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Improving Job Matching Among Youth in Iraq

So Yoon Ahn
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Benjamin Feigenberg
Researchers evaluated the whether providing objective information helps jobseekers target better-suited jobs.
Group of children in headscarves wait on stairs outside Moroccan school

Cash Transfers for Education in Morocco

Najy Benhassine
Florencia Devoto
Esther Duflo
Pascaline Dupas
Victor Pouliquen
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation of a cash transfer program in Morocco to estimate the impact on attendance and enrollment of a “labeled cash transfer” (LCT): a small cash transfer made to parents of school-aged children in poor rural communities, not conditional on school attendance...
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 Carpenter in Egypt

The Impact of Stigma on Labor Market Assistance Take-Up in Egypt

Adam Osman
Jamin D. Speer
Researchers studied the impact of acknowledging and refuting stigma on take-up of labor market assistance programs. The results of three randomized evaluations indicated that mentioning stigma, even with the aim of dispelling it, generally reduced take-up of these programs.
Training session for migrant workers in Qatar.

Financial Education for Indian Migrant Workers in Qatar

Ganesh Seshan
Dean Yang
Researchers examined the impact of receiving an invitation to a savings-focused financial literacy workshop on the financial decisions of Indian migrant workers in Qatar and their wives in India. A one-time financial literacy workshop in Qatar increased migrant workers’ joint financial decision...

Evaluating the Effects of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt

Ghada Barsoum
Bruno Crépon
Paul Dyer
Drew Gardiner
Marwa Moaz
William Pariente
Fostering youth entrepreneurship could help decrease youth unemployment. However, entrepreneurs face a number of barriers to launching and expanding their businesses. Researchers introduced a youth entrepreneurship reality TV show to evaluate the effects of a television show and entrepreneurial...
a father and two young boys sit in a living room

Subsidized Housing to Change the Economic Outcomes and Social Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Samuel Leone
Edward Miguel
Sandra Rozo
Emma Smith
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation of a subsidized housing assistance program for refugees in Jordan to assess its impact on their economic outcomes, psychological well-being, long-term migration decisions, and social integration into their host community.
soccer players posing for a group picture

Inter-religious Soccer Leagues to Promote Social Cohesion in Post-ISIS Iraq

Salma Mousa
Researchers evaluated the impact of mixed Christian-Muslim soccer teams on social cohesion and interactions between these groups in an ISIS-affected area of Iraq. Christians who played on mixed teams demonstrated a higher likelihood of engaging with Muslim teammates after the league ended, but the...