Can privatised healthcare add value? The Mexico diabetes experiment Private care led to large savings for the public sector and improved health outcomes through more access to care, not necessarily better technology Health Ari Bronsoler Jonathan Gruber Enrique Seira Published 29.11.21
Fertility and polygyny in rural Burkina Faso Women have a stronger preference for contraceptive vouchers than their spouses in monogamous households, but a weaker preference in polygynous ones Health Ben D'Exelle Aurelia Lepine Richard Bakyono Ludovic Tapsoba Published 15.11.21
Easing contracting frictions with machines: Evidence from India Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities Agriculture Julieta Caunedo Namrata Kala Published 01.11.21
The downside of raising aspirations for poor entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Philippines Encouraging the poor to set higher savings aspirations may backfire if they fall short of these goals, leading to less economic investment Finance David McKenzie Aakash Mohpal Dean Yang Published 20.09.21
Mass media meets motherhood: Increasing contraception uptake in Burkina Faso A high-quality intensive family planning radio campaign increased contraception uptake by 20% Health Rachel Glennerster Joanna Murray Victor Pouliquen Published 10.09.21
Training policymakers in econometrics: Evidence from Pakistan Training deputy ministers in the school of thought associated with the credibility revolution increases demand for and responsiveness to causal evidence Methods & Measurement Sultan Mehmood Shaheen Naseer Daniel Li Chen Published 29.08.21
Incentivising quality of public infrastructure excludes users and worsens public health A study of community toilets in India shows importance of fully subsidising basic services and of measures to prevent overcrowding and degradation Infrastructure Alex Armand Britta Augsburg Antonella Bancalari Published 23.08.21
Improving state effectiveness through bureaucrat assignment: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo Optimising the assignment of tax collectors significantly increases tax revenue and compliance at little or no added cost Public Economics Augustin Bergeron Pedro Bessone Tepedino John Kabeya Kabeya Gabriel Tourek Jonathan Weigel Published 20.08.21
Specialised hiring and entrepreneurial success: Evidence from Nigeria Subsidising entrepreneurs to hire a marketing or accounting specialist can be more effective than trying to train the entrepreneur in these skills Firms Stephen Anderson David McKenzie Published 11.08.21
