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Job Market Posts 2025

When gender quotas protect the powerful: Lessons from China’s civil service. Guest post by Jiawei Lyu

December 11, 2025

Consensus or polarization in environmental action? How local leader incentives shape the power of information. Guest post by Chiman Cheung

December 10, 2025

When spousal jealousy keeps women out of work. Guest post by Kailash Rajah

December 09, 2025

A framework for social network interventions in contentious and conflictual settings. Guest post by Nilmini Herath

November 26, 2025

Enforcement Matters: How Nigeria’s Sharia Reform Created Winners and Losers: Guest Post by Hardi Ahmed

November 25, 2025

Planning for Which Future? Searching for Jobs While Running a Business: Guest post by Adrien Dautheville

November 24, 2025

Scaling short days: Even limited childcare can transform family labor. Guest post by Dyah Pritadrajati

November 21, 2025

Expecting the worst: Household bargaining and the suppression of women’s work in India. Guest blog by Andrea Smurra

November 20, 2025

Why would employees work harder when firms don’t pay their wages? Guest blog by Daniel Sonnenstuhl

November 19, 2025

Should firms subsidize worker-owned capital? Experimental evidence from India's platform Economy. Guest post by Shreya Sarkar

November 18, 2025

What if the train brought the job to you? How public transit moves opportunity closer—and changes who gets hired: Guest post by Akhila Kovvuri

November 17, 2025

Fostering Trust to Save Lives: Evidence from Organ Donation in Tunisia: Guest post by Christina Sarah Hauser

November 14, 2025

Lower Prices, Lower Chances? How Misbeliefs Keep Freelancers Out of Online Jobs: Guest Post by Ruoxuan (Rebecca) Wu

November 13, 2025

Escaping the Poverty Trap: Why Some Households Stay Poor — and Others Don’t: Guest post by Ed Jee

November 12, 2025

Priced for Development? How Price Controls Spread Technology but Stall Innovation: Guest post by Matteo Ruzzante

November 11, 2025

When every child is stunted, no child Is? How local norms distort perceptions of growth: Guest post by Sneha Nimmagadda

November 10, 2025

The Price of Flexibility: Revealing Salaries in Job Postings. Guest post by Amen Jalal

November 07, 2025

When Risk Aversion Keeps Firms Small: Evidence from Kenyan Retailers: Guest post by Grady Killeen

November 06, 2025

Beyond sinking sand: How housing markets respond to an environmental hazard in Mexico City

December 01, 2025

Can Better Seeds Clear the Air? How India Can Fight Pollution Through Smarter Farming

December 02, 2025

Discretion and Capture: How Politics Shapes Pollution Enforcement in India. Guest post by Sanjana Ghosh

December 03, 2025

Do uncoordinated flood loss mitigation investments produce spillovers? Guest post by Molly Doruska

December 04, 2025

Following the tracks: How digital monitoring expands access to mechanization in agriculture. Guest post by Sophie Nottmeyer

December 05, 2025

Building Trust and Transparency via Text Message: How Digital Receipts Change Smallholder Markets. Guest post by Pedro Magaña Sáenz

December 08, 2025

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