Showing 188,321 - 188,330 of 188,447
preferences and investment in an Islamic fund. Using an incentivized lab experiment, the analysis compares the extent to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312748
partly result from farmers not fully internalizing the positive externalities of adoption. This paper designs an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366445
the developing world. The authors conducted an experiment to test the feasibility, cost-savings, and impact of delivering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381299
Financial incentives are a promising approach for HIV prevention. Some studies have shown that financial incentive interventions aimed to promote positive health and social behaviors have mixed or harmful effects on gender-based violence, and little is known about their effects among higher risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381300
consequences of local democracy, exploiting a natural experiment in Karnataka, India. Local elections were postponed in 2020 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381687
their food ration across the country, together with information about practical barriers to using the program. Four months …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381693
Can decentralizing demonstration accelerate learning about new technologies This paper randomizes access to a fixed demonstration kit for new flood-saline-resilient seeds across villages in Bangladesh, with demonstration either by a single farmer or spread across many farmers. In the short run,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381697
allocations. A randomized control trial compares two feedback tools: i) general information, charting the water requirements for … common crops, and ii) individualized information, comparing water requirements with each farmer's water use in the same … to recommendations, and nearly eliminate reports of conflicts over water. The experiment fails to detect an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809293
experiment is conducted in a Kenyan slum, Ugandan villages, and a UK university town and used to test, in an anonymous setting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809337
Can financial education delivery be successfully decentralized? This paper studies a large-scale field experiment with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902934