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9643: Effects of Public Sector Wages on Corruption: Wage Inequality Matters

Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Michael Lokshin and Vladimir Kolchin

9642: COVID-19 and African Firms: Impact and Coping Strategies

Gemechu A. Aga and Hibret Maemir

9641: The Long Shadow of Short-Term Schooling Disruption: Analysis of Kuwait's Civil Service Payroll Data

Simon Bilo, Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Ebtesam Alansari, Lama Alhumaidan and Faleh M F E Alrashidi

9640: Regime-Dependent Environmental Tax Multipliers: Evidence from 75 Countries

Christian Schoder

9639: Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality ? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Federica Alfani, Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini and Enzo Valentini

9638: The Impact of PTAs on the Duration of Antidumping Protection

Thomas Prusa and Min Zhu

9637: Containing Chinese State-Owned Enterprises?: The Role of Deep Trade Agreements

Kevin Jean-Rene Lefebvre, Nadia Rocha and Michele Ruta

9636: Assessing Response Fatigue in Phone Surveys: Experimental Evidence on Dietary Diversity in Ethiopia

Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott and Kibrom Tafere

9635: Estimating the Gains from International Diversification: The Case of Pension Funds

Juan Pablo Afanador, Richard Mark Davis and Alvaro Enrique Pedraza Morales

9634: The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting

Jed Friedman, Isis Gaddis, Talip Kilic, Antonio Martuscelli, Amparo Palacios-Lopez and Alberto Zezza

9633: Organizational Resources, Country Institutions, and National Culture behind Firm Survival and Growth during COVID-19

Yu Liu, Mike W. Peng, Zuobao Wei, Jian Xu and L. Colin Xu

9632: How to End the COVID-19 Pandemic by March 2022

Ruchir Agarwal and Tristan Reed

9631: The Economic Ripple Effects of COVID-19

Francisco Buera, Roberto Fattal Jaef, Pablo Neumeyer, Hugo Hopenhayn and Yongseok Shin

9630: A General Equilibrium Assessment of the Economic Impact of Deep Trade Agreements

Lionel Fontagné, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta and Gianluca Santoni

9629: Machine Learning in International Trade Research: Evaluating the Impact of Trade Agreements

Holger Breinlich, Valentina Corradi, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta, João Santos Silva and Thomas Zylkin

9628: Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare

Erhan Artuc, Paulo Bastos and Eunhee Lee

9627: Social Transfer Multipliers in Developed and Emerging Countries: The Role of Hand-to-Mouth Consumers

Jessica Roxana Bracco, Luciana Maria Galeano, Pedro Juarros, Daniel Riera-Crichton and Guillermo Vuletin

9626: Inclusive Statistics: Human Development and Disability Indicators in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sophie Mitra, Jaclyn Lourdes Alcala Yap, Justine Francoise Marie Herve and Wei Chen

9625: Invisible or Mainstream ? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sophie Mitra, Wei Chen, Justine Francoise Marie Herve, Sophia Pirozzi and Jaclyn Lourdes Alcala Yap

9624: Gender Violence, Enforcement, and Human Capital: Evidence from Women's Justice Centers in Peru

Maria Micaela Sviatschi and Iva Trako

9623: Human Trafficking: Definitions, Data, and Determinants

Stephen Joseph Winkler

9622: When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development

Joachim De Weerdt, Luc Christiaensen and Ravi Kanbur

9621: Motivating Teams: Private Feedback and Public Recognition at Work

Clara Anne Delavallade

9620: A Map of the Poor or a Poor Map ?

Paul Corral Rodas, Kristen Himelein Kastelic, Kevin Robert Mcgee and Isabel Molina

9619: Does Participation in Global Value Chains Reduce Spatial Inequalities within Countries ?

Arti Goswami Grover and Somik V. Lall

9618: The Evolution of City Form: Evidence from Satellite Data

Somik V. Lall, Mathilde Lebrand and Maria Edisa Soppelsa

9617: Long-Term Impacts of Short Exposure to Conditional Cash Transfers in Adolescence: Evidence from the Philippines

Ervin Dervisevic, Elizaveta Perova and Abhilasha Sahay

9616: From Health Crisis to Financial Distress

Carmen Reinhart

9615: Mapping Data Governance Legal Frameworks Around the World: Findings from the Global Data Regulation Diagnostic

Rong - DECIG Chen

9614: What Prevents More Small Firms from Using Professional Business Services ? An Information and Quality-Rating Experiment in Nigeria

Stephen J. Anderson and David McKenzie

9613: Welfare Impact of Hosting Refugees in Ethiopia

Ashenafi Belayneh Ayenew

9612: Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending

Sebastian Horn, Carmen Reinhart and Christoph Trebesch

9611: Do Workfare Programs Live Up to Their Promises ? Experimental Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

Marianne Bertrand, Bruno Jacques Jean Philippe Crepon, Alicia Charlene Marguerie and Patrick Premand

9610: A Cautionary Tale: An Experiment on The Stability of Business Environment Perceptions in a Firm Survey

Asif Islam and Jorge Rodriguez Meza

9609: Understanding the Requirements for Surveys to Support Satellite-Based Crop Type Mapping: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

George Azzari, Shruti Jain, Graham Jeffries, Talip Kilic and Siobhan Murray

9608: Deep Services Trade Agreements and their Effect on Trade and Value Added

Ingo Borchert and Mattia Di Ubaldo

9607: The Realities of Primary Care: Variation in Quality of Care Across Nine Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kathryn Gilman Andrews, Ruben Orion Conner, Roberta V. Gatti and Jigyasa Sharma

9606: Natural Capital and Sovereign Bonds

Dieter Wang

9605: Integration of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil

Mrittika Shamsuddin, Pablo Acosta, Rovane Battaglin Schwengber, Jedediah Rooney Fix and Nikolas Pirani

9604: Damaged by the Disaster: The Impact of COVID-19 on Firms in South Asia

Arlan Zandro Ilagan Brucal, Arti Goswami Grover and Santiago Reyes Ortega

9603: Links between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey

Valerie Cerra, Ruy Lama and Norman Loayza

9602: Trade Barriers in Government Procurement

Alen Mulabdic and Lorenzo Rotunno

9601: The Effectiveness of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

Ryan Michael Abman, Clark Christopher Lundberg and Michele Ruta

9600: The Value of Deep Trade Agreements in the Presence of Pricing-to-Market

Meredith Crowley, Lu Han and Thomas Prayer

9599: Deep Integration in Trade Agreements: Labor Clauses, Tariffs, and Trade Flows

Raymond Robertson

9598: Global Value Chains and Deep Integration

Leonardo Baccini, Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Carlo Altomonte and Italo Colantone

9597: New Evidence on Learning Trajectories in a Low-Income Setting

Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das and Andres Yi Chang

9596: Regulating Personal Data: Data Models and Digital Services Trade

Martina Francesca Ferracane and Erik van der Marel

9595: The Effect of Information and Subsidy Measures on Adoption of Solar Lanterns: An Application of the BDM Bidding Mechanism in Rural Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen, Sied Hassen, Marcela Jaime, Michael Toman and Xiao-Bing Zhang

9594: Achieving Privacy: Costs of Compliance and Enforcement of Data Protection Regulation

Anupam Chander, Meaza Abraham, Sandeep Chandy, Yuan Fang, Dayoung Park and Isabel Yu

9593: Poor Expectations: Experimental Evidence on Teachers~^!!^ Stereotypes and Student Assessment: Poor Expectations: Experimental Evidence on Teachers' Stereotypes and Student Assessment

Maria Gabriela Farfan Bertran, Alaka Holla and Renos Vakis

9592: Bridging Bangladesh and India: Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement

Matias Herrera Dappe, Mathilde Lebrand and Diana Van Patten

9591: Trends and Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Morocco: An Initial Exploratory Analysis

Gladys C. Lopez-Acevedo, Florencia Devoto, Morales,Matías and Jaime Alfonso Roche Rodriguez

9590: A Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet Adoption in the Global South

Rong - DECIG Chen

9589: Projecting the Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Justin-Damien Guenette and Takefumi Yamazaki

9588: Will Every Child Be Able to Read by 2030 ? Defining Learning Poverty and Mapping the Dimensions of the Challenge

João Pedro Azevedo, Diana Goldemberg, Silvia Montoya, Reema Nayar, Frederic Rogers, Jaime Saavedra and Brian William Stacy

9587: Meta-Analysis Assessing the Effects of Virtual Reality Training on Student Learning and Skills Development

Diego Angel-Urdinola, Catalina Castillo Castro and Angela Hoyos

9586: Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

David McKenzie, Aakash Mohpal and Dean Yang

9585: Power Market Sophistication and Sector Outcomes: A Focus on Social Performance, Electricity Reliability, and Renewable Energy Penetration

Djeneba Doumbia

9584: Workers at Risk: Panel Data Evidence on the COVID-19 Labor Market Crisis in India

Maurizio Bussolo, Ananya Kotia and Siddharth Sharma

9583: The Convergence of Sovereign Environmental, Social and Governance Ratings

Eric Bouye and Diane Dorothy Menville

9582: The Short-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in Developing Countries: An Overview Based on aHarmonized Data Set of High-Frequency Surveys

Tom Bundervoet, Maria Eugenia Davalos and Natalia Garcia

9581: Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Federica Alfani, Dorra Dhrif, Vasco Molini, Dan Pavelesku and Marco Ranzani

9580: Titling and Beyond: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Alexandra Patricia Panman and Nancy Lozano Gracia

9579: Making Room for Renters: Understanding and Supporting Rental Markets in the Global South — Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Alexandra Patricia Panman and Nancy Lozano Gracia

9578: The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal

Felipe Fadullon Dizon, Zetianyu Wang and Prajula Mulmi

9577: Invoicing Currency and Symmetric Pass-Through of Exchange Rates and Tariffs: Evidence from Malawian Imports from the EU

Angella Montfaucon

9576: How Do Digital Technologies Affect Household Welfare in Developing Countries ? Evidence from Senegal

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Samantha Lach, Takaaki Masaki and Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa

9575: Using Twitter to Evaluate the Perception of Service Delivery in Data-Poor Environments

Alia Anne Braley, Samuel Paul Fraiberger and Emcet Tas

9574: Saving the American Dream ? Education Policies in Spatial General Equilibrium

Fabian Eckert and Tatjana Karina Kleineberg

9573: Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms: Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal

Atiyas,Ä°zak and Mark Andrew Dutz

9572: Optimal Taxation with Multiple Dimensions of Heterogeneity

Katy Bergstrom and William Dodds

9571: COVID-19, Poverty, and Social Safety Net Response in Zambia

Boban Varghese Paul, Arden Finn, Sarang Chaudhary, Renata Mayer Gukovas and Ramya Sundaram

9570: Statistical Performance Indicators and Index: A New Tool to Measure Country Statistical Capacity

Hai-Anh Dang, John James Pullinger, Umar Serajuddin and Brian William Stacy

9569: Closing the Gap: Gender, Transport, and Employment in Mumbai

Muneeza Mehmood Alam, Maureen Cropper, Matias Herrera Dappe and Palak Suri

9568: Firm-Level Technology Adoption in the State of Ceara in Brazil

Xavier Cirera, Diego Comin, Marcio Cruz, Kyungmin Lee and Antonio Neto

9567: Firm-Level Technology Adoption in Vietnam

Xavier Cirera, Diego Comin, Marcio Cruz, Kyungmin Lee and Antonio Neto

9566: The Silenced Women: Can Public Activism Stimulate Reporting of Violence against Women ?

Abhilasha Sahay

9565: The Covid-19 Vaccine Production Club: Will Value Chains Temper Nationalism?

Simon J. Evenett, Bernard Hoekman, Nadia Rocha and Michele Ruta

9564: Inventories, Input Costs, and Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalizations

Shafaat Khan and Armen Khederlarian

9563: Policy Choices Can Help Keep 4G and 5G Universal Broadband Affordable

Edward J. Oughton, Niccolo Comini, Vivien Foster and Jim W. Hall

9562: Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

Thomas Bossuroy, Markus Goldstein, Dean Karlan, Harounan Kazianga, William Pariente, Patrick Premand, Catherine Cole Thomas, Christopher Udry, Julia Vaillant and Kelsey Ann Wright

9561: Liberalization, Technology Adoption, and Stock Returns: Evidence from Telecom

Rabah Arezki, Vianney Dequiedt, Yuting Fan and Carlo Maria Rossotto

9560: Mobile Internet Adoption in West Africa

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa, Samantha Lach and Takaaki Masaki

9559: Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia

Richard Akresh, Daniel Zefanya Halim and Marieke Kleemans

9558: Welfare and Distributional Impacts of Inflation and the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Laura Rodriguez Takeuchi and Aziz Atamanov

9557: Gravity Model–Based Export Potential: An Application to Turkey

Alen Mulabdic and Pinar Yasar

9556: The Evolving Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Four African Countries

Ann Furbush, Anna Josephson, Talip Kilic and Jeffrey Michler

9555: Who Is in Justice? Caste, Religion and Gender in the Courts of Bihar over a Decade

Sandeep Bhupatiraju, Daniel Li Chen, Shareen Joshi and Peter Konstantin Neis

9554: Happy but Unequal: Differences in Subjective Well-Being across Individuals and Space in Colombia

Martijn Burger, Martijn Hendriks and Elena Ianchovichina

9553: A Global View of Poverty, Gender, and Household Composition

Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Antra Bhatt, Ginette Azcona, Jayne Jungsun Yoo and Kathleen G. Beegle

9552: Business Training and Mentoring: Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia

M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Gautam Bastian and Markus Goldstein

9551: Taking Stock of Trade Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from China’s Pre-WTO Accession

George Alessandria, Shafaat Khan and Armen Khederlarian

9550: Tax Revenue Effort and Aid in Fragile States: The Case of the Comoros

Jose Luis Diaz Sanchez, Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem and Joana Monteiro Da Mota

9549: Political Prioritization of Early Childhood Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Michelle J. Neuman and Shawn Michael Powers

9548: Toward the African Continental Free Trade Area: The Effects of Economic Integration and Democracy on Real Misalignments across Exchange Rate Regimes

Ferdinand Owoundi, Desire Avom and Yselle Flora Kuete

9547: Can Youth Empowerment Programs Reduce Violence against Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic ?

Selim Gulesci, Manuela Puente Beccar and Diego Ubfal

9546: The Impact of Oil Shocks on Sovereign Default Risk

Sultan Abdulaziz M Alturki and Ann Marie Hibbert

9545: It Takes Two (To Make Things Right): Women's Empowerment and Couple Concordance in South Asia

Maurizio Bussolo, Nayantara Sarma and Anaise Marie Williams

9544: A Division of Laborers: Identity and Efficiency in India

Guilhem Cassan, Daniel Keniston and Tatjana Karina Kleineberg