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Recreational Tutoring to Fight Early-Age School Difficulties in France (APFEE)

Dominique Goux
Marc Gurgand
Eric Maurin
Can an intensive tutoring program for struggling grade 1 students in France improve their academic performance?
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Alcohol and Self-Control: A Field Experiment in India

Frank Schilbach
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The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Edward Miguel
This study in Kenya found that cost-sharing and health education were not effective alternatives to a total subsidy of deworming drugs.

Increasing Savings and Reducing Credit Card Reliance among Low-Income U.S. Households

Dean Karlan
Eldar Shafir
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to investigate the demand for commitment savings products or financial counseling, and the impacts these products and services have on savings, among a sample of low- and moderate-income credit union members in New York City.

Marketing Effects in a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa (Pricing the Effect of Psychological "Features")

Marianne Bertrand
Dean Karlan
Sendhil Mullainathan
Eldar Shafir
Jonathan Zinman
Working closely with a highly profitable consumer lender in South Africa, researchers sought to determine the effects of advertising content, price, and offer deadlines on loan take up. They found the marketing had significant effects on loan take up, but not on loan amount or default rates. Clients...
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Evaluating the Saving for Change Program in Mali

Lori Beaman
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Morduch
Bram Thuysbaert
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Menstruation and Education in Nepal

Emily Oster
Rebecca Thornton
Researchers introduced a convenient and hygienic sanitary product, reusable menstrual cups, to Nepalese girls in the seventh and eighth grades. Their evaluation addressed several questions: Is menstruation as large a barrier to education as many believe? Does switching to modern sanitary products...
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Interest Rates, Loan Maturity and Demand for Microfinance Loans in South Africa

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers tested the assumption of price inelastic demand using a randomized evaluation in South Africa. The results suggest that the demand curves were downward sloping, and steeper for price increases relative to the lender’s standard rates. Researchers also found that loan size was far more...