Displaying 5176 - 5190 of 7437
Event
Evaluating Social Programs Online Course 2020
CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia is offering an online training course on Evaluating Social Programs. Modeled after our in-person course, Executive Education: Evaluating Social Programs, this five-day virtual training program is designed to provide development practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and...
Evaluation
CARES Commitment Savings for Smoking Cessation in the Philippines
Researchers evaluated the impact of a voluntary commitment savings program that allowed individuals to deposit a self-selected amount of their own money that would be forfeited if they did not quit smoking within six months. Results suggested that individuals who were offered the program were much more likely to quit smoking.
Evaluation
Determinants of Delinquency in the Philippines
Researchers found that both individuals with higher moral standards and individuals who were the least naïve displayed lower default rates than other groups. They also found that survey-based social capital measures did not predict loan default for these individual loans, contrary to the results from a prior study of group loans. Additionally, researchers found that more general personality index measures were not good predictors of default.
Person
Tavneet Suri
Tavneet Suri's research centers on a variety of applied economics issues in sub-Saharan Africa. She uses microeconomic and econometric models to examine the efficiency of household behavior and to understand subsequent policy implications.
Evaluation
Emergency Savings Accounts for Remittance Receivers in Mexico
Researchers partnered with CNS to investigate whether requiring clients to sign a non-binding agreement to save a predetermined amount of each remittance received could increase saving.
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Personalized Information As A Tool To Improve Pension Savings: Results From A Randomized Control Trial In Chile
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Give Me a Pass : Flexible Credit for Entrepreneurs in Colombia
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Opinions as Facts
Policy Publication
File: Policy publication
Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Job Training Programs
Skills are important for accessing high-quality jobs and being more productive. However, in Brazil and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, many people neither receive adequate training nor develop skills that are demanded in the labor market. This publication—produced in co...
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Can grit be taught? Lessons from a nationwide field experiment with middle-school students
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Mass Political Information on Social Media: Facebook Ads, Electorate Saturation, and Electoral Accountability in Mexico
Leveraging the increasingly widespread use of social media, researchers conducted a large-scale randomized evaluation to test the direct and indirect impact on electoral accountability of a nonpartisan information campaign delivered via Facebook ads during the 2018 Mexican municipal elections...
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Man vs. Machine: Technological Promise and Political Limits of Automated Regulation Enforcement
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers
Research Paper
File: Research paper