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Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout in the United States

Roseanna Ander
Philip J. Cook
Kenneth Dodge
George Farkas
Jonathan Guryan
Sara Heller
Jens Ludwig
Susan Mayer
Sendhil Mullainathan
Harold Pollack
Anuj Shah
Laurence Steinberg
In the United States, researchers evaluated the impact of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed to teach high-risk male students in secondary schools to regulate harmful, automatic behaviors. Results demonstrated that the program led to a significant drop in arrests per student...
Students gather around their teacher in Ghana.

School-Based Financial Education for Improved Financial Decision-Making and Academic Performance among Youth in Ghana

James Berry
Dean Karlan
Menno Pradhan
In southern and eastern Ghana, researchers evaluated two youth financial literacy programs to test their impact on savings, labor, academic performance, and financial decision-making. One program integrated financial and social education, while the second only offered financial education. Both...
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The Effects of Kindergarten Classroom on Earnings in the United States

Raj Chetty
John Friedman
Nathaniel Hilger
Emmanuel Saez
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Danny Yagan
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The Impact of Loans on the Survival and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia

Paul Gertler
Sean Higgins
Ana Maria Montoya
Eric Parrado
Raimundo Undurraga
In Colombia, researchers are evaluating the economic impact of providing stimulus loans to SMEs, distributed via the government’s COVID-19 relief program (“Unidos por Colombia”), on SME survival, profits, and employment.
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Cash & Stash: Encouraging Saving at a Check Casher in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Learning the Value of Education in the Dominican Republic

James Berry
Lucas Coffman
Ryan Cooper
Daniel Morales
Christopher Neilson
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Incentives to Save in Ghana

Gharad Bryan
Margaret McConnell
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High-Quality Schools and Achievement Among the Poor in the United States

Will Dobbie
Roland Fryer