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Food market in Malawi

The Impact of Existing Account Usage on the Likelihood of Switching Accounts in Malawi

Xavier Giné
Jessica Goldberg
Workers return home after a day of work

Migration Subsidies and Rural Labor Markets in Bangladesh

Agha Akram
Shyamal Chowdhury
Mushfiq Mobarak
Rural to urban migration is an integral component of economic development, but there is limited evidence on the decision to migrate and little evidence on how emigration affects rural labor markets. To better understand these, researchers varied the proportion of travel grants offered to landless...
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Contracting for Health in Cambodia

Indu Bhushan
Erik Bloom
David Clingingsmith
Rathavuth Hong
Elizabeth King
Michael Kremer
Brad Schwartz
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Empowering Women through Land Tenure Regularization: Evidence from the Impact Evaluation of the National Program in Rwanda

Daniel A
Klaus Deininger
Eliana La Ferrara
Markus Goldstein
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Does Reading During the Summer Build Reading Skills? Evidence from the United States

Jonathan Guryan
James Kim
David Quinn
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Financial Coaching in Peru

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Nudging Consumers to Use Tax Refunds to Repay High-Interest Debt

Jeremy Burke
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Comparing Cash and Voucher Transfers in a Humanitarian Context: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jenny Aker
Researchers tested the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an unconditional cash transfer and a voucher program on household consumption and well-being in a camp for internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Both programs increased food security and asset...