“...Hospitals are under increasing pressure as they bear a growing burden of chronic disease while also dealing with emergency cases that do not all require...”

“...We investigate the importance of subjective expectations of returns to and effort costs of the two main investments that mothers make in newborns:...”

“...We analyse impacts of the rising labor force participation of women on the gender wage gap. We formulate and structurally estimate an equilibrium model of the...”

“...We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction...”

“...We investigate women’s fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality that occurred following a major medical...”

“...This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or religious diversity. We experimentally vary...”

“...We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in India, and find that it exacerbates it...”

“...We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their...”

“...Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline in wealthy countries. However, water...”