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Using a Technology-Based Solution to Reduce Public Health Worker Absenteeism in Pakistan

Michael Callen
Saad Gulzar
Ali Hasanain
Yasir Khan

Improving Community Workers' and Beneficiaries' Well-being through a National Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Dominican Republic

The Impact of Deliberative Political Campaigns on Voter Behavior in the Philippines

Thomas Fujiwara
Cecilia Pe Lero
Gabriel López-Moctezuma
Daniel Rubenson
Leonard Wantchekon

Summer Jobs Improve Employment Outcomes for Connected Youth

Jonathan Davis
Sara Heller

Perceptions of Female Leaders in India

Lori Beaman
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
Esther Duflo
Rohini Pande
Petia B. Topalova
Researchers studied the impact a quota system which randomly assigned villages in India to reserve village council positions for women. They found that quotas improved voters’ perceptions of the effectiveness of women as leaders and subsequently improved women’s electoral chances.
Girls in school uniforms in India

Changing Teenage Girls' Aspirations and Educational Attainment through Increased Female Representation in Leadership in India

Lori Beaman
Esther Duflo
Rohini Pande
Petia B. Topalova
Women in saris in India

Influencing the Provision of Social Services through Mandated Female Representation in Policymaking in India

Lori Beaman
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
Esther Duflo
Rohini Pande
Petia B. Topalova
Researchers studied the policy consequences of mandated representation of female policymakers by determining whether there was any difference in the provision of social services between male- and female-led village councils. Results suggest that reservations for female leaders affected policy...
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Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution, and Respiratory Health in India

Esther Duflo
Michael Greenstone
Rema Hanna
While researchers found a meaningful reduction in smoke inhalation in the first year after households received an improved stove, there was no effect over longer time horizons. The difference between the laboratory and field results is due to households’ revealed low valuation of the stoves...