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Integrating Ecosystem Services in Land Use Planning: Concepts and Applications
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-01)Despite the attention that research on ecosystem services has attracted in recent years, its use to support real-life decision-making processes is still very limited, especially at the planning level. Land use and spatial ... -
Integrating Science and Practice for the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Barriers, Bridges, Propositions
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-10)An immense enlargement of both the natural hazards literature and practical disaster mitigation efforts has not reversed the upward trend in disaster losses. The paradox of concurrent increases raises questions about ... -
Intel: A Case Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Central America
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-12)This paper studies the advent of Intel, manufacturer of microprocessors, to Costa Rica. We use indicators of both direct effects and selected macroeconomic effects as evidence, even though these indicators are in some cases ... -
Inter-industry Labor Flows
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2016-03)Labor flows across industries reallocate resources and diffuse knowledge among economic activities. However, surprisingly little is known about the structure of such inter-industry flows. How freely do workers switch jobs ... -
International Data on Educational Attainment: Updates and Implications
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-04)This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age ... -
The International Dimension of African Economic Growth
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-01)The paper sheds light on the importance of the international dimension for African economic growth. While existing evidence points to a positive impact of openness on growth, the appropriate dynamics of the implications ... -
International Donor Support for Phasing out POPs: Recommendations for Poor Countries at INC-5
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-05)The negotiating mandate of the POPs Treaty makes it clear that the Treaty will require countries to “reduce and/or eliminate” POPs, which in turn obliges the world’s poorest countries to take expensive steps to replace ... -
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2017-06)We present the first evidence that international emigrant selection on education and earnings materializes through occupational skills. Combining novel data from a representative Mexican task survey with rich individual-level ... -
International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2014-08)Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear ... -
International Trade and Income Distribution
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 1999-06)This paper applies the inframarginal analysis, which is a combination of marginal and total cost-benefit analysis, to investigate the relationship between division of labor, the extent of the market, productivity, and ... -
Investment in Schooling and the Marriage Market
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-01)We present a model with pre-marital schooling investment, endogenous marital matching and spousal specialization in homework and market production. Investment in schooling raises wages and generates two kinds of returns ... -
Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be...)
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-05)This study asks the question, “Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African growth catalyst?” It addresses the question with reference to the theoretical literature on economic and organizational structures. This literature ... -
Is Education a Safety Rope? A Longitudinal Study of Inter-generational Consequences of Temporal Shocks on Mexican Families
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-08)This paper studies long term implications of temporary macroeconomic shocks with the aim to identify welfare effects to certain groups of the society. We focused on the impact to education attainment given its relevance ... -
Is Grameen Lending Efficient?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-12)Many believe that a key innovation by the Grameen Bank is to encourage its borrowers to help each other in hard times. To analyze this we study a novel mechanism design problem where borrowers share information about each ... -
Is Our Human Capital General Enough to Withstand the Current Wave of Technological Change?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-08)The degree to which modern technologies are able to substitute for groups of job tasks has renewed fears of near-future technological unemployment. We argue that our knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) go beyond the ... -
Is the Tax Credit for SME in Chile an Effective Policy to Boost Investment?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-07)This paper evaluates the effect of the investment tax credit on investment decisions of small and medium enterprises (SME) and recommends future steps to the Chilean Government. Although this instrument has existed since ... -
It’s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (‘e’) to Crawl the Design Space
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-12)There is an inherent tension between implementing organizations—which have specific objectives and narrow missions and mandates—and executive organizations—which provide resources to multiple implementing organizations. ... -
Japan’s Economic Puzzle
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2024-03)In examining the economic landscape of Japan through a conventional lens, one might conclude that its performance is lackluster, particularly when compared to other advanced economies like the United States and Germany. ... -
Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-07)This paper presents field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers’ skills distorts both firm and workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers’ skills, giving workseekers their assessment results, and ... -
Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2019-04)In the decade 1999-2009, Jordan experienced an impressive growth acceleration, tripling its exports and increasing income per capita by 38%. Since then, a number of external shocks that include the Global Financial Crisis ...