Evidence on the effect of exports on welfare at the local level is scarce. Using a unique data set of international … experienced an increase in labor force participation and attracted more net migration, particularly of unskilled workers …

the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives … have fewer commitments in preferential trade agreements, with larger gaps in areas such as labor and the environment; and …

This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during …) marginal impacts of additional policy actions within the current year; (b) length of the policy engagement with client … countries, and (c) changes over time in the marginal impact of policy actions. The analysis focuses on policy actions that are …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … distributional characteristics. Using years of life as a welfare metric yields a single parameter that captures the underlying trade …-off between lives and livelihoods: how many PYs have the same welfare cost as one LY. Taking an agnostic view of this parameter …

works and what does not in selected policy areas …

are effective in mitigating the loss of welfare induced by forced displacement. This paper examines whether Iraq's Public …

Many economists believe that the returns to migration are high. However, credible experimental estimates of the … benefits of migration are rare, particularly for low-skilled international migrants and their families. This paper studies a … losers. Using the lottery outcome as an instrument, the paper finds that the government intermediated migration increased the …

, simulations suggest that an optimal policy path to balance consumer and producer welfare and meet the higher societal objective of … important policy issue. The policy challenge is complicated by the fact that poor households, which earn the bulk of their …