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Executives practice meditation during work.

Information, Preferences and Public Benefit Participation: Experimental Evidence from the Advance EITC and 401(k) Savings

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Providing Vision Screening and Free Eyeglasses in Elementary Schools in the United States

Paul Glewwe
Jongwook Lee
Kristine West
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Legal Assistance for Unemployment Benefit Claims in the United States

James Greiner
Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak
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Summer Jobs Reduce Violence Among Youth Facing Barriers to Opportunity in the United States

Marianne Bertrand
Jonathan Davis
Sara Heller
Internal Revenue Service building in the United States

Improving Take-Up of Tax Benefits in the United States

Saurabh Bhargava
Dayanand Manoli

In the United States, many people who are eligible for social and economic benefits do not claim those benefits. Researchers partnered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to test the effectiveness of different messages to taxpayers designed to encourage them to claim certain tax benefits.

Nerica rice

Improving Yields and Health through a High-Yielding Rice Variety (NERICA) in Sierra Leone

Scaling Up Male Circumcision Programs: Demand Responses to Prices and Information

Jobiba Chinkhumba
Susan Godlonton
Rebecca Thornton
An evaluation of a voucher program in urban Malawi found that providing information and reducing the price of circumcision only slightly increased take-up.
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Real-Time Pricing to Reduce Electricity Use in the United States