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Kremer, Michael - 2004

were ineligible for the awards, also showed sizeable average test gains, as did girls with low pretest scores, who were …

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Teacher Incentives

Glewwe, Paul - 2003

to teaching to the test.' We find evidence that existing teacher incentives in Kenya are indeed weak, with teachers … Kenya with incentives based on students' test scores. Students in program schools had higher test scores, significantly so … teachers increased effort to raise short-run test scores by conducting more test preparation sessions. While students in …

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The Making of Hawks and Doves : Inflation Experiences on the FOMC

Malmendier, Ulrike - 2017

We show that personal experiences of inflation strongly influence the hawkish or dovish leanings of central bankers. For all members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) since 1951, we estimate an adaptive learning rule based on their lifetime inflation data. The resulting...

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Investor Experiences and Financial Market Dynamics

Malmendier, Ulrike - 2018

How do macro-financial shocks affect investor behavior and market dynamics? Recent evidence suggests long-lasting effects of personally experienced outcomes on investor beliefs and investment but also significant differences across older and younger generations. We formalize experience-based...

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Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving

DellaVigna, Stefano - 2009

Every year, 90 percent of Americans give money to charities. Is such generosity necessarily welfare enhancing for the giver? We present a theoretical framework that distinguishes two types of motivation: individuals like to give, e.g., due to altruism or warm glow, and individuals would rather...

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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research : A Toolkit

Duflo, Esther - 2006

This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale for the use of randomization, as a solution to selection bias and a partial solution to publication...

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Sorting, Prices, and Social Preferences

Lazear, Edward - 2006

What impact do social preferences have in market-type settings where individuals can sort in response to relative prices? We show that sorting behavior can distinguish between individuals who like to share and those who share but prefer to avoid the sharing environment altogether. In four...

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When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming

Ahuja, Amrita - 2015

short run and on academic test scores, employment, and income in the long run, while suggesting that most parents will not …

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You Owe Me

Malmendier, Ulrike - 2012

In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...

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Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change : Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa

Fabregas, Raissa; Kremer, Michael; Lowes, Matthew; On, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Mobile phone-based informational programs are widely used worldwide, though there is little consensus on how effective they are at changing behavior. We present causal evidence on the effects of six agricultural information programs delivered through text messages in Kenya and Rwanda. The...

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