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The Impact of a School-Based Smoking Prevention Program in Indonesia

Justin White
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of a school-based program that used a non-monetary penalty and regular monitoring to prevent adolescent tobacco use. The program reduced the probability that adolescents smoked, with effects sustained three months after the program...
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Strengthening Village Courts in Rural Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Mushfiq Mobarak
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Voting "Because Others Will Ask" in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao

Discrimination Against Skilled Immigrants in the Canadian Labor Market

Philip Oreopoulos

Using Learning Camps to Improve Basic Learning Outcomes of Primary School Children in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Rukmini Banerji
James Berry
Esther Duflo
Harini Kannan
Shobhini Mukerji
Marc Shotland
Michael Walton
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The Effectiveness of Encouraging Voter Participation by Inducing Feelings of Pride or Shame

Alan Gerber
Donald Green
Christopher Larimer
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Default Effects and Follow-On Behavior: Evidence From An Electricity Pricing Program

Patrick Baylis
Peter Cappers
Meredith Fowlie
C. Anna Spurlock
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers partnered with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California to evaluate the effects of a variety of enrollment schemes in time-varying pricing plans on electricity consumption. Results show that households which were enrolled in time-varying pricing plans by default tended to...
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The Impact of a Simple Savings Device on Meeting Planned and Unplanned Expenses in Niger

Jenny Aker
Markus Goldstein
Margaret McConnell
Michael O'Sullivan
Melita Sawyer
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a savings lockbox, or SMS reminders, on household saving, spending, and the ability to cope with negative shocks in rural Niger. Take-up and usage of the lockbox were high, and while the lockbox intervention did not affect overall...