introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international … inequality. A discussion of data quality, data consistency, variable definitions and measurement, changing population and …

This paper analyzes the effects of training quality on the likelihood of treatment completion by estimating dose …-response functions via a generalized propensity score. Results show a statistically positive relationship between training quality and …

enhances productivity and quality through mechanisms including employees becoming better motivated, more informed and paying …

quality on educational attainment and returns to education has been particularly significant for the individuals born in … negative on school returns. Better school quality has also had asymmetric effects on the returns to education, positive for … education. Our evidence suggests that better school quality, measured by a lower pupil-teacher ratio, is a technical substitute …

Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently … economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become … better quality politicians and improve political performance using exogenous variation in the salaries’ of local legislators …

We estimate the effect of training quality on earnings using a Peruvian program, which targets disadvantaged youths … training courses is based on public bidding processes that assign standardized scores to multiple proxies for quality. Second … attending high-quality training courses have higher average and marginal treatment impacts. External validity was assessed by …

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the …

. We conclude that the household efficiency does yield empirically falsifiable restrictions despite being scarcely rejected …

indicate that the performance indicator strengthened the positive link between "quality" of services and the number of new … there is a tradeoff as to efficiency and inequality with respect to services that are contracted to private companies in a …