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What Generates Growth in Microenterprises? Evidence from Sri Lanka

David McKenzie
Suresh de Mel
Christopher Woodruff
To study the employment limitation of microenterprises, researchers offered microentrepreneurs capital to incentivize them to hire workers. Results showed that a wage subsidy did not lead to lasting increases in employment sales or profits.
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Pay for Performance Incentives for Healthcare Workers and Their Supervisors in Sierra Leone

Working with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, researchers evaluated the impact of incentivizing community health workers (CHWs), their supervisors, or both on health care provision. Sharing the incentive between CHWs and their supervisors resulted in more health care visits...
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Foreign multinational enforcement of local workplace safety laws in Bangladesh

Laura Boudreau
A researcher partnered with the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a consortium formed by US multinational companies, to evaluate the impact of privately enforcing local labor laws on garment factories in Bangladesh. Enforcing the legally-required creation and operation of workplace safety...
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The Impact of Energy Efficiency Messaging on Audit Takeup and Investment in Wisconsin

Hunt Allcott
Michael Greenstone
Researchers examined the informational, behavioral, and monetary drivers behind takeup of residential energy efficiency audits and subsequent investments in Wisconsin. While receipt of promotional letters and subsidies did induce higher rates of audit participation, overall takeup and investment in...
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The Impact of Subsidies on the Demand for Electrification in Rural Kenya

Kenneth Lee
Edward Miguel
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of offering subsidies to connect to the power grid on the demand for rural electrification in Kenya. The study finds that demand falls rapidly as connection price increases, and that supply costs are very high.
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The Impact of an Emissions Trading Scheme on Economic Growth and Air Quality in India

Michael Greenstone
Rohini Pande
Nick Ryan
Anant Sudarshan
In India, researchers evaluated the impact of the first emissions trading scheme for particulate matter on air quality, industry compliance costs, and industry profits. Compliance with the market was high, and participating firms substantially reduced their particulate matter emissions without large...
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Improving Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh to Promote Clean Air and Better Health

Shoeb Ahmed
Debashish Biswas
Nina Brooks
Stephen Luby
Aprajit Mahajan
Moogdho Mahzab
Sameer Maithel
Grant Miller
Mahbubur Rahman
M. Rofi Uddin
Researchers evaluated the impact of trainings for brick kiln owners and operators on air pollution, CO2 emissions, and kiln profitability.
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Using Peer Pressure to Encourage Handwashing in Argentina

Researchers examined the impact of peer pressure on handwashing behavior by varying whether men using a restroom in Buenos Aires, Argentina were observed by another restroom user. They found that being observed increased urinal flushing by 26.7 percent and handwashing by 19 percent, suggesting that...