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Limiting Learning Loss using Phone-based Programming during Covid-19 in Botswana

Noam Angrist
Peter Bergman
Caton Brewster
Moitshepi Matsheng
Working in Botswana, researchers rapidly evaluated a phone-based remote learning program aimed at keeping children engaged with math during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students who received weekly SMS messages and phone calls to review math exercises increased their math skills after twelve weeks, while...
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Moral Incentives to Increase Credit Card Repayment in Indonesia

Leonardo Bursztyn
Daniel Gottlieb
Martin Kanz
Researchers partnered with a large Indonesian Islamic bank to evaluate the impact of sending moral appeals in reminder text messages to late-paying credit card holders. Messages stating that non-repayment of debts by someone who is able to repay is an injustice increased the number of clients...
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Cash and In-kind Transfers to Increase Profits of Microenterprises in Ghana

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Reading for Life and Adolescent Re-Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program

Giuliana Carozza Cipollone
William (Bill) Evans
Luke Horvath
Amy Jobst
A. D. Seroczynski
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Offering Rainfall Insurance to informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia

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Evaluating the Impact of Housing and Neighborhood Conditions on Child Outcomes in the United States

Brian Jacob
Max Kapustin
Jens Ludwig
Douglas L. Miller

Combating Vote-Selling in the Philippines

Allen Hicken
Stephen Leider
Nico Ravanilla
Dean Yang
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The Indirect Effects of a Campaign Against Electoral Violence in Nigeria

Marcel Fafchamps
Pedro Vicente
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Nigeria to determine whether a campaign against electoral violence could spread through social networks to affect the perceptions and behaviors not only of the individuals targeted by the campaign but also others to whom they have social ties. The...