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Annan, Jeannie; Blattman, Christopher; Green, Eric; Jamison, Julian, 2015, "Enterprises for Ultra Poor Women After War: The WINGS Program in Northern Uganda", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QA0R1O, Harvard Dataverse, V3
In 2007, the NGO AVSI Uganda and two of the IPA Investigators surveyed more than 600 young females aged 14 to 35 affected by the conflict in northern Uganda, including more than 200 women formerly abducted by an armed group. The evidence from the survey, along with program experience among NGOs in northern Uganda, suggests that the development of n... |
Mar 6, 2017
Pinchoff, Jessie; Boyer, Christopher; Mutombo, Namuunda; Chowdhuri, Rachna Nag; Ngo, Thoai, 2017, "Why don’t urban youth in Zambia use condoms? The influence of gender and marriage on non-use of male condoms among young adults", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AWK7G2, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:6NIEDE/jZVaHathn1TgBTA== [fileUNF]
Background: Zambia experiences high unmet need for family planning and high rates of HIV, particularly among youth. While male condoms are widely available and 95% of adults have heard of them, self-reported use in the past 12 months is low among young adults (45%). This study describes factors associated with non-use of male condoms among urban yo... |
Banerji, Rukmini; Berry, James; Shotland, Marc, 2017, "The Impact of Maternal Literacy and Participation Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/19PPE7, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Using a randomized field experiment in India, we evaluate the effectiveness of adult literacy and parental involvement interventions in improving children's learning. Households were assigned to receive either adult literacy (language and math) classes for mothers, training for mothers on how to enhance their children's learning at home, or a combi... |
Feb 24, 2017
Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan, 2017, "Price and Control Elasticities of Demand for Savings", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/STTNUF, Harvard Dataverse, V1
A Philippine bank tested sensitivity to interest rates and account ownership requirements in 10,000 randomized door-to-door solicitations for a commitment savings account. Take-up is substantial (23%), but price elasticity of saving in this account is not significantly different from zero in either the full sample or sub-groups of plausibly margina... |
Blattman, Christopher; Annan, Jeannie, 2015, "Can Employment Reduce Lawlessness and Rebellion? A Field Experiment with High-Risk Men in a Fragile State", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/11R0LX, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:kvfhiTCYSt34iZqc/5hlMQ== [fileUNF]
States and aid agencies use employment programs to rehabilitate high-risk men in the belief that peaceful work opportunities will deter them from crime and violence. Rigorous evidence is rare. We experimentally evaluate a program of agricultural training, capital inputs, and counseling for Liberian ex-fighters who were illegally mining or occupying... |
Feb 2, 2017
Aronow, Peter M.; Karlan, Dean; Pinson, Lauren E., 2017, "The Effect of Images of Michelle Obama’s Face on Trick-or-Treaters’ Dietary Choices: A Randomized Control Trial", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2NJV2P, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:9LT7ZyROvmVkq9fQUTNrMA== [fileUNF]
This paper evaluated the microfoundations of a personality-inspired public health campaign’s influence on minors through a multi-year randomized control trial. The authors estimated that viewing a photograph of Michelle Obama’s face relative to control conditions caused children to be 19% more likely to choose fruit over candy. They concluded that... |
Jan 29, 2017
Baldwin, Kate; Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Appiah, Ernest, 2017, "Does Community-Based Development Empower Citizens? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JGLOZF, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:8HkIfLgSpXoTQpSes2IQHg== [fileUNF]
The “community-based development” approach may empower citizens and improve outcomes through three mechanisms: (1) an immediate direct effect of engaging citizens to decide how to allocate resources within the community-based development program, (2) an indirect effect on community organization that improves citizen engagement with other local inst... |
Jan 29, 2017
Schaner, Simone, 2017, "Do Opposites Detract? Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity and Inefficient Strategic Savings", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QQUIZC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:YBNp74AmMwBPA9h+bKg48w== [fileUNF]
This paper uses a field experiment to test whether intrahousehold heterogeneity in discount factors leads to inefficient strategic savings behavior. I gave married couples in rural Kenya the opportunity to open both joint and individual bank accounts at randomly assigned interest rates. I also directly elicited discount factors for all individuals... |
Jan 6, 2017
Dupas, Pascaline, 2017, "What Matters (and What Does Not) in Households' Decision to Invest in Malaria Prevention", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EH1PI9, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:kg1boE0DzVy6yHn1CEKrrA== [fileUNF]
This paper tests the effects on the take-up of a preventative health product of two interventions based on behavioral models derived from psychology: varying the framing of the perceived benefits; and having people verbally commit to purchase the product. I find that none of these interventions had a significant effect (whether economically or stat... |
Cohen, Jessica; Dupas, Pascaline; Schaner, Simone, 2017, "Price Subsidies, Diagnostic Tests, and Targeting of Malaria Treatment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EQJPZT, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:aPF63YC+ysZ6ZFzORnJHeQ== [fileUNF]
Both under- and over-treatment of communicable diseases are public bads. But efforts to decrease one run the risk of increasing the other. Using rich experimental data on household treatment-seeking behavior in Kenya, we study the implications of this tradeoff for subsidizing life-saving antimalarials sold over-the-counter at retail drug outlets. W... |
