- On the LSE Business Review blog, work by Nguyen and Van Reenen using an RDD to show that tax credits increased R&D spending and innovation among SMEs in the UK.
- On Microeconomic Insights, a really nice summary by Munshi and Rosenzweig of their AER paper on why internal migration rates are so low in India? (h/t Marginal Revolution).
- The IMF’s Finance & Development profiles David Card: “he is tired of seeing his research oversimplified and used as lobby fodder, despite all the caveats attached to his work”.
- A vivid description of life and work in Sodom and Gomorrah (aka Accra’s largest slum area) on the Big RoundTable (via @alexevansuk). Includes the story of how literally building a bridge was a great capital investment.
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