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Providing Information and Application Assistance to Improve Social Pension Enrollment in India

Sarika Gupta
The researcher evaluated the impact of providing eligible women with program information and various levels of application assistance for the Delhi Widow Pension Scheme on program knowledge, application completion, and enrollment. Offering more involved application assistance increased average...
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Improving Tax Compliance through Behavioral Messages in Latvia

Nina Mazar
Iman Sen
In partnership with the Latvian tax authority, researchers tested several types of emails to investigate the effect of behaviorally-informed messages on tax compliance. Messages that aimed to deter bad behavior by highlighting taxpayers’ moral obligations towards action increased on-time tax...
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The Effect of Information on Irregular Migration Decisions in Nigeria

Bernd Beber
Florian Foos
Macartan Humphreys
Alexandra Scacco
Dean Yang
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing information about the risks and outcomes of irregular migration through door-to-door campaigns and social networks on actual migration decisions in Nigeria.

Information to Increase Fuel Efficient Car Purchases in the United States

Hunt Allcott
Christopher Knittel
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Preserving Peace in Rural Liberia through Alternative Dispute Resolution Trainings

Robert Blair
Chris Blattman
Alexandra Hartman
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Reducing School Violence and Harassment in France

Yann Algan
Nina Guyon
Elise Huillery
An example of the Facebook ad used in the evaluation showing high and low spending irregularities.

Impacts of Nonpartisan Political Information on Electoral Accountability in Mexico

Jose Ramon Enriquez
Horacio Larreguy
John Marshall
Alberto Simpser
Leveraging the increasingly widespread use of social media, researchers conducted a large-scale randomized evaluation to test the direct and indirect impact on electoral accountability of a nonpartisan information campaign delivered via Facebook ads during the 2018 Mexican municipal elections...
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The Impact of Energy Efficiency Messaging on Audit Takeup and Investment in Wisconsin

Hunt Allcott
Michael Greenstone