Working Papers
Learning to Learn: Experimentation, Entrepreneurial Capital, and Development with A. Zambrano, (in progress).
Income Risk and Distribution in Developing Countries with M. Rubio, (in progress).
Which Firms Drive the Gains from Connectivity and Competition? The Impact of India’s Golden Quadrilateral across the Firm Life Cycle, with A. Grover and S. D. O’Connell. 2024
Family Firms and Contractual Institutions, William Maloney, Nick Tsivanidis, Leonardo Iacovone, 2019.
Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting : Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia, William Maloney, David Mckenzie, Leonardo Iacovone, 2019.
Why don't poor countries do R&D ? , Goni, Edwin; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 6811, 2014.
Toward a conceptual framework for the knowledge bank , Chioda, Laura; de la Torre, Augusto; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 6623, 2013.
Heterogeneity in subjective well-being : an application to occupational allocation in Africa , Sarrias, Mauricio; Falco, Paolo; Maloney, William F.; Rijkers, Bob, Policy Research Working Paper 6244, 2012.
Income risk, income mobility and welfare , Krebs, Tom; Krishna, Pravin; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 6254, 2012.
The persistence of (subnational) fortune : geography, agglomeration, and institutions in the new world , Caicedo, Felipe Valencia; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 6187, 2012.
Export quality dynamics , F. Maloney, William; Krishna, Pravin, Policy Research Working Paper 5701, 2011.
Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean : Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean , Maloney, William; Gawande, Kishore; Montes Rojas, Gabriel V., Policy Research Working Paper 4834, 2009.
In search of the missing resource curse , Maloney, William F.; Lederman, Daniel, Policy Research Working Paper 4766, 2008.
Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William, Policy Research Working Paper 4648, 2008.
Comparative analysis of labor market dynamics using Markov processes : an application to informality , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William, Policy Research Working Paper 4429, 2007.
The determinants of rising informality in Brazil : Evidence from gross worker flows , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William; Goni, Edwin, Policy Research Working Paper 4375, 2007.
Can foreign lobbying enhance development ? The case of tourism in the Caribbean , Maloney, William; Rojas, Gabriel V. Montes; Gawande, Kishore, Policy Research Working Paper 4275, 2007.
Human capital, trade liberalization, and income risk , Maloney, William; Krebs, Tom; Krishna, Pravin, Policy Research Working Paper 4276, 2007.
Innovation shortfalls , Maloney, William; Rodriguez-Clare, Andres, Policy Research Working Paper 4283, 2007.
Gross worker flows in the presence of informal labor markets : the Mexican experience 1987-2002 , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William, Policy Research Working Paper 3883, 2006.
Releasing constraints to growth or pushing on a string ? the impact of credit, training, business associations, and taxes on the performance of Mexican micro-firms , Maloney, William F.; Fajnzylber, Pablo; Rojas, Gabriel V. Montes, Policy Research Working Paper 3807, 2006.
Pending issues in protection, productivity growth, and poverty reduction , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William; Fiszbein, Ariel; Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina; Santamaria, Mauricio; Saavedra, Jaime; Cunningham, Wendy; Siga, Lucas; Lopez Acevedo, Gladys; Blom, Andreas; Arias, Omar, Policy Research Working Paper 3799, 2005.
Patenting and research and development : a global view , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F.; Lederman, Daniel, Policy Research Working Paper 3739, 2005.
Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and economic convergence : Mexico 1985-2002 , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F.; Aroca, Patricio, Policy Research Working Paper 3744, 2005.
Trade policy, income risk, and welfare , Maloney, William; Krebs, tom; Krishna, Pravin, Policy Research Working Paper 3622, 2005.
Migration, trade, and foreign investment in Mexico , Aroca Gonzalez, Patricio; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 3601, 2005.
What drives corporate governance? Firm-level evidence from Eastern Europe : What drives corporate governance reform? firm-level evidence from Eastern Europe , Laeven, Luc; Klapper, Leora F; Maloney, William F.; Love, Inessa; Gonzalez, Patricio Aroca, Policy Research Working Paper 3600, 2005.
Labor market dynamics in developing countries: comparative analysis using continuous time Markov processes , Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William, Policy Research Working Paper 3583, 2005.
Research and development (R&D) and development , Lederman, Daniel; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 3024, 2003.
Trade structure and growth , Lederman, Daniel; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 3025, 2003.
Informality revisited , Maloney, William, Policy Research Working Paper 2965, 2003.
Missed opportunities - innovation and resource-based growth in Latin America , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2935, 2002.
Missed opportunities - innovation and resource-based growth in Latin America : Oportunidades perdidas: innovacion y crecimiento en base a recursos en America Latina (Spanish) , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2935, 2002.
Exchange rate appreciations, labor market rigidities, and informality , Maloney, William; Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco, Policy Research Working Paper 2771, 2002.
Evaluating emergency programs , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2728, 2001.
Firm entry and exit, labor demand, and trade reform : evidence from Chile and Colombia , Fajnzylber, Pablo; Maloney, William F.; Ribeiro, Eduardo, Policy Research Working Paper 2659, 2001.
How comparable are labor demand elasticities across countries? , Fajnzylber, Pablo; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2658, 2001.
Measuring the impact of minimum wages : evidence from Latin America , Maloney, William F.; Nunez, Jairo; Cunningham, Wendy; Fiess, Norbert; Montenegro, Claudio; Murrugarra, Edmundo; Santamaria,Mauricio; Sepulveda, Claudia, Policy Research Working Paper 2597, 2001.
Labor demand and trade reform in Latin America , Fajnzylber, Pablo; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2491, 2000.
Efficiency wage and union effects in labor demand and wage structure in Mexico - An application of quantile analysis , Maloney, William F.; Pontual Ribeiro, Eduardo, Policy Research Working Paper 2131, 1999.
Self-employment and labor turnover - cross-country evidence , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2102, 1999.
Logit analysis in a rotating panel context and an application to self-employment decisions , Gonzalez, Patricio Aroca; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2069, 1999.
Quitting and labor turnover : microeconomic evidence and macroeconomic consequences , Krebs, Tom; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 2068, 1999.
Heterogeneity among Mexico's micro-enterprises - an application of factor and cluster analysis , Cunningham, Wendy V.; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 1999, 1998.
The informal sector, firm dynamics, and institutional participation , Levenson, Alec R.; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 1988, 1998.
Second thoughts on second moments : panel evidence on asset-based models of currency crises , Galindo, Arturo J.; Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 1939, 1998.
Are labor markets in developing countries dualistic? , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 1941, 1998.
The structure of labor markets in developing countries : time series evidence on competing views , Maloney, William F., Policy Research Working Paper 1940, 1998.