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Economic Rights of the Informal Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases
Chen, Martha. "Economic Rights of the Informal Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases." Economic Liberties and Human Rights. Ed. Jahel Queralt and Bas van Vossen. Routledge Press, 2019.
Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Brief
Bonnet, Florence, Joann Vanek, and Martha Chen. "Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Brief." WIEGO and ILO, January 2019.
Ending Global Poverty: Why Money Isn't Enough
Page, Lucy, and Rohini Pande. "Ending Global Poverty: Why Money Isn't Enough." Journal of Economic Perspectives 32.4 (Fall 2018): 173-200.
Determining the Differences that Matter: Development and Divergence in US States over 1850-2010
Mealy, Penny, J. Doyne Farmer, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Determining the Differences that Matter: Development and Divergence in US States over 1850-2010." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-030, September 2018.
Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Selcuk Ozyurt, and Niharika Singh. "Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-019, July 2018.
Exponential Innovation and Human Rights: Implications for Science and Technology Diplomacy
Juma, Calestous. "Exponential Innovation and Human Rights: Implications for Science and Technology Diplomacy." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-011, February 2018.
Why Are Indian Children so Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference
Jayachandran, Seema, and Rohini Pande. "Why Are Indian Children so Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference." American Economic Review 107.9 (September 2017): 2600-2629.
Functional Dysfunction: Mumbai's Political Economy of Rent Sharing
Chattaraj, Shahana and Michael Walton. "Functional Dysfunction: Mumbai's Political Economy of Rent Sharing." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33.3 (Autumn 2017): 438-456.
More School or More Learning? Evidence from Learning Profiles from the Financial Inclusion Insights Data
Kaffenberger, Michelle, and Lant Pritchett. "More School or More Learning? Evidence from Learning Profiles from the Financial Inclusion Insights Data." May 2017.
Welcome Home in a Crisis: Effects of Return Migration on the Non-Migrants' Wages and Employment
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Ljubica Nedelkoska. "Welcome Home in a Crisis: Effects of Return Migration on the Non-Migrants' Wages and Employment." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-015, January 2017.
Girls' Schooling and Women's Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won't Reach Learning Goals
Pritchett, Lant, and Justin Sandefur. "Girls' Schooling and Women's Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won't Reach Learning Goals." February 2017.
Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India
Barnhardt, Sharon, Erica Field, and Rohini Pande. "Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9.1 (January 2017): 1-32.
Expanding the Economic Potential of Women Informal Workers
Chen, Martha. "Expanding the Economic Potential of Women Informal Workers." Secretariat, UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment, December 2016.
Editorial: Urban Livelihoods: Reframing Theory and Policy
Chen, Martha, Sally Roever, and Caroline Skinner. "Editorial: Urban Livelihoods: Reframing Theory and Policy." Environment and Urbanization 28.2 (September 2016): 1-12.
Technology, Informal Workers and Cities: Insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
Chen, Martha. "Technology, Informal Workers and Cities: Insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)." Environment and Urbanization 28.2 (September 2016): 405-422.
Eliminating Legal Barriers from the Perspective of the Informal Economy
von Broembsen, Marlese, and Martha Chen. "Eliminating Legal Barriers from the Perspective of the Informal Economy." Secretariat, UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment, September 2016.
Leave No One Behind: A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment
Klugman, Jeni, Laura Tyson, and Panel and Deputy Panel Members of UN High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment (including Martha Chen). "Leave No One Behind: A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment." Secretariat, UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment, September 2016.
The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions
Chen, Martha. "The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions." New Solutions 26 (August 2016): 2.
The Urban Informal Economy: Towards More Inclusive Cities
Chen, Martha. "The Urban Informal Economy: Towards More Inclusive Cities." Urbanet, August 2016.
Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship
Field, Erica, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 8.2 (May 2016): 125-153.
Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Alatas, Vivi, Ririn Purnamasari, Matthew Wai-Poi, Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin A. Olken, and Rema Hanna. "Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia." Journal of Political Economy 124.2 (April 2016): 371-427.
Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City
Arceo, Eva, Rema Hanna, and Paulina Oliva. "Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City." The Economic Journal 126.591 (March 2016): 257-280.
Strengthening Safety Nets for the Poor
Hanna, Rema, and Benjamin Olken. "Strengthening Safety Nets for the Poor." Jakarta Post, January 12, 2016.
Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Jordan C. Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto. "Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-001, January 2016.
Cash Transfers to Indonesia's Poor Don't Discourage Work
Hanna, Rema, and Benjamin Olken. "Cash Transfers to Indonesia's Poor Don't Discourage Work." Jakarta Globe, October 31, 2015.
London: A Multi-Century Struggle for Sustainable Development in an Urban Environment
Clark, William C. "London: A Multi-Century Struggle for Sustainable Development in an Urban Environment." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-047, August 2015.
Does Public Sector Control Reduce Variance in School Quality?
Pritchett, Lant, and Martina Viarengo. "Does Public Sector Control Reduce Variance in School Quality?" Education Economics 23.5 (August 2015): 557-576.
Barnhardt, Sharon, Erica Field, and Rohini Pande. "Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-043, August 2015.
A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics
Vanek, Joann, Martha Chen, and Govindan Raveendran. "A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics." WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 8, May 2015.
Gender Gap Report 2014
Hausmann, Ricardo. "Gender Gap Report 2014." World Economic Forum, November 2014.
Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases
Chen, Martha, Roopa Madhav, and Kaplana Sharma. "Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases." The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations 50.1 (July 2014): 133-150.
Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges
Chen, Martha. "Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges." WIEGO Working Paper (Statistics) No. 2, April 2014.
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers
Chen, Martha. "Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers." Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, April 2014.
Women in Informal Employment
Chen, Martha. "Women in Informal Employment." Toolkit: Learning and Working in the Informal Economy. Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, 2014.
A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries
Glaeser, Edward L. "A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries." National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2013.
Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
Alatas, Vivi, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Ririn Purnamasari, and Matthew Wai-Poi. "Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-008, April 2013.
Students Today, Teachers Tomorrow: Identifying Constraints on the Provision of Education
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. "Students Today, Teachers Tomorrow: Identifying Constraints on the Provision of Education." Journal of Public Economics 100.1 (April 2013): 1-14.
Women and the Informal Economy: Economic Actors and Global Leaders
Chen, Martha. "Women and the Informal Economy: Economic Actors and Global Leaders." Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change. Ed. Trish Tierney. Institute of International Education Foundation, 2013.
Mitt Romney Rejects His Natural Voters
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Mitt Romney Rejects His Natural Voters." Project Syndicate, September 24, 2012.
Achilles' Heel of Social Policy
Pritchett, Lant. "Achilles' Heel of Social Policy." Indian Express, June 6, 2012.
The Churches, Foreign Policy, and Global Poverty: New Approaches? New Partnerships?
Bane, Mary Jo. "The Churches, Foreign Policy, and Global Poverty: New Approaches? New Partnerships?" Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland Working Paper, November 2011.
Impact Evaluation of Niger's IMAGINE Program
Dumitrescu, Anca, Dan Levy, Cara Orfield and Matt Sloan. "Impact Evaluation of Niger's IMAGINE Program." Mathematica Policy Research, September 2011.
Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges
Chen, Martha. "Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges." Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue Femmes et Droit 23.1 (April 2011): 167-184.
Informality, Poverty, and Gender in the Global South
Chen, Martha. "Informality, Poverty, and Gender in the Global South." The International Handbook Of Gender And Poverty. Ed. Sylvia Chant. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010.
"Schooling Can't Buy Me Love": Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America
Ganguli, Ina, Ricardo Hausmann, and Martina Viarengo. ""Schooling Can't Buy Me Love": Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-032, June 2010.
The Global Gender Gap Report
Hausmann, Ricardo, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, eds. The Global Gender Gap Report. World Economic Forum, 2009.
Measuring Discrimination in Education
Hanna, Rema, and Leigh Linden. "Measuring Discrimination in Education." NBER Working Papers 15057, June 2009.
Grindle, Merilee S. "Under the Bridge." ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America. Winter 2009.