Crime and reputation . A model of social interaction is developed in which individuals with varying payoffs from street crime meet in an environment with incomplete information. The value of a reputation for violence is demonstrated. Those who do not gain from street crime directly nevertheless...

This paper reviews the relationship between international migration and human development. First, it reviews what we know about the factors that drive migration from developing to developed countries. Second, it reviews existing knowledge about the impact of international migration and...

In the first chapter of this dissertation, I estimate the wage elasticity of working in the day labor market in rural Malawi using panel data from a unique field experiment. Though employment in daily wage markets is important to individuals and governments in developing countries, there is...