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Information, Preferences and Public Benefit Participation: Experimental Evidence from the Advance EITC and 401(k) Savings

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Summer Jobs Reduce Violence Among Youth Facing Barriers to Opportunity in the United States

Marianne Bertrand
Jonathan Davis
Sara Heller
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The Impact of Cash Transfers on Early Childhood Health and Cognitive Development in Nicaragua

Karen Macours
Norbert Schady
Renos Vakis
In Nicaragua, researchers examined the impact of a national conditional cash transfer (CCT) program on early childhood health and development. They found that the program caused substantial and lasting improvements in child health and development outcomes. However, it seems that program components...
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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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Offering Rainfall Insurance to informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia

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SNAP Take-Up Evaluation

Amy Finkelstein
Matthew Notowidigdo
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Behavioral Responses to a Social Security Information Intervention in the United States

Jeffrey Liebman
Erzo Luttmer
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The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers in Mexico

Jesse Cunha
Giacomo De Giorgi
Seema Jayachandran