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Non-Coercive Mobilization in State-Controlled Elections in China

Donald Green
Mei Guan
Row of empty polling stations

Social Pressure and Voter Turnout in the United States

Alan Gerber
Donald Green
Christopher Larimer
Father with young children

Small Individual Loans and Mental Health in South Africa

Lia C.H. Fernald
Rita Hamad
Dean Karlan
Emily Ozer
Jonathan Zinman
This evaluation examined the direct impact of providing small consumer loans to marginally creditworthy individuals in South Africa on their credit access, investment, and well-being, as well as the profitability of these loans for lenders. Results found approving loans for marginally creditworthy...
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Understanding the Connection Between Party Affiliation, Partisanship, and Political Beliefs in the United States

Alan Gerber
Gregory A. Huber
Ebonya Washington
A community health worker providing women in her community counseling and post natal care at her home.

Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

Martina Björkman Nyqvist
In northern Nigeria, researchers evaluated the impact of three community-based interventions designed to enhance uptake of maternal and child health services: a community health worker program, health educators with the provision of safe birth kits, and health educators with community dramas. While...
High school students studying in a classroom in Chile

Informing Students about Degree Costs and Earnings to Improve Educational Choices in Chile

Justine Hastings
Christopher Neilson
Seth Zimmerman
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Behavioral Responses to a Social Security Information Intervention in the United States

Jeffrey Liebman
Erzo Luttmer
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The impact of an online entrepreneurial mindset training for youth in Ecuador

Igor Asanov
Guido Buenstorf
Bruno Crépon
Diego d'Andria
Francisco Flores
David McKenzie
Mona Mensmann
Mathis Schulte
Thomas Åstebro
Recent studies have shown that a psychology-based entrepreneurial mindset training can have promising effects on business outcomes. In Ecuador, researchers are evaluating whether these skills can be taught at scale and online by testing the effects of an entrepreneurial mindset training program on...