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Parrainage des jeunes pour leur projet professionnel (Actenses), France

Les chercheurs ont examiné l'impact du programme de mentorat et d'orientation sur les résultats scolaires, les connaissances professionnelles et les objectifs de carrière de 2 500 élèves de 22 établissements écoles secondaires. Dans l'ensemble, le programme de mentorat a modifié les ambitions...

The Impact of Employment and Cash Transfers on Psychosocial Wellbeing in Bangladesh

Erin Kelley
Fatima Zahra
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of employment on refugee psychosocial well-being in Bangladesh. The study found that employment generated significant psychosocial value beyond that from cash transfers alone.

Fighting Procrastination among Loan Officers in Colombia

Ximena Cadena
Alexandra Cristea
Héber M. Delgado-Medrano
Daniel Paravisini

Leveraging Local Governments to Support Rice Mechanization in India

Steven Brownstone
Working with local government leaders and agricultural extension agents, the researcher is conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of promoting a mechanization technology. Uniquely, the researcher will closely track how employment shifts for women who formerly did the mechanized work.

Formal Rainfall Insurance for the Informally Insured in India

Mark Rosenzweig
Researchers evaluated how informal insurance within Indian sub-castes affects the demand for formal rainfall insurance, and subsequent risk-taking among households employed in agriculture. Informal insurance both increased and decreased the demand for formal rainfall insurance, depending on the...