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The Impact of Wages on Labor Supply in Rural Malawi

Jessica Goldberg
Researchers partnered with a local organization in Malawi to randomly vary the wages offered in a rural cash-for-work program, and evaluate the impact of wages on participants’ willingness to work. They found that nearly three-quarters of participants were willing to perform agricultural work even...
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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...

Vocational Training for Improved Employability and Job Expectations in the Dominican Republic

Unconditional Cash Transfers to Increase General Welfare and Local Public Finance in Kenya

Dennis Egger
Johannes Haushofer
Edward Miguel
Paul Niehaus
Michael Walker

The Impact of Gender-Targeted Cash Transfers in North Macedonia

Ingvild Almas
Alex Armand
Orazio Attanasio
Pedro Carneiro
Valerie Lechene

Comparing Cash and Mobile Transfers in Niger

Jenny Aker
Rachid Boumnijel
Amanda McClelland
Niall Tierney
Market stall in Accra, Ghana

Cash and In-kind Transfers to Increase Profits of Microenterprises in Ghana

Local Mentorship and Business Training to Increase Profits among Microenterprises in Kenya

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of two different types of business training—formal business classes and mentorship from a successful entrepreneur in the same industry—on female entrepreneurs’ profits and use of new business practices in Kenya. They found that...