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Asset Transfers and Anti-Poverty Programs : Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

Baird, Sarah - 2022

This paper uses a set of randomized experiments to examine the impact of a group business development program implemented by the Tanzanian government, along with a set of complementary training and cash transfer interventions targeted to vulnerable households in rural areas. In contrast with...

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Field and Natural Experiments in Migration

McKenzie, David J. - 2022

can arise. The paper then outlines what makes for a good natural experiment in the context of migration, and discusses the …

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Can Temporary Wage Incentives Increase Formal Employment? : Experimental Evidence from Mexico

Abel, Martin - 2022

Formal sector entry-level jobs in Mexico offer low starting salaries but substantial wage growth. This paper experimentally tests whether a six-months wage incentive can increase formal employment among secondary school graduates. Combining survey and high-frequency social security data, the...

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A Metadata Schema for Data from Experiments in the Social Sciences

Cavanagh, Jack - 2023

The use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the social sciences has greatly expanded, resulting in newly abundant, high-quality data that can be reused to perform methods research in program evaluation, to systematize evidence for policymakers, and for replication and training purposes....

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Cash and Conflict : Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger

Premand, Patrick - 2023

Conflict undermines development, while poverty, in turn, breeds conflict. Policy interventions such as cash transfers could lower engagement in conflict by raising poor households' welfare and productivity. However, cash transfers may also trigger appropriation or looting of cash or assets. The...

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Randomized Regulation : The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets

Bedoya, Guadalupe; Das, Jishnu; Dolinger, Any - 2023

COVID-19 epidemics. In the experiment, all 1,348 health facilities in three Kenyan counties were classified into 273 markets …

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How do Borrowers Respond to a Debt Moratorium? : Experimental Evidence from Consumer Loans in India

Fiorin, Stefano - 2023

of economic crises. This paper reports results from a nationwide experiment with a large consumer lender in India …, designed to study how debt forbearance offers affect loan repayment and banking relationships. In the experiment, borrowers …: in a follow-up experiment conducted several months after the main intervention demand for a non-credit product offered by …

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Can Vaccination Incentives Backfire? : Experimental Evidence That Offering Cash Incentives Can Reduce Vaccination Intentions in Some Contexts

Seitz, William - 2023

-based randomized controlled experiment conducted separately in three countries, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Respondents … effects in the experiment. The results contrast with the well-established efficacy of monetary incentives to influence …

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Sharing Parental Leave between Mothers and Fathers : Experimental Evidence from a Messaging Intervention in Uruguay

Querejeta, Martina - 2023

messages on men's and women's awareness and intentions of shared take-up of a parental leave program. The experiment provided …

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Improving Enrollment and Learning through Videos and Mobiles : Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria

Orozco-Olvera, Victor - 2023

In northern Nigeria, half of primary school-age children attend school, half of girls are married before turning 15, and one in five people can read a whole sentence. Conducted in rural, low literate communities governed by traditional norms, this paper presents the results of a cluster...

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