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Incentives, Selection and Productivity in Labor Markets in Malawi

Raymond Guiteras
Kelsey Jack
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Mobilizing Group Membership: The Impact of Personalization and Social Pressure Emails in the United States

James N. Druckman
Donald Green

Voting and Habit Formation in the United States

Alan Gerber
Donald Green
Ron Shachar
During the 1998 state and federal elections and the 1999 city elections in New Haven, Connecticut, researchers found that face-to-face canvassing and direct mail appeals significantly increased voter turnout not only during the election year but also in the election a year after.
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The Impact of Packaging and Messaging on Adherence to Malaria Treatment in Uganda

Jessica Cohen
Indrani Saran
Researchers evaluated the effects of different medication packaging and messaging on individuals’ adherence to malaria treatment in Uganda. They found that colorful, “high quality” packaging had no effect, while adding low-cost stickers with simple informative messaging to existing packaging...
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Do Better Schools Lead to Better Academic Outcomes for Children Facing Barriers to Learning in the United States?

Julie Berry Cullen
Brian Jacob

The Impact of UNICEF's Communication for Development (C4D) Program in Ghana

Gunther Fink
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
Christopher Udry
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The Supply- and Demand-Side Impacts of Credit Market Information in Guatemala

Alain de Janvry
Craig McIntosh
Elisabeth Sadoulet

The Impact of Financial Education for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore

Kartini Shastry
Dean Yang
Researchers evaluated the impact of a financial literacy program for Filipino domestic workers based in Singapore on their financial knowledge, behavior, savings, and remittances. While there was no evidence that being invited to join the program had any impact on financial knowledge or behavior...