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De-biasing Over-Optimism about Covid-19 Risks to Limit Vulnerable Individuals’ Risky Behavior in India

Seema Jayachandran
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Ariel Zucker
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Encouraging Interregional Contact to Foster National Identity in Spain

Manuel Bagues
Christopher Roth

The Impact of Job Networks on Women’s Recruitment in Malawi

Jeremy Magruder
Lori Beaman
Niall Keleher
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Scripted Teacher Lessons on Student Learning in Chile

Costas Meghir
Ana Reynoso
Marina Bassi
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The Impact of Social Program Targeting Strategies on Reported and Actual Asset Ownership in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Benjamin A. Olken
Sudarno Sumarto
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The Impact of a Gender-Transformative Participatory Intervention on Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors in Ethiopia

Vandana Sharma
Jessica Leight
Fabio Verani
Samuel Tewolde
Negussie Deyesa
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Teaching Students Perspective-taking to Mitigate Social Exclusion of Refugee Children in Turkey

Sule Alan
Ceren Baysan
Mert Gumren
Elif Kubilay
Researchers partnered with the Ministry of Education in Turkey to conduct a randomized evaluation of Understanding Each Other, a program which aims to foster social cohesion through perspective-taking activities that encourage students to consider others’ perspectives. They found that the program...

Teaching Patience in Classrooms for Improved Student Decision-making and Behavior in Turkey

Sule Alan
Seda Ertac
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Ever Failed, Try Again, Succeed Better: Results from a Randomized Educational Intervention on Grit in Turkey

Sule Alan
Teodora Boneva
Seda Ertac

How Malleable are Non-Cognitive Skills? Measuring the Impact of Increasing Grit in Turkey

Sule Alan
Teodora Boneva
Seda Ertac