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in-home fireplace

Providing information on wood heating to decrease indoor air pollution in France

Coralie Chevallier
Elise Huillery
Mathieu Perona
Rita Abdel Sater

Informing Policy with Research in Brazil

Jonas Hjort
Diana Moreira
Gautam Rao
Juan Francisco Santini
Large group of women wearing headscarves seated on wooden mat

Empowering Female Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi
Lisa Cameron
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Simone Schaner
Young woman holding cash in DRC

A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel M. Heath
Eva Noble
Two men standing outdoors in front of a workshop in Uganda

The Impact of Disclosing Soft Skills Certificates at Recruitment on Labor Market Outcomes in Uganda

Vittorio Bassi
Aisha Nansamba
Three school girls stand with a chalkboard sign that reads "Education."

Providing Life Skills Training and Mentoring To Reduce School Dropout Among Girls in India

Eric Edmonds
Benjamin Feigenberg
Jessica Leight
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High school students in career mentoring program in France

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

Luc Behaghel
Vera Chiodi
Marc Gurgand
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...
Young man and older man look at drawings taped to wall

Faciliter l'accès des jeunes à l'apprentissage, France

Thomas Le Barbanchon
Bruno Crépon
Marc Gurgand
Roland Rathelot
Philippe Zamora

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

Sule Alan
Teodora Boneva
Seda Ertac
Researchers worked with public elementary schools in Istanbul to measure the effects of a “grit curriculum” on fourth-grade students’ perseverance, competitiveness, and test scores. Students who were exposed to the grit curriculum in 2013 earned higher scores on math exams, and the program also...
Youth entrepreneur working at shoe business in France

Formation à la gestion d'une petite entreprise et octroi de prêts aux futurs entrepreneurs des quartiers défavorisés en France (ADIE)

Bruno Crépon
Esther Duflo
Elise Huillery
William Parienté
Juliette Seban
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Groupements de créateurs : encourager la création d'entreprise chez les jeunes, en France

Yann Algan
Nila Ceci-Renaud
Bruno Crépon
Elise Huillery
William Parienté
Woman at job interview reading from paper across from two people in suits.

Impact of Recruiting Services on Firms' Job Postings and Hiring in France

Yann Algan
Bruno Crépon
Dylan Glover
Researchers in France studied whether government-provided recruiting services would impact firms’ job postings and hiring by lowering recruiting costs. The recruiting services decreased firms’ hiring costs and increased firms’ job postings and hiring, including much sought-after permanent-contract...
Kids in school

Médiation sociale pour la prévention de la violence et du harcèlement à l'école, en France

Yann Algan
Nina Guyon
Elise Huillery
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Letters of Recommendation for Youth Employment in the United States

Researchers are working with SYEP employers to create personalized letters of recommendation for SYEP participants to evaluate the impact of recommendation letters on participants’ educational and employment outcomes after the program.