We use an RCT to analyse the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction in Bosnia. The study population are loan applicants that would normally have just been rejected based on regular screening. We find that access to credit allowed borrowers to start and expand small-scale businesses....

The Swedish comprehensive school reform implied an extension of the number of years of compulsory school from 7 or 8 to 9 for the entire nation and was implemented as a social experiment by municipality between 1949 and 1962. A previous study (Meghir and Palme, 2005) has shown that this reform...

Introduction -- Defining talent: Between human capital and the creative economy -- Positioning Talent: history, cities and the growing importance of talent -- Challenging talent: Cities and the cycle of rising disparities -- Raising talent: higher education and uneven career outcomes -- Exposing...

Chapter 1. Data and theory: tortoise and hare or leap-frogging? -- Chapter 2. Theoretical advances on interregional migration models -- Chapter 3. Determinants and Consequences of International Migration -- Chapter 4. State of the art and future challenges of interregional migration empirical...