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May 25, 2018
Oreopoulos, Philip; Angrist, Josh; Tyler Williams, 2018, "Replication Data for: When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/3LHKP0, Harvard Dataverse, V1
We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first- and second-year college students studying at a Canadian commuter college. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course grades above 70. Awards were paid every term. Program participants also had access to peer advising by upperclassmen. Program engagement appears to hav... |
May 7, 2018
Schaner, Simone, 2018, "The Persistent Power of Behavioral Change: Long-Run Impacts of Temporary Savings Subsidies for the Poor", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OXKJ92, Harvard Dataverse, V2
I use a field experiment in rural Kenya to study how temporary incentives to save impact long-run economic outcomes. Study participants randomly selected to receive large temporary interest rates on an individual bank account had significantly more income and assets 2.5 years after the interest rates expired. These changes are much larger than the... |
May 3, 2018
Dizon-Ross, Rebecca; Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan, 2018, "Replication Data for: Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2ELQNE, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Distributing subsidized health products through existing health infrastructure could substantially and cost-effectively improve health in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor gov- ernance – in particular, limited health worker accountability – seriously undermines the effectiveness of subsidy programs. We audit target... |
Feb 22, 2018
Pons, Vincent; Liegey, Guillaume, 2018, "Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DDCNEW, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Improving the political participation of immigrants could advance their interests and foster their integration into receiving countries. In this study, 23,800 citizens were randomly assigned to receive visits from political activists during the lead-up to the 2010 French regional elections. Treatment increased the turnout of immigrants without havi... |
Jan 22, 2018
Allcott, Hunt, 2018, "Rethinking real-time electricity pricing", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9JWZVT, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Most US consumers are charged near-constant retail price for electricity, despite substantial hourly variation in the wholesale market price. This paper evaluates the first program to expose residential consumers to hourly real-time pricing (RTP). I find that enrolled households are statistically significantly price elastic and that consumers respo... |
Jan 22, 2018
Allcott, Hunt; Taubinsky, Dmitry, 2018, "Evaluating Behaviorally Motivated Policy: Experimental Evidence from the Lightbulb Market", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TMN4KD, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Imperfect information and inattention to energy costs are important potential motivations for energy efficiency standards and subsidies. We evaluate these motivations in the lightbulb market using a theoretical model and two-randomized experiments. We derive welfare effects as functions of reduced-form sufficient statistics capturing economic and p... |
Jan 22, 2018
Allcott, Hunt; Sweeney, Richard, 2018, "The Role of Sales Agents in Information Disclosure: Evidence from a Field Experiment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LPICQ6, Harvard Dataverse, V1
With a large nationwide retailer, we run a natural field experiment to measure the effects of energy use information disclosure, customer rebates, and sales agent incentives on demand for energy-efficient durable goods. Although a combination of large rebates plus sales incentives substantially increases market share, information and sales incentiv... |
Karlan, Dean; Bruhn, Miriam; Schoar, Antoinette, 2017, "The Impact of Consulting Services on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mexico", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H74D2A, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:Bi3tfUloxxabN7TSMbpicQ== [fileUNF]
Using a randomized evaluation with 432 Mexican small and medium enterprises, we show that access to management consulting had positive effects on total factor productivity and return-on-assets (about 0.2 standard deviations, relative to the control group). Owners also had significant increase in “entrepreneurial spirit” (an index that measures entr... |
Dec 14, 2017
Galiani, Sebastian; Gertler, Paul; Ajzenman, Nicolás; Orsola-Vidal, Alexandra, 2017, "Promoting Handwashing Behavior: The Effects of Large-Scale Community and School-Level Interventions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0OTVLH, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This paper analyzes a randomized experiment that uses novel strategies to promote handwashing with soap at critical points in time in Peru. It evaluates a large-scale comprehensive initiative that involved both community and school activities in addition to communication campaigns. The analysis indicates that the initiative was successful in reachi... |
Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean, 2017, "Group versus individual liability: Short and long term evidence from Philippine microcredit lending groups", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OGQWWL, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Group liability in microcredit purports to improve repayment rates through peer screening, monitoring, and enforcement. However, it may create excessive pressure, and discourage reliable clients from borrowing. Two randomized trials tested the overall effect, as well as specific mechanisms. The first removed group liability from pre-existing groups... |
