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Youth at the Bavarian State Opera House in Munich, Germany.

Charitable Giving by Corporations and Aristocrats in Germany

Vittorio Bassi
Steffen Huck
Imran Rasul
Researchers partnered with the Bavarian State Opera House to conduct a randomized evaluation to test the impact of different fundraising methods on the giving behavior of aristocrats and corporations. They found that aristocrats were more responsive than other donor types but corporations gave the...
A woman uses her credit card to make a purchase.

The Demand for Status Goods in Indonesia

Leonardo Bursztyn
Bruno Ferman
Stefano Fiorin
Martin Kanz
Gautam Rao
Working with a large bank in Indonesia that markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers, researchers designed a series of randomized evaluations to understand the demand for status goods. Overall, researchers found that a substantial part of the demand for the platinum card is explained...
Bank of Jordan

Increasing Financial Inclusion among Religious Individuals in Jordan

Dean Karlan
Adam Osman
Nour Shammout
Researchers partnered with Tamweelcom, a microcredit institution in Jordan, to estimate the demand for loans that comply with Islamic law (sharia-compliant loans). Sharia-compliant loans increased the demand for microcredit, and religious individuals were willing to pay more for this product.
Three lockboxes stacked on the ground.

The Impact of a Simple Savings Device on Meeting Planned and Unplanned Expenses in Niger

Jenny Aker
Markus Goldstein
Margaret McConnell
Michael O'Sullivan
Melita Sawyer
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a savings lockbox, or SMS reminders, on household saving, spending, and the ability to cope with negative shocks in rural Niger. Take-up and usage of the lockbox were high, and while the lockbox intervention did not affect overall...
Employees working at a factory in Bangladesh

Adoption of Commitment Savings Accounts Among Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Emily Breza
Martin Kanz
Leora Klapper
Researchers are evaluating the demand for a commitment savings product among garment workers and evaluating whether employer influence and expected feedback to employers impacts sign-up decisions.
A woman withdraws cash from an ATM

Incentivizing Savings through Default Deposits and SMS Reminders

Abhijit Banerjee
Claudia Martinez
Esteban Puentes
Researchers are evaluating the impact of default deposits, SMS reminders to save, and short financial training for bank clients in low-income urban areas in Chile on saving and spending decisions.
Yapi Kredi in Istanbul

Reducing Bank Overdraft Usage through Price Discounts and SMS Reminders in Turkey

Sule Alan
Mehmet Cemalcilar
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers evaluated the impact of informational reminders and price discounts on bank clients’ overdraft usage in Turkey. While messages on the availability of overdraft protection services increased usage, messages promoting an overdraft discount actually reduced overdraft usage, potentially...
Two Salvadoran women prepare pupusas.

Returns to Information and Temporary Discounts on Remittances for Guatemalan and Salvadoran Migrants in Washington DC

Kate Ambler
Diego Aycinena
Dean Yang
Researchers evaluated two programs to explore factors that may influence the amount of remittances people send: a temporary discount on the transaction fee and the provision of information about the returns to education in their home country. While the information about education did not change...