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Understanding the Preferences and Productivity of Workers in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao
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Reminder Messaging and Peer Support for Debt Reduction in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Spanish-language Radio Advertisements and Latinx Voter Turnout in the 2006 Congressional Elections

Donald Green
Costas Panagopoulos
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Non-Coercive Mobilization in State-Controlled Elections in China

Donald Green
Mei Guan
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Informing Students about Degree Costs and Earnings to Improve Educational Choices in Chile

Justine Hastings
Christopher Neilson
Seth Zimmerman
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Behavioral Responses to a Social Security Information Intervention in the United States

Jeffrey Liebman
Erzo Luttmer
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Improving Tax Compliance through Behavioral Messages in Latvia

Julian Jamison
Nina Mazar
Iman Sen
In partnership with the Latvian tax authority, researchers tested several types of emails to investigate the effect of behaviorally-informed messages on tax compliance. Messages that aimed to deter bad behavior by highlighting taxpayers’ moral obligations towards action increased on-time tax...
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The Impact of Exposing Corrupt Politicians through Government Audits in Brazil

Eric Avis
Claudio Ferraz
Frederico Finan

Billions of dollars in government funds go missing each year due to corruption, but there is limited consensus on how best to tackle this global challenge. Researchers leveraged data from Brazil’s long-standing anticorruption program, which holds public lotteries to randomly select municipalities...