Evidence to practice: Time to bridge the gap Tavneet Suri on the importance of bridging the gap between academia and policymakers Methods & Measurement Tavneet Suri Published 26.09.18
Does higher pay attract better applicants? Evidence from a Ugandan NGO Financial incentives to community health promoters attract more applicants at the expense of crowding out pro-social preferences Public Economics Erika Deserranno Published 24.09.18
The many dimensions of mobile money: Evidence from Bangladesh Mobile money makes transfers easier, increases rural consumption and reduces poverty, but places pressure on migrant workers to increase remittances Technology & Innovation Jean Lee Jonathan Morduch Saravana Ravindran Abu S. Shonchoy Hassan Zaman Published 21.09.18
Mind over money matters: How psychosocial interventions can help with money management Psychosocial factors matter for financial behaviour. A financial literacy and parenting programme substantially improves families’ financial lives. Finance Janina Isabel Steinert Lucie Cluver Franziska Meinck Jenny Doubt Sebastian Vollmer Published 14.09.18
Going to the movies can help you at school Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores Education Emma Riley Published 03.09.18
Feedback rating to decrease bribery: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic Anonymous rating of inspectors can decrease bribes and increase tax revenues as long as it takes into account market structure considerations Public Economics Francesco Amodio Jieun Choi Giacomo De Giorgi Aminur Rahman Published 02.07.18
E-commerce integration and economic development: Evidence from China A programme introducing e-commerce into Chinese villages led to sizable gains among certain, but not all, rural households Technology & Innovation Victor Couture Benjamin Faber Yizhen Gu Lizhi Liu Published 04.06.18
The entertaining way to behavioural change: Fighting HIV with MTV in Nigeria Evidence from Nigeria suggests that TV shows can promote safer sexual practices mainly through learning, rather than social conformity Health Abhijit Banerjee Eliana La Ferrara Victor Orozco Published 23.05.18
The impact of media censorship in China: 1984 or Brave New World? Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China Institutions & Political Economy David Yang Published 21.05.18
