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Teaching Savings Practices to Ugandan Youth

Julian Jamison
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
In Uganda, researchers evaluated whether offering financial education or group savings accounts to church-based youth groups increased savings. One year after the intervention ended, they found that total savings and income had increased among youth who were offered financial education, group...
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The Impact of Credit-Scoring on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Lending and Performance in the Philippines

Gharad Bryan
Pamela Jakiela
Dean Karlan
Daniel Keniston

Unpacking the Links from Financial Education to Financial Behaviors in India

Fenella Carpena
Shawn Cole
Jeremy Shapiro
Bilal Zia
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation of a video-based financial education course on participants’ financial behaviors in India to study which components of financial education programs are most effective. While the course alone had no impact on participants’ abilities to carry out financial...
Teenage school girls participate in an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Kenya.

HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya

Pascaline Dupas
To test the impact of information on teenagers’ sexual decisions, a “Relative Risk Information Campaign” was conducted in 71 schools to give students information about the distribution of HIV infection rates by age and gender groups and discuss the role of cross-generational sex in the spread of HIV...

Peer Effects, Diversity, and College Roommates in the United States

Johanne Boisjoly
Greg Duncan
Jacque Eccles
Michael Kremer
Dan Levy
Researchers in the United States assessed the impact on college students of having a roommate from a different race. White students assigned to a black roommate were more likely to endorse affirmative action policies than those assigned to a white roommate. Other factors, such as having roommates...
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Can Lotteries Help Prevent HIV Among Youth? Evidence from Lesotho

Lucia Corno
Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Jakob Svensson
Damien de Walque
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of lottery-based financial awards given to young individuals who tested STI-negative on their likelihood of contracting HIV and engaging in risky sexual behavior. The intervention provided frequent rewards at short intervals to bring...
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Attracting Talented Workers by Reducing Application Costs in Ethiopia

Girum Abebe
Stefano Caria
Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
Researchers partnered with an employer in Addis Ababa to assess the impact of a small monetary incentive to apply for a job or a higher wage offer on the quality of applicants to a vacancy for a clerical position. Both of these changes increased the quality of applicants by similar amounts.
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The Impact of Disclosing Soft Skills Certificates at Recruitment on Labor Market Outcomes in Uganda

Vittorio Bassi
Aisha Nansamba
In Uganda, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing a soft skills certificate to both employers and job seekers during job interviews on matching in the labor market. The certificates caused workers to increase their expectations of finding the right job, while...