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Race and Jobs

National Public Radio

Sticks and Stones Can Break Bones, but the Wrong Name Can Make a Job Hard to Find

The New York Times

Small-Picture Approach to a Big Problem: Poverty

The New York Times

Taxes Make Smokers Happy

CNN Money

The Second Attempt Made the Difference

The Second Attempt Made the Difference
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Microfinance to Increase Agricultural Technology Adoption among Rural Farmers in India

Researchers evaluated the expansion of a rural financial services provider in Tamil Nadu, India in order to understand how access to financial services, information, and exposure to risk affect technology adoption and well-being among farming households.
Larger cumulative transfers to the household significantly improved outcomes in many aspects of child physical, cognitive, and language development, both in the short and long term.

El Rol de las Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas en el Desarrollo Infantil en México

Paul Gertler
James Manley
Lynnette Neufeld
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School Grants and Parents' Education Spending in India

Jishnu Das
Stefan Dercon
James Habyarimana
Pramila Krishnan
Karthik Muralidharan
Venkatesh Sundararaman
Researchers studied how a school grant program affected learning outcomes and household spending. After the first year of the grant program, students in treatment schools performed significantly better than those in comparison schools, but by the end of the second year, there was no detectable...