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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana Oct 28, 2020 Berry, James; Karlan, Dean; Pradhan, Menno, 2020, "The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GDP2YP, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Governments and non-governmental organizations promote school-based financial literacy programs as means to instill financial behaviors that can persist through adulthood. We conduct a randomized trial of two financial literacy education programs in government-run Ghanaian primary and junior high schools. The first integrated both financial and soc...
How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods? Oct 7, 2020 Karlan, Dean; List, John A., 2020, "How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MX3NS6, Harvard Dataverse, V1 We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organisation in which a matching grant offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation raised more funds than from an anonymous donor. The effect is strongest for solicitees who previously gave to other BMGF-supported, poverty charities. With supporting evidence from...
Credit Elasticities in Less Developed Economies: Implications in Microfinance Sep 23, 2020 Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan, 2020, "Credit Elasticities in Less Developed Economies: Implications in Microfinance", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VCWHAH, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Policymakers often prescribe that microfinance institutions increase interest rates to eliminate their reliance on subsidies. This strategy makes sense if the poor are rate insensitive: then microlenders increase profitability (or achieve sustainability) without reducing the poor's access to credit. We test the assumption of price inelastic demand...
Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes Aug 27, 2020 Bryan, Gharad; Choi, James J.; Karlan, Dean, 2020, "Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6WOMEU, Harvard Dataverse, V2 We study the causal impact of religiosity through a randomised evaluation of an evangelical Protestant Christian values and theology education program delivered to thousands of ultra-poor Filipino households. Six months after the program ended, treated households have higher religiosity and income; no statistically significant differences in total...
Land Rights in Transition: Preliminary experimental evidence on how changes in formal tenure affect agricultural outcomes, perceptions, and decision-making in the Philippines Aug 24, 2020 Castro Zarzur, Rosa; Gordoncillo, Prudenciano; Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn; Jarvis, Forest; Johnson, Hilary C.; Perova, Elizaveta; Srouji, Peter, 2020, "Land Rights in Transition: Preliminary experimental evidence on how changes in formal tenure affect agricultural outcomes, perceptions, and decision-making in the Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2LYWNU, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Under political pressure to hasten the Philippine Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program's land acquisition and distribution process, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) redistributed land in bundles by awarding groups of farmers collective titles. While issued under a strong political rationale, these awarded lands are handicapped in terms of t...
Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Mexico City Aug 7, 2020 Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Mexico City", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NBGEL0, Harvard Dataverse, V2 Tracking how people’s lives are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can enable policymakers to better understand the situation in their countries and make data-driven policy decisions. To respond to this need, IPA implemented the RECOVR panel survey to facilitate comparisons, document real-time trends of policy concern, and inform decision-makers abo...
Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Ghana Aug 3, 2020 Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QWLV0M, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Tracking how people’s lives are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can enable policymakers to better understand the situation in their countries and make data-driven policy decisions. To respond to this need, IPA implemented the RECOVR panel survey to facilitate comparisons, document real-time trends of policy concern, and inform decision-makers abo...
Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Philippines Aug 3, 2020 Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/W7OBKB, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Tracking how people’s lives are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can enable policymakers to better understand the situation in their countries and make data-driven policy decisions. To respond to this need, IPA implemented the RECOVR panel survey to facilitate comparisons, document real-time trends of policy concern, and inform decision-makers abo...
Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali Jul 14, 2020 Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, Christopher, 2020, "Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H3ITOI, Harvard Dataverse, V2 We conducted an experiment providing fertilizer grants to female rice farmers in Mali. We found that women who received fertilizer used both more fertilizer and more complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor. This shows that farmers respond to an increase in one input by re-optimizing other inputs. Second, while the increase in inputs...
Increasing Financial Inclusion in the Muslim World: Evidence from an Islamic Finance Marketing Experiment Jun 18, 2020 Karlan, Dean; Osman, Adam; Shammout, Nour, 2020, "Increasing Financial Inclusion in the Muslim World: Evidence from an Islamic Finance Marketing Experiment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/D3PNRT, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Low utilization of household credit in developing countries may be partially due to religious considerations. In a randomized marketing experiment in Jordan, this paper estimates the effect of sharia-compliant loan features on demand for credit. To comply with Islamic law, the sharia-compliant product uses a bank fee rather than an interest payment...

The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana

Oct 28, 2020

Berry, James; Karlan, Dean; Pradhan, Menno, 2020, "The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GDP2YP, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Governments and non-governmental organizations promote school-based financial literacy programs as means to instill financial behaviors that can persist through adulthood. We conduct a randomized trial of two financial literacy education programs in government-run Ghanaian primary and junior high schools. The first integrated both financial and soc...

How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?

Oct 7, 2020

Karlan, Dean; List, John A., 2020, "How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MX3NS6, Harvard Dataverse, V1

We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organisation in which a matching grant offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation raised more funds than from an anonymous donor. The effect is strongest for solicitees who previously gave to other BMGF-supported, poverty charities. With supporting evidence from...

Credit Elasticities in Less Developed Economies: Implications in Microfinance

Sep 23, 2020

Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan, 2020, "Credit Elasticities in Less Developed Economies: Implications in Microfinance", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VCWHAH, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Policymakers often prescribe that microfinance institutions increase interest rates to eliminate their reliance on subsidies. This strategy makes sense if the poor are rate insensitive: then microlenders increase profitability (or achieve sustainability) without reducing the poor's access to credit. We test the assumption of price inelastic demand...

Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes

Aug 27, 2020

Bryan, Gharad; Choi, James J.; Karlan, Dean, 2020, "Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6WOMEU, Harvard Dataverse, V2

We study the causal impact of religiosity through a randomised evaluation of an evangelical Protestant Christian values and theology education program delivered to thousands of ultra-poor Filipino households. Six months after the program ended, treated households have higher religiosity and income; no statistically significant differences in total...

Land Rights in Transition: Preliminary experimental evidence on how changes in formal tenure affect agricultural outcomes, perceptions, and decision-making in the Philippines

Aug 24, 2020

Castro Zarzur, Rosa; Gordoncillo, Prudenciano; Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn; Jarvis, Forest; Johnson, Hilary C.; Perova, Elizaveta; Srouji, Peter, 2020, "Land Rights in Transition: Preliminary experimental evidence on how changes in formal tenure affect agricultural outcomes, perceptions, and decision-making in the Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2LYWNU, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Under political pressure to hasten the Philippine Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program's land acquisition and distribution process, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) redistributed land in bundles by awarding groups of farmers collective titles. While issued under a strong political rationale, these awarded lands are handicapped in terms of t...

Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Mexico City

Aug 7, 2020

Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Mexico City", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NBGEL0, Harvard Dataverse, V2

Tracking how people’s lives are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can enable policymakers to better understand the situation in their countries and make data-driven policy decisions. To respond to this need, IPA implemented the RECOVR panel survey to facilitate comparisons, document real-time trends of policy concern, and inform decision-makers abo...

Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Ghana

Aug 3, 2020

Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Ghana", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QWLV0M, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Philippines

Aug 3, 2020

Collins, Elliott; Warren, Shana S.; Parkerson, Doug, 2020, "Research for Effective Covid-19 Response (RECOVR): Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/W7OBKB, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali

Jul 14, 2020

Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, Christopher, 2020, "Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H3ITOI, Harvard Dataverse, V2

We conducted an experiment providing fertilizer grants to female rice farmers in Mali. We found that women who received fertilizer used both more fertilizer and more complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor. This shows that farmers respond to an increase in one input by re-optimizing other inputs. Second, while the increase in inputs...

Increasing Financial Inclusion in the Muslim World: Evidence from an Islamic Finance Marketing Experiment

Jun 18, 2020

Karlan, Dean; Osman, Adam; Shammout, Nour, 2020, "Increasing Financial Inclusion in the Muslim World: Evidence from an Islamic Finance Marketing Experiment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/D3PNRT, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Low utilization of household credit in developing countries may be partially due to religious considerations. In a randomized marketing experiment in Jordan, this paper estimates the effect of sharia-compliant loan features on demand for credit. To comply with Islamic law, the sharia-compliant product uses a bank fee rather than an interest payment...

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