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Disaggregating the Effects of Deliberation on Policy Attitudes in the United States

Cynthia Farrar
James S. Fishkin
Donald Green
Christian List
Robert Luskin
Elizabeth Levy Paluck
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Learning without Teachers? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of a Mobile Phone-Based Adult Education Program in Los Angeles

Jenny Aker
Danielle Keenan-Miller
Christopher Ksoll
Karla Perez-Mendoza
Susan Smalley
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Legal Representation and Housing Court Cases in the United States

James Greiner
Jonathan Hennessy
Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak

The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription and Receipt of Seroquel in the United States

Shantanu Agrawal
Michael Barnett
Adam Sacarny
Frank Tetkoski
David Yokum
This study evaluated the impact of strongly-worded peer comparison review letters sent to high prescribers of quetiapine by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on prescribing behavior and patient-level outcomes. Researchers found that the letters caused substantial and long-lasting...
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The Impact of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply in the United States

Brian Jacob
Jens Ludwig
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The Effect of Referrals in an Online Labor Market

Amanda (Mandy) Pallais
Emily Glassberg Sands
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Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, and Student Learning in the United States

Steven Cantrell
Jon Fullerton
Thomas Kane
Douglas Staiger
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Estimating the Effect of Unearned Income on Earnings, Savings, and Consumption: Evidence from a Survey of Lottery Players in the United States

Guido Imbens
Donald Rubin
Bruce Sacerdote