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Colorful houses in front of mountain range in Mongolia

Derechos de Propiedad Urbana

Erica Field
Leigh Linden
Shing-Yi Wang
A student does math on a whiteboard while a teacher looks on smiling and classmates gather around.

Providing High-Quality Online Lesson Plans to Improve Student Learning in the United States

Kirabo Jackson
Researchers evaluated the impact of providing teachers with access to high-quality online lessons and implementation support on student achievement in mathematics. Providing teachers with access to the lessons, reminders, and implementation support significantly increased student achievement.
Village phone operator testing her laptop's internet access in rural Uganda

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training for Women in Uganda

In Uganda, researchers evaluated the effect of standardized business skills training on business performance as compared to more personalized mentoring services.
A student smiles as he uses a computer tablet to practice reading in a classroom.

The Impact of Teaching Teachers to Use Computer Assisted Learning on Student Math Performance in the United States

Researchers conducted two randomized evaluations to test the impact of coaching teachers on integrating CAL in their elementary and middle school mathematics instruction in two large, diverse school districts in the United States. The intervention led to improved math performance in one evaluation...
A health worker wearing white gloves doing a finger prick test for HIV

Promoviendo sexo seguro en Tanzania

Ramadhani Abdul
Faraji Abilahi
William Dow
Erick Gong
Zachary Isdahl
Julian Jamison
Boniphace Jullu
Suneeta Krishnan
Albert Majura
Carol A. Medlin
Edward Miguel
Jeanne Moncada
Sally Mtenga
Mathew Alexander Mwanyangala
Rose Nathan
Laura Packel
Julius Schachter
Kizito Shirima
Damien de Walque
man cuts plants

Superando las transferencias monetarias condicionadas en República Dominicana

Greg Fischer
Xavier Giné
Dean Karlan
People use escalators in train station in China

Evaluating the Impact of Working from Home on Productivity and Work-Life Balance in China

Nicholas Bloom
James Liang
John Roberts
Zhichun Jenny Ying
In an attempt to reduce employee turnover and increase productivity, companies are increasingly allowing employees to work from home. Researchers analyzed the impact of working from home on productivity and work-life balance by randomly assigning some employees of a call center in China to work from...
Two volunteer canvassers speak with woman in yellow shirt about voting and how it can lead to a habit in the United States.

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.