisang Loate, Romain Houssa and Nicola Viegi

wp-2021-155: Contract clientelism: How infrastructure contracts fund vote-buying

Alisha Holland and Will Freeman

wp-2021-154: Gender and vulnerable employment in the developing world: Evidence from global microdata

Maria Lo Bue, Tu Thi Ngoc Le, Manuel Santos Silva and Kunal Sen

wp-2021-153: Technology and clientelist politics in India

Steven I. Wilkinson

wp-2021-152: Debt-financed fiscal stimulus in South Africa

Hylton Hollander

wp-2021-151: Glimpses of fiscal states in sub-Saharan Africa

Mick Moore

wp-2021-150: The effects of a risk-based approach to tax examinations: Evidence from Tanzania

Amina Ebrahim, Elineema Kisanga, Ezekiel Swema, Vincent Leyaro, Edwin Mhede, Ephraim Mdee, Heikki Palviainen and Jukka Pirttilä

wp-2021-149: Childbirth and women's labour market transitions in India (revised)

Rosa Abraham, Rahul Lahoti and Hema Swaminathan

wp-2021-148: The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Jesse Lastunen, Pia Rattenhuber, Kwabena Adu-Ababio, Katrin Gasior, H. Xavier Jara, Maria Jouste, David McLennan, Enrico Nichelatti, Rodrigo Oliveira, Jukka Pirttilä, Matteo Richiardi and Gemma Wright

wp-2021-147: Formalizing clientelism in Kenya: From Harambee to the Constituency Development Fund

Ken Ochieng' Opalo

wp-2021-146: The welfare effects of financial inclusion in Ghana: An exploration based on a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion

Abdul Malik Iddrisu and Michael Danquah

wp-2021-145: Labour conditions in regional versus global value chains: Insights from apparel firms in Lesotho and Eswatini

Giovanni Pasquali

wp-2021-144: Poverty, social networks, and clientelism

Nico Ravanilla and Allen Hicken

wp-2021-143: Barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations: Entrants in intermediate industrial products (inputs into construction)

Grace Nsomba and Thando Vilakazi

wp-2021-142: The recentered influence function and unidimensional poverty measurement

Carlos Gradín

wp-2021-141: Voter coercion and pro-poor redistribution in rural Mexico

Dragan Filipovich, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Alma Santillán Hernández

wp-2021-140: Informed participation: the effects of information treatment on panel non-response

Ricardo Santos and Sam Jones

wp-2021-139: Trends in inequality within countries using a novel dataset

Carlos Gradín and Annalena Oppel

wp-2021-138: Social ties, clientelism, and the poor's expectations of future service provision: Receiving more, expecting less?

Prisca Jöst and Ellen Lust

wp-2021-137: Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues?: Evidence from a top university in Brazil

Henrique Z. Motte and Rodrigo Oliveira

wp-2021-136: The saga and limits of public financial management: The Mozambican case

António S. Cruz, Ines A. Ferreira, Johnny Flentø, Finn Tarp and Mariam Umarji

wp-2021-135: The relative neglect of agriculture in Mozambique

João Z. Carrilho, Ines A. Ferreira, Rui N. Ribeiro and Finn Tarp

wp-2021-134: Exploring the quality of income data in two African household surveys for the purpose of tax-benefit microsimulation modelling: Imputing employment income in Tanzania and Zambia

David McLennan, Michael Noble, Gemma Wright, Helen Barnes and Faith Masekesa

wp-2021-133: Maternity benefits mandate and women's choice of work in Viet Nam

Khoa Vu and Paul Glewwe

wp-2021-132: The impact of centralized bargaining on spillovers and the wage structure in monopsonistic labour markets

Ihsaan Bassier

wp-2021-131: Climate shocks, agriculture, and migration in Nepal: Disentangling the interdependencies

Aslihan Arslan, Eva-Maria Egger, Erdgin Mane and Vanya Slavchevska

wp-2021-130: Norms that matter: Exploring the distribution of women's work between income generation, expenditure-saving, and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India

Ashwini Deshpande and Naila Kabeer

wp-2021-129: Do gifts buy votes?: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Jenny Guardado and Leonard Wantchekon

wp-2021-128: Childbirth and women's labour market transitions in India

Rosa Abraham, Rahul Lahoti and Hema Swaminathan

wp-2021-127: Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firms

Hanna Berkel, Christian Estmann and John Rand

wp-2021-126: The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development Community

Grace Nsomba

wp-2021-125: Clientelistic politics and pro-poor targeting: Rules versus discretionary budgets

Dilip Mookherjee and Anusha Nath

wp-2021-124: Learning from experience: Special Economic Zones in Southern Africa

Neva Makgetla

wp-2021-123: Informal employment or informal firms? Regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sector

Sanjay Jain

wp-2021-122: The dynamics of state-business relations between the Ethiopian state and Chinese private firms: A case study of the Eastern Industry Park

Weiwei Chen

wp-2021-121: Who benefits from job training programmes?: Evidence from a high-dosage programme in Brazil

Daniel Da Mata, Rodrigo Oliveira and Diana Silva

wp-2021-120: Simulating personal income tax in South Africa using administrative data and survey data: A comparison of PITMOD and SAMOD for tax year 2018

Wynnona Steyn, Alexius Sithole, Winile Ngobeni, Eva Muwanga-Zake, Helen Barnes, Michael Noble, David McLennan, Gemma Wright and Katrin Gasior

wp-2021-119: Promoting environmental sustainability in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Tanzania

Abel Kinyondo and Chris Huggins

wp-2021-118: Estimating employment responses to South Africa's Employment Tax Incentive

Joshua Budlender and Amina Ebrahim

wp-2021-117: Re-examining the Brazilian South-Northeast labour income gap: A decomposition approach

Rodrigo Oliveira and Raul Silveira Neto

wp-2021-116: Clientelism and governance

Pranab Bardhan

wp-2021-115: Female education and marriage in Pakistan: The role of financial shocks and marital customs

Sarah Khan

wp-2021-114: Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: Empirical evidence from Nigeria

Michael Danquah and Solomon Owusu

wp-2021-113: The COVID-19 pandemic and the economy in Southern Africa

Neva Makgetla

wp-2021-112: Pulling up or binding down: a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agro-processing global value chains for developing countries

Giovanni Pasquali, Aarti Krishnan and Jakob Engel

wp-2021-111: Effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment in promoting sustainable development in Tanzania

Emanoel Alfred and Joseph Qamara

wp-2021-110: Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia: The case of Renta Dignida

Carla Canelas and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa

wp-2021-109: What explains the gender gap in top incomes in developing countries?: Evidence from Ecuador

Nicolás Oliva, H. Xavier Jara and Pia Rattenhuber

wp-2021-108: The socioeconomic impact of coal mining in Mozambique

Eva-Maria Egger, Michael Keller and Jorge Mouco

wp-2021-107: Firm and product survival analysis: Evidence from South African tax administrative and products data

Syden Mishi, Weliswa Matekenya, Leward Jeke, Ronney M. Ncwadi and Roseline T. Karambakuwa

wp-2021-106: Horizontal and intersecting inequalities in Mozambique: 1997-2017

Ricardo Santos, Eva-Maria Egger and Vincenzo Salvucci

wp-2021-105: The changing nature of work and earnings inequality in China

Chunbing Xing

wp-2021-104: The legacy of conflict: aggregate evidence from Sierra Leone

Tillman Hönig

wp-2021-103: The role of trust and of poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Edson Mazive, Gerson Baza, Gimelgo Xirinda, Ivan Manhique, Jorge Mouco and Silvestre Matola

wp-2021-102: Exploring economic support networks amidst racial inequality in Namibia

Annalena Oppel

wp-2021-101: How far does the apple really fall from the tree?: Practical guidance on measuring intergenerational mobility from a simulation framework

Marcelo Cardona and Sam Jones

wp-2021-100: The minimum wage and firm networks: Evidence from South Africa

Brandon Tan

wp-2021-99: Gender differences in formal wage employment in urban Tanzania

Kwadwo Opoku, Francisco M.P. Mugizi and Emmanuel Adu Boahen

wp-2021-98: Clientelism, public goods provision, and governance

Maria Lo Bue, Kunal Sen and Staffan I. Lindberg

wp-2021-97: Gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania

Maureen Were, Maureen Odongo and Caroline Israel

wp-2021-96: Young women's transitions from education to the labour market in Ethiopia: A gendered life-course perspective

Yeshwas Admasu, Gina Crivello and Catherine Porter

wp-2021-95: Informal freelancers in the time of COVID-19: Insights from a digital matching platform in Mozambique

Sam Jones and Ivan Manhique

wp-2021-94: The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique

Giulia Barletta, Finório Castigo, Eva-Maria Egger, Michael Keller, Vincenzo Salvucci and Finn Tarp

wp-2021-93: The macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach

Rosário Betho, Márcia C. Chelengo, Sam Jones, Michael Keller, Ibraimo Mussagy, Dirk van Seventer and Finn Tarp

wp-2021-92: Female managers and firm performance: Evidence from the Caribbean countries

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Maria Lo Bue

wp-2021-91: Clientelism and development: is there a poverty trap?

Susan Stokes

wp-2021-90: How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar?: Evidence from matched employer-employee data

Paolo Falco, Francesca Gioia and Neda Trifkovic

wp-2021-89: Remote sensing of urban cyclone impact and resilience: Evidence from Idai

Peter Fisker, David Malmgren-Hansen and Thomas Sohnesen

wp-2021-88: Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana

Isaac Otoo and Michael Danquah

wp-2021-87: Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai: RCT evidence from Mozambique

Hanna Berkel, Peter Fisker and Finn Tarp

wp-2021-86: A macro-micro analysis of gender segregation and job quality in Latin America

Diksha Arora, Elissa Braunstein and Stephanie Seguino

wp-2021-85: Cyclone impacts on manufacturing firms in Mozambique

Hanna Berkel, Peter Fisker and Finn Tarp

wp-2021-84: Forecasting recovery from COVID-19 using financial data: An application to Viet Nam

Jesse Lastunen and Matteo Richiardi

wp-2021-83: The determinants of occupational sorting: Evidence from Mozambique

Ines A. Ferreira, Sam Jones, Jorge Mouco and Ricardo Santos

wp-2021-82: Measuring earnings inequality in South Africa using household survey and administrative tax microdata

Andrew Kerr

wp-2021-81: Inequality and structural transformation in the changing nature of work: The case of Indonesia

Arief Yusuf and Putri Riswani Halim

wp-2021-80: COVID-19 and the state

Rachel M. Gisselquist and Andrea Vaccaro

wp-2021-79: The economic gains of closing the employment gender gap: Evidence from Morocco

Olivier Bargain and Maria Lo Bue

wp-2021-78: Firms' resilience to financial constraints: The role of trade credit

Isaac Marcelin, Daniel Brink and Wei Sun

wp-2021-77: State-dependent fiscal multipliers and financial dynamics: An impulse response analysis by local projections for South Africa

Serena Merrino

wp-2021-76: Consolidating behavioural economics and rational choice theory: Insights from inequality research

Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon and Rachel M. Gisselquist

wp-2021-75: Good institutions and tax revenue outcomes in resource-rich countries: When 'good' is not enough

Daniel Chachu

wp-2021-74: The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal credit

Abdul Malik Iddrisu and Michael Danquah

wp-2021-73: Ethnic disparity in altruism towards reforestation: A social preference experiment in Mindoro, Philippines

Imelda Revilla Molina, Katelyn Castillo and Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon

wp-2021-72: The impacts of public expenditure innovations on real exchange rate volatility in South Africa

Naser Yenus Nuru and Hayelom Yrgaw Gereziher

wp-2021-71: What sustains informality?: A study of the interactions between formal- and informal-sector firms

Ajit Mishra

wp-2021-70: Dynastic measures of inter-generational mobility with empirical evidence from Indonesia

Olivier Bargain, Maria Lo Bue and Flaviana Palmisano

wp-2021-69: Material barriers, cultural boundaries: A mixed-methods analysis of gender and labour market segmentation in Bangladesh

Naila Kabeer, Lopita Huq and Muhammad Mahabub Rahaman

wp-2021-68: Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID-19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa

Helen Barnes, Gabriel Espi-Sanchis, Murray Leibbrandt, David McLennan, Michael Noble, Jukka Pirttilä, Wynnona Steyn, Brenton van Vrede and Gemma Wright

wp-2021-67: COVID-19 and trade facilitation in Southern Africa: Implications for the AfCFTA

Kudzai Mataba and Faizel Ismail

wp-2021-66: Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?

Priscilla Baffour, Festus Turkson, Ibrahim Mohammed and Wassiuw Abdul Rahaman

wp-2021-65: The gendered crisis: livelihoods and mental well-being in India during COVID-19

Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon and Sanchari Roy

wp-2021-64: Employment effects of joining global production networks: Does domestic value added matter?

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

wp-2021-63: Ethnicity is not public service destiny: The political logic of service distribution in South Africa

John Porten, Inbok Rhee and Clark Gibson

wp-2021-62: An economy-wide perspective on aspects of electricity supply in Myanmar

Dirk van Seventer

wp-2021-61: Trends in global inequality using a new integrated dataset

Carlos Gradín

wp-2021-60: Female labour force participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort analysis

Andreas Backhaus and Elke Loichinger

wp-2021-59: Trade liberalization, employment, and gender in Ethiopia

Giorgia Giovannetti, Marco Sanfilippo and Arianna Vivoli

wp-2021-58: Crowding out effects of financial knowledge and attitude on risk preferences: Evidence from a least developed African country

Ruth Cadaoas Tacneng, Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon and Thierno Barry