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Full Issue Download The Journal of The Journal of Economic Perspectives Economic Perspectives The Journal of Winter 2020, Volume 34, Number 1 Economic Perspectives Symposia Economics of India Rohit Lamba and Arvind Subramanian,“Dynamism with Incommensurate Development: The Distinctive Indian Model” Devesh Kapur, “Why Does the Indian State Both Fail and Succeed?” Amartya Lahiri, “The Great Indian Demonetization” Assimilation of Refugees Timothy J. Hatton, “Asylum Migration to the Developed World: Persecution, Incentives, and Policy” A journal of the Courtney Brell, Christian Dustmann, and Ian Preston, “The Labor Market American Economic Association Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries” Electricity in Developing Countries 34, Number 1 Winter 2020 Volume Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram, “Does Household Electrication Supercharge Economic Development?” Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Nicholas Ryan, and Anant Sudarshan, “The Consequences of Treating Electricity as a Right” Articles Tito Boeri, Giulia Giupponi, Alan B. 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Hatton, “Asylum Migration to the Developed World: Persecution, Incentives, and Policy” . 75 Courtney Brell, Christian Dustmann, and Ian Preston, “The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries” . 94 Electricity in Developing Countries Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram, “Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?” . 122 Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Nicholas Ryan, and Anant Sudarshan, “The Consequences of Treating Electricity as a Right” . 145 Articles Tito Boeri, Giulia Giupponi, Alan B . Krueger, and Stephen Machin, “Solo Self-Employment and Alternative Work Arrangements: A Cross-Country Perspective on the Changing Composition of Jobs” . 170 Abhishek Nagaraj and Scott Stern, “The Economics of Maps” . 196 Janice Eberly and Michael Woodford, “Emi Nakamura: 2019 John Bates Clark Medalist” . 222 Feature Timothy Taylor, “Recommendations for Further Reading” . 240 Statement of Purpose The Journal of Economic Perspectives attempts to fill a gap between the general interest press and most other academic economics journals . 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