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Seventy Percent: The Reality of Workplace Harassment in India
By Anaya Dam and Diego Dabed Sitnisky
Sexual harassment remains a widespread challenge in workplaces across the world. Despite being illegal and a violation of human rights, it remains prevalent. A LinkedIn survey among women in corporate firms across India reveals that nearly 70% have experienced at least one form of workplace harassment in the past year. The most common is...
Ultra-Poor Graduation Program Delays Teen Motherhood and Boosts Savings for Girls in Bangladesh
By Munshi Sulaiman, Shaila Ahmed, Sheikh Touhidul Haque, and Marzuk A. N. Hossain
Graduation programs reduce extreme poverty, but rigorous evidence on intergenerational effects remains scarce. This study revisits BRAC’s 2007 Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) randomized trial in Bangladesh with a 2024 follow-up to assess whether parental exposure improves outcomes for children now aged 16–33. We examine whether UPG enhances offspring’s economic mobility, human capital, and family formation—evidence...
Returns to Productive Assets for Workers: Evidence from a Mobility Experiment in an Indian Firm
By Shreya Sarkar
In developed and developing economies, millions of workers must self-finance lumpy investment that makes their labour productive. When workers cannot afford productive assets key for their jobs, both aggregate output and earnings remain sub-optimal. I partner with a large platform firm in India to study how subsidizing productive capital for workers at a firm...
The Long-Term Impact of Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy in India
By Daniel Bennett and Manuela Angelucci
Depression is a leading cause of disability and especially prevalent among low-income populations, where it may also perpetuate poverty. Despite the availability of effective treatments like anti-depressants, most people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive care, due to provider scarcity, stigma, and low awareness. Antidepressants are potentially scalable in LMICs, but...
The Qualification of the Workforce in Cameroon: Social Capital, a Hindrance or a Lever?
By Astride Claudel NJIEPUE NOUFFEUSSIE, Cosmas Bernard MEKA’A, Gaëlle Tatiana Timba, and Fabrice Nzepang
Although the analysis of the effects of social capital on the labour market has been the subject of extensive theoretical and empirical literature, very few studies have focused on qualification in general and on worker qualification in particular. In order to fill this gap, the aim of this study is to analyze the effects...
