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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training for Women in Uganda

Greg Fischer
Dean Karlan
Meredith Startz
In Uganda, researchers evaluated the effect of standardized business skills training on business performance as compared to more personalized mentoring services.
A factory worker poses in Kenya.

Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns in Kenya

Joan Hamory
Michael Kremer
Isaac Mbiti
Edward Miguel
What are the impacts of vocational education on labor markets, migration patterns, and health and fertility outcomes in Kenya?
A woman sells fruit to another woman at a market stand while both are wearing face masks over their mouth and nose.

Cash Transfers During a Pandemic: Evidence from a Kenyan Slum

Wyatt Brooks
Kevin Donovan
Terence Johnson
Jackline Oluoch-Aridi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing cash transfers to female entrepreneurs during the pandemic on their business outcomes and behavior. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increased for business owners that received the cash transfer...
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The Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries

Alexander Gelber
Adam Isen
Judd Kessler
Numerous summer jobs programs in the United States seek to support the employment of young people facing barriers to employment and opportunity. Researchers studied the impact of the New York City Summer Youth Employment Program (which used a lottery to determine participation) on youth earnings...
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The Role of Financial Incentives in Recruiting Public Sector Employees

Ernesto Dal Bó
Frederico Finan
Martin A. Rossi
The ability and integrity of civil servants can have important consequences for the lives of the poor. Researchers analyzed the impact of financial incentives and characteristics of the work environment on attracting qualified applicants to Mexico’s public sector. Offering higher wages attracted...
Women working in Pakistan

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

Uzma Afzal
Giovanna d'Adda
Marcel Fafchamps
Simon Quinn
Farah Said
Saving money and borrowing money are often thought of as two very different financial behaviors. However, in many low- and middle-income countries people may use these products for the same reasons. The National Rural Support Programme in Pakistan and researchers randomly offered female microfinance...
A group of female plumbers enter a school to fix a water tank in Jordan.

Job Search Assistance for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Stefano Caria
Grant Gordon
Maximilian Kasy
Simon Quinn
Soha Shami
Alex Teytelboym
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation that introduced an adaptive targeted treatment assignment methodology to measure the impact of providing different types of job search assistance on job search rates and labor outcomes for Syrian refugees and local jobseekers in Jordan. While none of the...
Young people in a class in South Africa

The Impact of a Job Search Planning Intervention on Job Search Efficiency and Employment Among Youth in South Africa

Martin Abel
Rulof Burger
Eliana Carranza
Patrizio Piraino
Researchers tested the impact of a job search planning intervention on job search efficiency and employment among unemployed youth in South Africa. The planning intervention improved participants’ job search intensity and efficiency, leading to higher rates of employment.