productivity of pastor effort is higher. These findings shed light on factors determining the composition of religion within …

Africa, home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim communities. First, we use census data from 20 countries to … construct new upward and downward religion-specific intergenerational mobility (IM) statistics. Christian boys and girls have … of religion-specific, institutional, and social conventions on education and opportunity …

"Firms in Africa report "regulatory and economic policy uncertainty" as a top constraint to their growth. We argue that … often firms in Africa do not cope with policy rules, rather they face deals; firm-specific policy actions that can be … uncorrelated with ex-post firm-level responses, further evidence that deals rather than rules prevail in Africa. Strikingly, the …

Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been … (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa's large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa's large manufacturing … manufacturing to raise living standards in Africa depends on indirect job creation by large firms through backward and forward …

about women's time use in Africa. First, in North Africa, women spend very few hours in market work and female labor force … participation overall is extremely low. Second, although extensive margin participation of women is high in sub-Saharan Africa …

We examine intergenerational mobility (IM) in educational attainment in Africa since independence, using census data …

I assess the efficiency of transport networks for every country in Africa. Using rich spatial data, I simulate trade … road system for every African state. My simulations predict that Africa would gain 1.1% of total welfare from better …

-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A …