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Improving Targeting of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas
Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Ririn Purnamasari
Matthew Wai-Poi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation with the Indonesian government that compared self-targeting to automatic screening in the context of a conditional cash transfer program. Requiring households to apply for a cash transfer program in Indonesia discouraged rich households from seeking out...

Evaluating the Effects of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt

Ghada Barsoum
Bruno Crépon
Paul Dyer
Drew Gardiner
Marwa Moaz
William Pariente
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Energy Conservation through Text Messages and Price Increases in Japan

Takanori Ida
Koichiro Ito
Makoto Tanaka
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The Effectiveness of Financial Disclosure in the United Kingdom

Paul D. Adams
Stefan Hunt
Christopher Palmer
Redis Zaliauskas
Researchers partnered with financial providers in the United Kingdom to evaluate the effectiveness of various disclosure designs aimed at supporting consumers’ financial decisions across savings products. Although most disclosures increased the number of consumers that switched to higher-yielding...

The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program

Sandra Christenson
Amy Claessens
Ashley Cureton
Mimi Engel
Jonathan Guryan
Ijun Lai
Jens Ludwig
Mary Clair Turner

Applying Behavioral Insights to Improve Tax Enforcement in Poland

Julian Jamison
Nina Mazar
Roberto Claudio Sormani
In partnership with the Polish Tax Office, researchers conducted a nation-wide randomized evaluation to test the impact of sending tax enforcement letters with behavioral messages on tax compliance among delinquent taxpayers. The results indicate that behavioral letters significantly improved tax...
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Educational Vouchers and Altruism in the United States

Eric Bettinger
Robert Slonim

The Impact of Community-Based Testing and Free Condom Distribution on HIV Prevention Among Youth in Kenya

Moses Baraza
Esther Duflo
Pascaline Dupas
Thomas Ginn
Grace Makana
Victor Pouliquen
Vandana Sharma
In Western Kenya, researchers evaluated the impact of two preventive approaches—community-based testing and free condom provision—on behavioral and biological outcomes. Neither community-based testing, free condoms, nor these interventions offered together reduced the prevalence of sexually...