We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can … the RePEc Author Service. We rank the authors and research institutions according to their contribution to the aggregate … research output and thus provide a novel ranking measure that explicitly takes into account the spillover effect generated in …

School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about … external funds transferred to the school. This paper explores the effects of two school-based management programs on parental … contributions. A cash grant alone for poor schools results in an increase in resources available to the school in less than the cash …

Mexico as claimants on the somewhat unusual issue of export restrictions on natural resources. For the claimants, Chinese …

In this paper, we relate outcomes of El Salvadors local labor markets to their exposure to Chinese import competition … study three sets of outcomes: manufacturing employment, labor informality, and average wage. We find that rising Chinese … were pushed out of manufacturing, while more skilled and professional workers were not affected by Chinese competition. We …

We analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted in response to an increase in Chinese import competition between …

Although science has been an incredibly powerful and revolutionary force, it is not clear whether science is suited to … performance under pressure; generally, science achieves best in its usual comfort zone of patience, caution, and slowness. But if … science is organized knowledge and acts as a guiding force for making informed decisions, it is important to understand how …