Discussion paper DP17414 The Long-Run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India Sam Asher Alison Campion Douglas Gollin Paul Novosad 28 Jun 2022 Development & Growth agriculture Agricultural productivity Irrigation Structural transformation Development Economics Macroeconomics and Growth O13 O18 Q15
Discussion paper DP17383 The Research University, Invention, and Industry: Evidence from German History Jeremiah Dittmar Ralf Meisenzahl 13 Jun 2022 Industrialization Invention Universities Cities Economic History Macroeconomics and Growth Political Economy O14 O18 O30 N13 R10 I25
Discussion paper DP17377 The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley David Atkin Keith Chen Anton Popov 10 Jun 2022 Knowledge spillovers Face-to-face interactions Serendipity Estimation of agglomeration economies International Trade and Regional Economics R3 O3 O18
Discussion paper DP16815 The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution Cedric Chambru Emeric Henry Benjamin Marx 16 Dec 2021 State capacity Economic development State-building Administrative reform Development Economics Economic History Political Economy Public Economics D70 H41 H71 O18 O43
Discussion paper DP16743 Rooted to the Soil: The impact of social housing on population in Ireland since 1911 Alan de Bromhead Ronan Lyons 21 Nov 2021 Ireland Labourers acts Population growth Social housing Migration Development Economics Economic History N34 N94 O18 R23 R38
Discussion paper DP16734 Transportation Costs in the Age of Highways: Evidence from United States 1955-2010. Sylvain Barde Alex Klein 18 Nov 2021 Transport costs Interstate highway system Road network Dijkstra’s algorithm Economic History N72 N92 O18 R41
Discussion paper DP16691 Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Simon Franklin Clément Imbert Girum Abebe Carolina Mejia-Mantilla 2 Nov 2021 Development Economics International Trade and Regional Economics Labour Economics Public Economics I38 J61 O18 R23
Discussion paper DP16661 Perpetual Motion: Human Mobility and Spatial Frictions in Three African Countries Douglas Gollin Martina Kirchberger Paul Blanchard 21 Oct 2021 Spatial frictions Mobility Cities Sub-saharan africa Development Economics Macroeconomics and Growth O1 O12 O18 R12
Discussion paper DP16487 Big Fish in Thin Markets: Competing with the Middlemen to Increase Market Access in the Amazon Joseph Kaboski Wyatt Brooks Viva Bartkus Carolyn Pelnik 27 Aug 2021 Poverty trap Monopsony Collective investment Rural development Development Economics O1 O13 O16 O18
Discussion paper DP16447 Pandemic Shock and Economic Divergence: Political Economy Before and After the Black Death Jeremiah Dittmar Luis Bosshart 11 Aug 2021 Institutions Political economy Structural change Cities Growth Economic History Macroeconomics and Growth N13 N14 N60 N93 O10 O18 O40 O43 P48
Discussion paper DP16435 The impact of the concession of 14 regional Greek airports on passenger traffic Nikolaos Vettas Svetoslav Danchev Nikos Paratsiokas 9 Aug 2021 Airports Privatisation Passenger traffic Difference-in-differences Industrial Organization Organizational Economics H54 L33 L93 O18 R41 C23
Discussion paper DP16139 Complementarities in Infrastructure: Evidence from Rural India Oliver Vanden Eynde Liam Wren-Lewis 12 May 2021 Infrastructure Complementarities agriculture Development Economics Public Economics O13 O18 Q15