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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... |
Jun 8, 2017 - Impact Evaluation Dataverse
Esther Duflo, 2017, "Truth-Telling By Third-Party Audits And The Response Of Polluting Firms Experimental Evidence From India", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FORDEN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:aJGgYK0AZsPuawQnYn9Hdw== [fileUNF]
The title of the project was: Improving Gujarat’s industrial pollution inspection standards |
May 19, 2017
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 |
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... |
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 - Innovations for Poverty Action Dataverse
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... |
Jan 29, 2017 - Innovations for Poverty Action Dataverse
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 - Innovations for Poverty Action Dataverse
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... |
