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Blattman, Christopher; Dercon, Stefan, 2017, "The Impacts of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work on Income and Health: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DNQHTO, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Working with five Ethiopian firms, we randomized applicants to an industrial job offer, an “entrepreneurship” program of $300 plus business training, or control status. Industrial jobs offered more and steadier hours but low wages and risky conditions. The job offer doubled exposure to industrial work but, since most quit within months, had no impa... |
Jul 11, 2017 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Galiani, Sebastian; Meléndez, Marcela; Navajas, Camila, 2017, "On the Effect of the Costs of Operating Formally: New Experimental Evidence", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LLKSIA, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:sng3qEojgF+cetf3zPmddg== [fileUNF]
This paper analyzes the impact of the elimination of the initial fixed costs of registration on the decision of informal firms to operate formally in Bogotá, Colombia. The Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá (CCB) conducts workshops for prospective formal-sector entrants and arranges personalized meetings for them with CCB agents. The CCB’s decision to s... |
Jul 7, 2017 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Dillon, Moira R.; Kannan, Harini; Dean, Joshua T.; Spelke, Elizabeth S.; Duflo, Esther, 2017, "Cognitive science in the field: A preschool intervention durably improves non-symbolic, but not symbolic, mathematics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LCLKDT, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:3ZETupFY/D5NCtK4x25JKQ== [fileUNF]
Many children in developing countries grow up in economically poor environments and often also suffer from poorly performing educational systems. Dillon et al. designed inexpensive, locally sourced games—five for mathematics and five for social cognition—for use in preschools in Delhi. They measured the effects of these interventions 3, 9, and 15 m... |
Dupas, Pascaline; Karlan, Dean; Robinson, Jonathan; Ubfal, Diego, 2017, "Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HRGGTL, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ZkDOSMdqfrsXkqBbVCu2vw== [fileUNF]
We experimentally test the impact of expanding access to basic bank accounts in Uganda, Malawi, and Chile. Over two years, 17 percent, 10 percent, and 3 percent of treatment individuals made five or more deposits, respectively. Average monthly deposits for them were at the 79th, 91st, and 96th percentiles of baseline savings. Survey data show no cl... |
Blattman, Christopher; Jamison, Julian; Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia; Rodrigues, Katherine; Sheridan, Margaret, 2017, "Sustainable Transformation for Youth in Liberia", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CORNOC, Harvard Dataverse, V1
In many fragile states, poor young men with limited economic opportunities drive high rates of crime and violence, and are easily mobilized into destructive activities such as rioting and rebellion. A large body of largely observational evidence in psychology research in the United States demonstrates that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), a therap... |
Alan, Sule; Cemalciclar, Mehmet; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan, 2017, "Unshrouding: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5CBYG5, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Lower prices produce higher demand… or do they? A bank’s direct marketing to holders of “free” checking accounts show that a large discount on 60% APR overdrafts reduces overdraft usage, especially when bundled with a discount on debit card or auto-debit transactions. In contrast, messages mentioning overdraft availability without mentioning price... |
Beaman, Lori; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini; Topalova, Petia, 2017, "Powerful women and aspirations in India", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PXV79W, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:24s7Kbr1pozsdzAJHMHlRA== [fileUNF]
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female leader is associated with electoral gains for women. After ten years of quotas, women are more likely to stand for, and win, elected positions in councils required to have a female chief councilor in the previous... |
May 19, 2017 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther; Shapiro, Jeremy, 2017, "Replication Data for: "The Long term Impacts of a “Graduation” Program: Evidence from West Bengal"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SYCXOS, Harvard Dataverse, V2
These datasets and code replicate the tables and figures found in: "The Long term Impacts of a “Graduation” Program: Evidence from West Bengal" Working Paper, September 2016. Additionally, this folder also contains the questionnaires. The following is the link to the paper: https://economics.mit.edu/files/12031 |
Ambler, Kate; Aycinena, Diego; Yang, Dean, 2017, "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TXSKKA, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:82PCCl+8I1rTH9RA+4g7Xw== [fileUNF]
We implement a randomized experiment offering Salvadoran migrants matching funds for educational remittances, which are channeled directly to a beneficiary student in El Salvador chosen by the migrant. The matches lead to increased educational expenditures, higher private school attendance, and lower labor supply of youths in El Salvador households... |
Banerjee, Abhijit; Cole, Shawn; Duflo, Esther; Linden, Leigh, 2017, "Balsakhi", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UV7ERB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:zwkQ9lfYMqTxAhc+NLVQqg== [fileUNF]
This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 standard deviation, mostly due to large gains experien... |
