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Providing information on wood heating to decrease indoor air pollution in France

Coralie Chevallier
Elise Huillery
Mathieu Perona
Rita Abdel Sater

Informing Policy with Research in Brazil

Jonas Hjort
Diana Moreira
Gautam Rao
Juan Francisco Santini
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Empowering Female Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi
Lisa Cameron
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Simone Schaner
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A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel M. Heath
Eva Noble
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The Impact of Disclosing Soft Skills Certificates at Recruitment on Labor Market Outcomes in Uganda

Vittorio Bassi
Aisha Nansamba
Three school girls stand with a chalkboard sign that reads "Education."

Providing Life Skills Training and Mentoring To Reduce School Dropout Among Girls in India

Eric Edmonds
Benjamin Feigenberg
Jessica Leight
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The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India

Esther Duflo
Michael Greenstone
Rohini Pande
Nick Ryan

The Effect of Election Day Festivals on Voter Turnout in the United States

Elizabeth Addonizio
James Glaser
Donald Green

Socio-Emotional Learning for At-Risk Students in Urban Schools in Lima

Paul Gertler
Ines Kudo
A Rohingya woman sits with her two children in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Psychosocial Support to Improve Mental Health and Child Development Among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Asad Islam
Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder
Tabassum Rahman
Tanvir Shatil
Abu Siddique
Researchers evaluated the impact of a psychosocial support program on mental health and child development among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Results showed that the support program improved the mental health of mothers and children and led to improvements in early childhood development.
Participants in the One Summer Chicago program received a summer job and an adult mentor

Scaling and Unpacking a Successful Summer Jobs Program

Marianne Bertrand
Sara Heller
Recent studies have found that summer youth employment programs appear to generate large declines in the rates of violent crime—a significant finding for urban policymakers seeking to create safer, more vibrant cities.
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Accountability and Transparency in the Mining Sector of Peru

Renard Sexton
Researchers evaluated an accountability workshop program, which educated citizens on the distribution of extractive industry tax revenues and the formal means of local political participation. The program had mixed results on local government quality, increasing the likelihood of initiating recall...
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The Effect of Increased Autonomy vs. Performance Pay on Procurement Officers Performance in Pakistan

Oriana Bandiera
Michael Best
Adnan Khan
Andrea Prat
Researchers partnered with several agencies of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, to evaluate the impact of giving procurement officers more autonomy, compared to financial rewards, on public procurement performance. Shifting authority away from supervisors and towards procurement officers improved...
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Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Voting in Honduras

Elizabeth Linos
In this randomized evaluation in Honduras, researchers assessed how the national Programa de Asignación Familiar (Family Allowance Program) CCT program, which provided a combination of transfers to households and transfers to support public goods, influenced voting in local and national elections...