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The Impact of a School-Based Smoking Prevention Program in Indonesia

Justin White
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of a school-based program that used a non-monetary penalty and regular monitoring to prevent adolescent tobacco use. The program reduced the probability that adolescents smoked, with effects sustained three months after the program...
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Strengthening Village Courts in Rural Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Mushfiq Mobarak

Publicizing Tax Credits for Political Contributions in the United States

Robert G. Boatright
Donald Green
Michael J. Malbin
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The Effect of Discussion Group Composition on Policy Preferences in the United States

Cynthia Farrar
Donald Green
Jennifer E. Green
David W. Nickerson
Steven Shewfelt
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Voting "Because Others Will Ask" in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao

Discrimination Against Skilled Immigrants in the Canadian Labor Market

Philip Oreopoulos
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Formal Rainfall Insurance for the Informally Insured in India

Mushfiq Mobarak
Mark Rosenzweig
Researchers evaluated how informal insurance within Indian sub-castes affects the demand for formal rainfall insurance, and subsequent risk-taking among households employed in agriculture. Informal insurance both increased and decreased the demand for formal rainfall insurance, depending on the...

Using Learning Camps to Improve Basic Learning Outcomes of Primary School Children in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Rukmini Banerji
James Berry
Esther Duflo
Harini Kannan
Shobhini Mukerji
Marc Shotland
Michael Walton