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Conditional Cash Transfers and Commitment Savings Accounts in the Dominican Republic

Veronica Frisancho
Dean Karlan
Sendhil Mullainathan
Martín Valdivia
Michael (Mike) Yeomans
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Delivering Conditional Cash Transfers Through Checking and Savings Accounts in Chile

Claudia Martínez Alvear
Abhijit Banerjee
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Gender-specific managerial training program and firm productivity in Colombia

Achyuta Adhvaryu
Laurence Dessein
Anant Nyshadham
Jorge Tamayo
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing a gender-specific managerial training program on career advancement prospects for women and workplace productivity.
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Impacts of Flexible Loans on Borrower Behavior and Microenterprise Outcomes in Colombia

Lasse Brune
Xavier Giné
Dean Karlan
Researchers evaluated the impact of a flexible microloan product on new clients' repayment behavior, business outcomes, and client satisfaction. The results showed that the flexible loan led to some shifts in investment behavior but had no average impact on revenue or profits and led to higher...
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Expanding Financial Access Via Credit Cards: Evidence from Mexico

Sara G. Castellanos
Diego J. Jiménez Hernández
Aprajit Mahajan
Researchers leveraged data from a randomized evaluation conducted by a large bank in Mexico to test the impact of varying credit card contract terms on loan default, card cancellation rates, and bank revenue for first-time formal sector borrowers. Variations in the interest rate and minimum payment...
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Biased Beliefs and the Dynamic Role of Information in College Choice in Chile

Claudia Allende
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation in Chile to study the impact of altering high school students’ beliefs about the returns of college degrees on their decisions to invest in college preparation and which program they choose.
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Involving Parents in their Children's Education in Chile

Francisco Gallego
Can a multi-dimensional program enhance parental involvement and student outcomes? A program implemented in low-income public elementary schools led to improved parental involvement and improved relationships between parents, students, and teachers.
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Financial Aid and College Access in the Dominican Republic

Juan Ariel Jimenez
Christopher Neilson
Sebastián Otero
Underprivileged students in the Dominican Republic face a series of barriers to access post-secondary education. Despite existing scholarship programs, application rates for financial aid offered by the government are extremely low, and poor and rural students are much less likely to apply for and...