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Teenage school girls participate in an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Kenya.

HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya

Pascaline Dupas
To test the impact of information on teenagers’ sexual decisions, a “Relative Risk Information Campaign” was conducted in 71 schools to give students information about the distribution of HIV infection rates by age and gender groups and discuss the role of cross-generational sex in the spread of HIV...
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Attracting Talented Workers by Reducing Application Costs in Ethiopia

Girum Abebe
Stefano Caria
Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
Researchers partnered with an employer in Addis Ababa to assess the impact of a small monetary incentive to apply for a job or a higher wage offer on the quality of applicants to a vacancy for a clerical position. Both of these changes increased the quality of applicants by similar amounts.

The Role of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations for Tax Compliance in Germany

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Offering Cash and In-Kind Transfers to Grow and Sustain Microenterprises in Sri Lanka

David McKenzie
Suresh de Mel
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers provided small one-time grants to microenterprises in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the additional capital on business profits two and five years later. They found that cash and in-kind grants increased business profits for male owners in the short and long term, but did not lead to...
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School-based Social and Emotional Learning on Student Behavior and Learning Outcomes in Chile

Clement de Chaisemartin
Researchers evaluated the impact of Chile’s national Skills For Life (SFL) program for disruptive students on their behavior and academic outcomes. Researchers found that the SFL program did not impact eligible students’ learning outcomes.
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Effects of Replicating Charter Schools in Boston, Massachusetts

Sarah Cohodes
Elizabeth Setren
Christopher Walters
Researchers studied a policy reform in Boston, Massachusetts, that allowed effective charter schools to replicate their school models at new locations. Results showed that charter schools reproduced their effectiveness at new campuses by following similar sets of standardized protocols...
A young man shows work to a young woman looking over his shoulder, both smiling, in a room with graphs and professional presentation materials.

School's Out: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Impact Academic Outcomes (in Boston)

Researchers evaluated the impact of Boston’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which uses a lottery to provide youth with part-time work and skills training during the summer, on students’ educational outcomes. The program significantly increased high school graduation rates among participating...
Woman working in a Bangladeshi garment factory.

Demand for Manufacturing Training Services in Bangladesh

Rocco Macchiavello
Atonu Rabbani
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers are partnering with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to identify barriers to a wider market for consulting and training in Bangladesh by offering high-quality manufacturing training services at randomly-assigned price points and covering different topics. They find...