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

Eric Edmonds
Benjamin Feigenberg
Jessica Leight
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Combining In-School and Out-of-School Programs to Improve Learning in India

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of the combination of an in-school learning program with an out-of-school learning program on primary school math and reading levels. The combination of the two programs led to a significant increase in children's test scores in both...
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Sequencing Two Early Childhood Interventions Back-to-back in India

Orazio Attanasio
Britta Augsburg
Jere Behrman
Sally Grantham-McGregor
Pamela Jervis
Costas Meghir
Angus Phimister
Marta Rubio-Codina
Exposure to poverty very early in life can harm individuals’ cognitive development. Interventions that promote early-life stimulation can counteract these deficits and lay a foundation for success throughout life. Researchers are evaluating the impact of immediately following up an early childhood...
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The Impact of Free Tuition Program Design on College Applications and Enrollment in the United States

Elizabeth Burland
Susan Dynarski
Katherine Michelmore
Stephanie Owen
Shwetha Raghuraman
Researchers investigated how two different free tuition programs for low-income students affected application and enrollment to the University of Michigan. An unconditional offer substantially increased application and enrollment while a conditional offer had a much smaller effect on applications...
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Enhancing Local Public Service Delivery through Financial Reform of India's Employment Guarantee

Abhijit Banerjee
Esther Duflo
Clement Imbert
Santhosh Mathew
Rohini Pande
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security

Kathleen Beegle
Emanuela Galasso
Jessica Goldberg
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Cash Transfers During a Pandemic: Evidence from a Kenyan Slum

Wyatt Brooks
Kevin Donovan
Terence R. Johnson
Jackline Oluoch-Aridi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing cash transfers to female entrepreneurs during the pandemic on their business outcomes and behavior. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increased for business owners that received the cash transfer...
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Providing Post-Training Assistance to Young Jobseekers to Improve Employment Outcomes in India

Gaurav Chiplunkar
Jeremy Magruder
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing additional information and resources to those who have completed skills training programs on employment outcomes.
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Randomized Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in South Carolina

Researchers are evaluating the impact of an intensive nurse home visiting program for low-income mothers on pregnancy and birth outcomes, child health and development, and future life-courses for the family. The program had no effect on adverse birth outcomes or prenatal outcomes such as health care...