How might COVID-19 affect human capital and wellbeing in the long run? The COVID-19
pandemic has already imposed a heavy human cost—taken together, this public health …

Prompted by new data and a renewed concern about equality of opportunity, the study of
intergenerational mobility has flourished in Latin America in the past decade. Although …

This paper presents simulations of the potential effect of COVID-19-related school closures
on schooling and learning outcomes. It considers four scenarios—varying in both the …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with
simple informal savings technologies can substantially increase investment in preventative …

The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting
consequences, especially for children of low-educated families. Applying a counterfactual …

Health and income are strongly correlated both within and across countries, yet the extent to
which improvements in income have a causal effect on health status remains controversial …

Access to basic banking services in sub-Saharan Africa remains limited, and lags far behind
even other parts of the developing world. Chaia et al.(2009) combine a number of data …

A detailed understanding of households' shock-coping capacity is needed to design
appropriate social safety net programs and interventions. We use a 2-year panel dataset …

The recent financial and economic crisis has raised major concerns in the public health
community that death, illness and disability will rise in both rich and poor countries across …