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Cash & Stash: Encouraging Saving at a Check Casher in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman

Text message reminders decreased failure to appear in court in New York City

Brice Cooke
Binta Zahra Diop
Alissa Fishbane
Jonathan Hayes
Aurélie Ouss
Anuj Shah
Researchers partnered with policymakers in New York City to evaluate the impacts of a redesigned court summons form and text message reminders on failure to appear (FTA) in court. A randomized evaluation found that text message reminders were able to reduce FTA by up to 26 percent, translating to 3...

J-PAL Behavioral Science and Crime Funding Opportunity

We're supporting randomized evaluations of projects that employ a strategy related to behavioral science and aim to reduce crime and violence. Learn more and submit a letter of interest here.

Tutorías a Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en Puebla, México

Miriam Bruhn
Dean Karlan
Antoinette Schoar
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The Role of Conditional Cash Transfers in Mitigating Income Shocks in Mexico

Frederico Finan
Alain de Janvry
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Renos Vakis
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Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients in the United States

Raj Chetty
Emmanuel Saez
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The Lightbulb Paradox: Consumer Behavior and Public Policy in the U.S. Electricity Market

Hunt Allcott
Dmitry Taubinsky

Graduating Low-Income Households in Honduras

To test this theory, researchers in six countries evaluated a multi-faceted approach aimed at improving long term income of low-income households. They found that the approach had long-lasting economic and self-employment impacts and that the long-run benefits, measured in terms of household...