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Graduating Microenterprises to Larger Loans in Egypt

Gharad Bryan
Nader Kabbani
Dean Karlan
Adam Osman
Previous research found that microcredit does not substantially improve borrowers’ income or social well-being, but less evidence exists on the impact of larger loans.
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Belief Formation of Risks of Arsenic in Bangladesh

Lori Bennear
Alexander van Geen
Alexander Pfaff
H. B. Soumya
Alessandro Tarozzi

Reducing Voter Registration Costs in France

Celine Braconnier
Jean-Yves Dormagen
Vincent Pons
Researchers evaluated the impact of making voter registration easier on voter participation by providing information about voter registration and home registration visits. Overall, the results suggest that information and visits can encourage greater participation, particularly among groups that...
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Information, Preferences and Public Benefit Participation: Experimental Evidence from the Advance EITC and 401(k) Savings

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Providing Vision Screening and Free Eyeglasses in Elementary Schools in the United States

Paul Glewwe
Jongwook Lee
Kristine West
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Legal Assistance for Unemployment Benefit Claims in the United States

James Greiner
Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak
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Summer Jobs Reduce Violence Among Youth Facing Barriers to Opportunity in the United States

Marianne Bertrand
Jonathan Davis
Sara Heller
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Improving Take-Up of Tax Benefits in the United States

Saurabh Bhargava
Dayanand Manoli

In the United States, many people who are eligible for social and economic benefits do not claim those benefits. Researchers partnered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to test the effectiveness of different messages to taxpayers designed to encourage them to claim certain tax benefits.