The impact of information provision on women’s migration outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia Providing information about the quality of placement agencies improves migration outcomes for job-seeking migrant women Migration & Urbanisation Samuel Bazzi Lisa Cameron Simone Schaner Firman Witoelar Published 22.08.22
Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
The impact of subsidised childcare on household income: Evidence from Uganda Subsidised childcare services are at least as effective as cash grants in increasing household income Public Economics Arne Nasgowitz Denise Ferris Kjetil Bjorvatn Lore Vandewalle Selim Gulesci Vincent Somville Published 12.08.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
Indirect effects of access to finance: Evidence from China Access to finance improved firm performance, product quality and price, but disadvantaged competitor firms Finance Jing Cai Adam Szeidl Published 29.07.22
Trust versus loss aversion: Why does loss framing work? A healthcare-based study suggests using loss-framed incentives can lead recipients to perceive them as more trustworthy Health Emily Beam Yusufcan Masatlioglu Tara Watson Dean Yang Published 04.07.22
Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive Health Gabriella Conti Cynthia Kinnan Anup Malani Alessandra Voena Published 01.07.22
Some children left behind: When mean impacts and individual impacts differ Even interventions with large average benefits do not help everyone, which is a serious challenge for education policy in developing countries Education Julie Buhl-Wiggers Jason Kerwin Juan Munoz-Morales Jeffrey Smith Rebecca Thornton Published 24.06.22
Language barriers in multinational companies: Evidence from Myanmar English language courses for domestic managers improve their interactions with foreign managers, and potential employers value these interactions Firms Louise Guillouet Amit Khandelwal Rocco Macchiavello Matthieu Teachout Published 17.06.22