Nusa Tenggara, as households exited agriculture in favor of more productive activities in construction, industry and trade …

a hump-shaped effect on development outcomes in the pre-colonial era, reflecting the trade-off between the beneficial …

factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … during the 1980s industry level factors largely explained variations in entry rates, but that, following the economic …

. What do workers trade off, and what are the long run impacts of this occupational choice? Self-employment is thought to be …

plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico …

This paper analyzes the determinants behind the spatial distribution of the sex industry in Thailand. We relate the … development of the sex industry to an early temporary demand shock, i.e., U.S. military presence during the Vietnam War. Comparing … are currently 5 times more commercial sex workers in districts near former U.S. bases. The development of the sex industry …