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Motivating Bureaucrats through Performance Recognition in Nigeria

Varun Gauri
Julian Jamison
Nina Mazar
Owen Ozier
Karima Salem
Researchers introduced a performance recognition system for employees to improve record keeping in clinics in Ekiti and Niger, Nigeria. They found that the performance recognition improved record keeping in Ekiti but not in Niger. Researchers suggested that important institutional, managerial and...
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Measuring the Critical Window for Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Development in Nicaragua

Tania Barham
Karen Macours
John A. Maluccio

Adoption of Commitment Savings Accounts Among Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Emily Breza
Martin Kanz
Leora Klapper
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The Lightbulb Paradox: Consumer Behavior and Public Policy in the U.S. Electricity Market

Hunt Allcott
Dmitry Taubinsky
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The Impact of Energy Efficiency Messaging on Audit Takeup and Investment in Wisconsin

Hunt Allcott
Michael Greenstone

The Impact of Early Childhood Education on Child Development in Karnataka, India

Joshua Dean
Seema Jayachandran
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Distributing Pollution Rights in Cap-and-Trade Programs in the United States

Meredith Fowlie
Jeffrey Perloff
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Radio Public Service Announcements and Voter Participation Among Native Americans in the United States

Donald Green
Eline A de Rooij

Can media campaigns increase voter turnout among those underrepresented in the electorate? Researchers randomly assigned areas covered by Native American radio programming to either receive or not receive targeted radio messaging encouraging listeners to vote in the 2008 and 2010 US elections. The...