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Increasing the Transparency of Environmental Regulation in India

Michael Greenstone
Rohini Pande
Nick Ryan
Anant Sudarshan
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When do Media Stations Support Political Accountability? A Field Experiment in Mexico

Horacio Larreguy
Christopher Lucas
John Marshall
Researchers are using a randomized evaluation in Mexico to study the incentives media stations face when choosing to provide voters with indicators of their incumbent party’s performance in office.

Improving Consumer Choices on Health Insurance Marketplaces in the United States

Keith Ericson
Jon Kingsdale
Timothy Layton
Adam Sacarny
Researchers studied the impact of providing personalized and generic information about potential savings via letters and e-mails on enrollee health plan choices.
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Nudging Good Politicians in the Philippines

Nico Ravanilla
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of an all-expense-paid three-day leadership training workshop on incentivizing honest and competent youth to run for a village youth council.
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Teacher Training and Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Curriculum Reform in Rwanda

Moussa Blimpo
Todd Pugatch
Working with the Rwandan Education Board, Educate!, and Akazi Kanoze Access, researchers are examining the impact of a program that trains teachers in Rwanda’s revised secondary school entrepreneurship curriculum on student academic, economic, and labor market outcomes.

Demand for Sanitation in Kenyan Urban Slums

Sebastian Galiani
Paul Gertler
Participants in the One Summer Chicago program received a summer job and an adult mentor

Scaling and Unpacking a Successful Summer Jobs Program

Marianne Bertrand
Sara Heller
Recent studies have found that summer youth employment programs appear to generate large declines in the rates of violent crime—a significant finding for urban policymakers seeking to create safer, more vibrant cities.
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Linking Weather Index Insurance and Credit to Improve Agricultural Productivity in Rural Ethiopia

Shukri Ahmed
Craig McIntosh
Alexandros Sarris
Researchers combined subsidized weather index insurance with input loans for fertilizer and modern seed use for smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia to investigate the impact of these products on demand for insurance and resulting shifts in agricultural technology use and crop yields. Results...