RCTs in the long run RCTs have revolutionised development policy, but do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later? Methods & Measurement Edward Miguel Published 20.11.19
Empowering women through direct digital wage payments Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms Labour Markets Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Simone Schaner Charity Troyer Moore Published 04.11.19
Pathways to profits: Can entrepreneurship training really work for small businesses? Evidence from South Africa shows that both marketing and financial entrepreneurship training can help small businesses boost profits Firms Stephen Anderson Rajesh Chandy Bilal Zia Published 28.10.19
Temporary agricultural input subsidies have lasting impacts: The Mozambique experiment Subsidies need not be permanent to benefit farmers. Well-designed policy that encourages experimentation can generate widespread and lasting impacts. Agriculture Michael R. Carter Rachid Laajaj Dean Yang Published 21.10.19
Improved cooking stoves in India: Evaluating long-run impacts The limited impacts of an improved cooking stove programme in India suggest that testing interventions in real-world conditions is important Energy & Environment Esther Duflo Michael Greenstone Rema Hanna Claire Walsh Published 30.09.19
The effects of monitoring technologies on contracts, employee behaviour, and firms: Evidence from Kenya Monitoring technologies can improve firm performance, and importantly not at the expense of workers or society Technology & Innovation Erin Kelley Gregory Lane David Schönholzer Published 16.09.19
Empowering adolescent girls in Sierra Leone under the Ebola crisis In the midst of the Ebola crisis an empowerment programme acts as a shield for adolescent girls Education Oriana Bandiera Niklas Buehren Markus Goldstein Imran Rasul Andrea Smurra Published 06.09.19
Unconditional cash transfer programmes and intimate partner violence in Kenya Unconditional cash transfers to women reduce both sexual and physical violence inflicted on them, while transfers to men only reduce physical violence Social Protection Johannes Haushofer Charlotte Ringdal Jeremy Shapiro Xiao Yu Wang Published 02.09.19
Allocating capital to microentrepreneurs through community surveys in India Incentivising accuracy in peer evaluations of microentrepreneurs can support the allocation of capital to those with the greatest likelihood of growth Firms Natalia Rigol Benjamin N. Roth Published 30.08.19
