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Rapid Re-Housing to Reduce Homelessness in the United States

David Phillips
James Sullivan
Researchers are evaluating the impact of rapid re-housing on homelessness and health outcomes for single adult individuals.
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The Impact of a Pension Program on Senior Citizen's Wellbeing in Paraguay

Paul Gertler
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Exposure to Violence and Citizens' Willingness to Tolerate Government Corruption in Mexico

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Improving the Transparency and Delivery of a Subsidized Rice Program in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Jordan Kyle Cohen
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Sudarno Sumarto
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The Impact of Exposure to Discordant Media on Political Polarization in Turkey

Ahmet Akbiyik
Jeremy Bowles
Horacio Larreguy
Shelley Liu
Researchers evaluated the impact of exposure to and incentives to consume discordant media on political attitudes and behaviors in Turkey. Participants changed their media consumption habits, trusted discordant media sources more, and had less polarized attitudes towards the government, but did not...
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Promoting Social Inclusion of the Extreme Poor in Colombia

Laura Abramovsky
Orazio Attanasio
Kai Barron
Pedro Carneiro
George Stoye
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Improving Targeting of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas
Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Ririn Purnamasari
Matthew Wai-Poi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation with the Indonesian government that compared self-targeting to automatic screening in the context of a conditional cash transfer program. Requiring households to apply for a cash transfer program in Indonesia discouraged rich households from seeking out...

Applying Behavioral Insights to Improve Tax Enforcement in Poland

Julian Jamison
Nina Mazar
Roberto Claudio Sormani
In partnership with the Polish Tax Office, researchers conducted a nation-wide randomized evaluation to test the impact of sending tax enforcement letters with behavioral messages on tax compliance among delinquent taxpayers. The results indicate that behavioral letters significantly improved tax...