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Apr 22, 2015
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, 2014, "Underinvestment in a Profitable Technology: the Case of Seasonal Migration in Bangladesh", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28277, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:5:xK+WQQBqciK/+mJ4t8rxHA== [fileUNF]
This paper presents the results of a financial intervention in northwestern Bangladesh intended to promote out-migration to nearby urban areas during the lean season before harvest in order to mitigate famine (monga). This is in order to understand whether this is a viable mitigation strategy, and if so why it has not been employed more often. We r... |
Feb 2, 2015 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Benhassine, Najy; Devoto, Florencia; Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Pouliquen, Victor, 2015, "Turning a Shove into A Nudge? A "Labeled Cash Transfer" for Education", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/29014, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have been shown to increase human capital investments, but their standard features make them expensive. We use a large randomized experiment in Morocco to estimate an alternative government-run program, a "labeled cash transfer" (LCT): a small cash transfer made to fathers of school-aged children in poor rural comm... |
Karlan, Dean; Kutsoati, Ed; McMillan, Margaret; Udry, Christopher, 2014, "Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27851, Harvard Dataverse, V3
This paper presents the results of a financial intervention using loans, of which 50% is forgiven given a drop in crop prices below a certain threshold, in Ghana intended to investigate 1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among farmers and 2) how risk mitigation changes farmers' investment decisions. After baseline survey w... |
Jan 13, 2015
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan, 2014, "Put Your Money Where your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28273, Harvard Dataverse, V2
This paper presents the results of a financial intervention in the form of savings accounts, of which the total funds will be returned if the holder of the account stops smoking, verified through urine samples. This is in order to test whether this type of financial incentive is a viable option towards the reduction of addictive behaviors. Three tr... |
Dec 18, 2014
Blattman, Christopher; Fiala, Nathan; Martinez, Sebastian, 2014, "Northern Uganda Social Action Fund - Youth Opportunities Program", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27898, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:6tWoQys6dFMJHkxwlt17LQ== [fileUNF]
We study a government program in Uganda designed to help the poor and unemployed become self-employed artisans, increase incomes, and thus promote social stability. Young adults in Uganda's conflict-affected north were invited to form groups and submit grant proposals for vocational training and business start-up. Funding was randomly assigned amon... |
Karlan, Dean; List, John A., 2014, "Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27853, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:5:C63Hp69Cn88CkFCoOA0N/w== [fileUNF]
This paper presents the results of a large-scale natural field experiment testing changes in revenue per solicitation and response rates given different types and levels of matching grants/gifts conditional on charitable giving. This is in order to provide insight to research in fundraising models and measures of non-market valuation for cost-benef... |
Dec 18, 2014
Karlan, Dean, 2014, "Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27849, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:5:72BRyeOljaknuCEQl91y7A== [fileUNF]
The Trust game is a laboratory-based study conducted as follows: First, before assigning the roles, all rules were explained to the participants. All participants received three nuevos soles, were paired randomly, and assigned either an A or a B. As pairings were announced, they could observe the identity of their partner but were separated immedia... |
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley, 2014, "Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27854, Harvard Dataverse, V2
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism. We conducted a baseline survey on 1777 existing or for... |
Karlan, Dean; Valdivia, Martin, 2014, "Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27985, Harvard Dataverse, V2
Using a randomized control trial, we measure the marginal impact of adding business training to a Peruvian group lending program for female microentrepreneurs. Treatment groups received thirty- to sixty-minute entrepreneurship training sessions during their normal weekly or monthly banking meeting over a period of one to two years. Control groups r... |
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Glennerster, Rachel; Kinnan, Cynthia, 2008, "Measuring the impact of microfinance in Hyderabad, India", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BQ7PFF, Harvard Dataverse, V6, UNF:5:7llipBUQ4zNQHjfYYJVqwA== [fileUNF]
This database provides information on 2,800 households living in slums in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India's fifth largest city) in 2005. Information was collected on household composition, education, employment, asset ownership, decision-making, expenditure, borrowing, saving, and any businesses currently operated by the household or stopped withi... |
