This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low … throughout the life cycle. Although effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning … among studies finding significant effects). Family planning programs may also have quantitatively modest - but practically …

strengthen the social safety systems, to take actions to dampen the impact on the labor market, and to provide support to the …

Recent large-scale randomized experiments find that helping people form implementation intentions by asking when and … the effect of a simple scalable planning intervention on a repeated behavior using a randomized design involving 877 … weeks. In contrast to recent studies, we find that the planning intervention did not have a positive effect on behavior and …

tax on consumption society would accept to limit the maximum size of a catastrophic shock, and the cost to insure against …

and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is significantly … time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …