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Default Effects and Follow-On Behavior: Evidence From An Electricity Pricing Program

Patrick Baylis
Peter Cappers
Meredith Fowlie
C. Anna Spurlock
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers partnered with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California to evaluate the effects of a variety of enrollment schemes in time-varying pricing plans on electricity consumption. Results show that households which were enrolled in time-varying pricing plans by default tended to...
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The Impact of a Simple Savings Device on Meeting Planned and Unplanned Expenses in Niger

Jenny Aker
Markus Goldstein
Margaret McConnell
Michael O'Sullivan
Melita Sawyer
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a savings lockbox, or SMS reminders, on household saving, spending, and the ability to cope with negative shocks in rural Niger. Take-up and usage of the lockbox were high, and while the lockbox intervention did not affect overall...
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Improving Learning Outcomes through the Government School System in India

James Berry
Esther Duflo
Shobhini Mukerji
Marc Shotland
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Land Leases to Semi-Nomadic Herders in Peri-Urban Areas of Mongolia

Erica Field
Leigh Linden
Daniel Rubenson
Shing-Yi Wang
Herders may change their herding practices to better sustain the land if they own rights to it, which could also translate into bigger and healthier animals, and more income for the herders. In this study, carried out near two cities in Mongolia, researchers evaluated the impact of private property...

Communal Sanitation Solutions for Urban Slums in Orissa, India

Sharon Barnhardt
Judy Chevalier
Mushfiq Mobarak
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Identity in Charitable Giving in the United States

Judd Kessler
Katherine Milkman
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Reducing School Violence and Harassment in France

Yann Algan
Nina Guyon
Elise Huillery
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Financial Training for Mineworkers in South Africa

Shawn Cole
Jeremy Shapiro
To test this, researchers evaluated the impact of a financial literacy workshop on miners’ financial understanding, behavior, and use of financial services.