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Promoting Non-Cognitive Skills Through a Science and Technology Program in Chile

Paula Bedregal
Dante Contreras
Francisco Gallego
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The Effects of Misperceptions of Social Norms on Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia

Leonardo Bursztyn
Alessandra González
David Yanagizawa-Drott
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The Impact of Counseling and Monitoring on Unemployment in the Netherlands

Gerard van den Berg
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Gazelles in Ghana: Identifying high-growth firms through panel judges or survey instruments

Marcel Fafchamps
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers conducted a business plan competition to test whether panel judges or questionnaires answered by firm owners could more accurately identify the fastest growing firms in Ghana. Both survey assessments and judging of business plans through panels selected firms with the potential for...

Women’s Take-Up of Credit Versus Commitment Savings Products in Rural Pakistan

Uzma Afzal
Giovanna d'Adda
Marcel Fafchamps
Simon Quinn
Farah Said
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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 Impact of Role Models on Parental Aspirations and Investments in Children’s Education in Ethiopia

Tanguy Bernard
Stefan Dercon
Kate Orkin
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether exposing people to a documentary featuring potential role models impacted parents’ educational aspirations for their children or their actual investments in education, and if these impacts varied by gender. Exposing families to the...
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The impact of an online entrepreneurial mindset training for youth in Ecuador

Igor Asanov
Guido Buenstorf
Bruno Crépon
Diego d'Andria
Francisco Flores
David McKenzie
Mona Mensmann
Mathis Schulte
Thomas Åstebro
Recent studies have shown that a psychology-based entrepreneurial mindset training can have promising effects on business outcomes. In Ecuador, researchers are evaluating whether these skills can be taught at scale and online by testing the effects of an entrepreneurial mindset training program on...