Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth? We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed householdlevel data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household income growth. We are abl...

The Preference for Larger Cities in China: Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants China has long aimed to restrict population growth in large cities but encourages growth in small and medium-sized cities. At the same time, various government policies favor large cities. We conjecture that larger cities in China have more urban amenities and a better quality of life. We thus predict that a typical r...

ObjectiveEvaluate the Montana Cook Fresh Leadership Institute (MCF) for K-12 school nutrition staff, offered virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions.Use of Theory or ResearchThe MCF curriculum was developed using a participatory approach from Team Nutrition professionals, and state-level administration include evidence-based materials learning strategies.Target AudienceTwenty-two professionals 9...

Evidence from recent randomized …eld experiments on community-based monitoring reveals substantial heterogenous treatment e¤ects. Using data from a randomized experiment in primary health in Uganda, we test whether social heterogeneity can explain why some communities managed to push for better health service delivery while others did not. The results suggest that income inequality, and particu...

This paper employs the Ordinary Least Squares, Instrumental Variables and Treatment Effect models to a new dataset from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) to estimate return to four-year university education in 2008. Our estimates reveal that income premium of four-year university education is about 97 percent above that of high school education, and robust to the various est...

Using a strict, age-specific lockdown order for adults aged 65 and older in Turkey, we examine the mental health consequences of an extended period tight mobility restrictions on senior adults. Adopting regression discontinuity design, find that curfew-induced decline substantially worsened outcomes, including somatic nonsomatic symptoms distress (approximately 0.2 standard deviation). Explorin...