Working Papers

Shannon-Theil-Rawls: Information Theory, Inequality and the Veil of Ignorance

How Does Predistribution Affect Redistribution?

An Analysis of Moral Motives in Economic and Social Decisions

Arthur Lewis’s Mid-Century Report on Industrialisation and the Gold Coast: A Long Century Perspective

Employer Power and Employment in Developing Countries

The Global Inequality Boomerang

Efficiency and Equity in a Society-Economy Integrated Model

When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development

Social Externalities and Economic Analysis

Who Demands Labour (De)regulation in the Developing World: Insider-Outsider Theory Revisited

In Praise of Snapshots

Inequality in a Global Perspective

Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius

The Past, Present and Future of Development

Sustainable Development Goals and Measurement of Economic and Social Progress

Migrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania

Inequality and the Openness of Borders

Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty

Employer Power, Labor Saving Technical Change, and Inequality

On the Volume of Redistribution: Across Income Levels and Across Groups

Gunnar Myrdal and Asian Drama in Context

Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction – A Migrant’s Perspective

Citizenship, Migration and Opportunity

The Digital Revolution and Targeting Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction

What is the World Bank Good For? Global Public Goods and Global Institutions

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Building Complexity

Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness

An Evaluation of the Feedback Loops in the Poverty Focus of World Bank Operations

Secondary Towns and Poverty Reduction: Refocusing the Urbanization Agenda

Structural Transformation and Income Distribution: Kuznets and Beyond,

Parent, Children, and Luck: Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome

Intra-Household Inequality and Overall Inequality

Economics and Economic Policy

W. Arthur Lewis and the Roots of Ghanaian Economic Policy

Capability, Opportunity, Outcome - and Equality

Enforcement Matters: the Effective Regulation of Labor

Of Consequentialism, Its Critics, and the Critics of Its Critics

Education for Climate Justice

Dynastic Inequality, Mobility, and Equality of Opportunity

The End of Laissez-Fair, the End of History, and the Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Social Protection, Vulnerability, and Poverty

Informality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses

How Useful is Inequality of Opportunity as a Policy Construct?

Rising Inequality in Asia and Policy Implications

Thresholds, Informality, and Partitions of Compliance

Groupings and the Gains from Tagging

Economic Policy in South Africa: Past, Present, and Future

The Economics of China: Successes and Challenges

Mindsets, Trends and the Informal Economy

Regulation and Non-Compliance: Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act

Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India's Informal Sector

Globalization and Inequality

The Operational Dimensions of Results-Based Financing

The State of Development Thought

Economic Inequality and Economic Development: Lessons and Implications of Global Experiences for the Arab World

Labor law Violations in Chile

The Evolution of Development Strategy as Balancing Market and Government Failure

Urbanization and Inequality in Asia

Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory

Can a Country Be a Donor and a Recipient of Aid?

Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-Wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa

The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages, And Hours of Work in South Africa

Exposure and Dialogue Programs in the Training of Development Analysts and Practitioners

Urbanization and (In)Formalization

Social Protection: Consensus and Challenges

The Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Programme: An Overview of the Process and Main Outcomes

Super-Additionality: A Neglected Force in Markets for Carbon Offsets,

Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in Asia,

Informality: Concepts, Facts and Models

Do Public Work Schemes Deter or Encourage Outmigration? Empirical Evidence from China

Peer Effects, Risk Pooling, and Status Seeking: What Explains Gift Spending Escalation in Rural China?

Results Based Development Assistance: Perspectives from the South Asia Region of the World Bank

Aid to the Poor in Middle Income Countries and the Future of Ida,

Does Kuznets Still Matter?