Working Papers
Shannon-Theil-Rawls: Information Theory, Inequality and the Veil of Ignorance
How Does Predistribution Affect Redistribution?
An Analysis of Moral Motives in Economic and Social Decisions
Employer Power and Employment in Developing Countries
The Global Inequality Boomerang
Efficiency and Equity in a Society-Economy Integrated Model
When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development
Social Externalities and Economic Analysis
Who Demands Labour (De)regulation in the Developing World: Insider-Outsider Theory Revisited
In Praise of Snapshots
Inequality in a Global Perspective
Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius
The Past, Present and Future of Development
Sustainable Development Goals and Measurement of Economic and Social Progress
Migrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania
Inequality and the Openness of Borders
Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
Employer Power, Labor Saving Technical Change, and Inequality
On the Volume of Redistribution: Across Income Levels and Across Groups
Gunnar Myrdal and Asian Drama in Context
Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction – A Migrant’s Perspective
Citizenship, Migration and Opportunity
The Digital Revolution and Targeting Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction
What is the World Bank Good For? Global Public Goods and Global Institutions
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Building Complexity
Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness
An Evaluation of the Feedback Loops in the Poverty Focus of World Bank Operations
Secondary Towns and Poverty Reduction: Refocusing the Urbanization Agenda
Structural Transformation and Income Distribution: Kuznets and Beyond,
Parent, Children, and Luck: Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome
Intra-Household Inequality and Overall Inequality
W. Arthur Lewis and the Roots of Ghanaian Economic Policy
Capability, Opportunity, Outcome - and Equality
Enforcement Matters: the Effective Regulation of Labor
Of Consequentialism, Its Critics, and the Critics of Its Critics
Dynastic Inequality, Mobility, and Equality of Opportunity
The End of Laissez-Fair, the End of History, and the Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Social Protection, Vulnerability, and Poverty
Informality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
How Useful is Inequality of Opportunity as a Policy Construct?
Rising Inequality in Asia and Policy Implications
Thresholds, Informality, and Partitions of Compliance
Groupings and the Gains from Tagging
Economic Policy in South Africa: Past, Present, and Future
The Economics of China: Successes and Challenges
Mindsets, Trends and the Informal Economy
Regulation and Non-Compliance: Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
The Operational Dimensions of Results-Based Financing
The State of Development Thought
The Evolution of Development Strategy as Balancing Market and Government Failure
Urbanization and Inequality in Asia
Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
Can a Country Be a Donor and a Recipient of Aid?
The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages, And Hours of Work in South Africa
Exposure and Dialogue Programs in the Training of Development Analysts and Practitioners
Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Social Protection: Consensus and Challenges
The Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Programme: An Overview of the Process and Main Outcomes
Super-Additionality: A Neglected Force in Markets for Carbon Offsets,
Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in Asia,
Informality: Concepts, Facts and Models
Do Public Work Schemes Deter or Encourage Outmigration? Empirical Evidence from China
Results Based Development Assistance: Perspectives from the South Asia Region of the World Bank
Aid to the Poor in Middle Income Countries and the Future of Ida,