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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...

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
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Offering Rainfall Insurance to informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia

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Evaluating the Impact of Housing and Neighborhood Conditions on Child Outcomes in the United States

Brian Jacob
Max Kapustin
Jens Ludwig
Douglas L. Miller
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Graduating the Ultra-Poor in Egypt

Ragui Assaad
Adam Osman
William Pariente
Christine Valente
Following a series of evaluations of the Graduation approach in 15 other countries, researchers are now evaluating the impact of the Graduation approach on the livelihoods of the ultra-poor in Upper Egypt.
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Training and Capital for Microentrepreneurs in Chile

Claudia Martinez
Esteban Puentes
Jaime Ruiz-Tagle
Researchers partnered with the Chilean Ministry of Social Development to evaluate a micro-entrepreneur training and cash transfer program in Chile. They examined the effects of business training and cash transfers on individual employment and income. The program increased total employment, income...