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Information and College Access in Canada

Ryan Dunn
Philip Oreopoulos
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Multiple Tasks and Multiple Rewards: Evidence on Performance Incentives from Health Programs in China

Renfu Luo
Grant Miller
Scott Rozelle
Sean Sylvia
Marcos Vera-Hernandez
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Changing Behavior and Nutrition through Health Education in China: Evidence from three randomized evaluations

Renfu Luo
Alexis Medina
Grant Miller
Scott Rozelle
Yaojiang Shi
Linxiu Zhang
Huiping Zhang
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Effectiveness of Provider Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China

Patricia Foo
Renfu Luo
Reynaldo Martorell
Alexis Medina
Grant Miller
Scott Rozelle
Yaojiang Shi
Sean Sylvia
Linxiu Zhang
Qiran Zhao
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The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status in Malawi

Nicole Angotti
Agatha Bula
Lauren Gaydosh
Susan Godlonton
Eitan Zeev Kimchi
Sara Yeatman
Researchers evaluated the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP), which sought to explore the demand for, and the impact of, learning one’s HIV status. While even very small incentives encouraged people to return for their HIV test results, rapid testing in the home had the greatest...
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Educational Vouchers and Altruism in the United States

Eric Bettinger
Robert Slonim

Assessing the effect of conditional cash transfers on pregnancy outcomes in France

Marc Bardou
Xavier Carcopino-Tusoli
Bruno Crépon
Catherine Deneux-Tharaux
Philippe Deruelle
Muriel Doret-Dion
Esther Duflo
Astrid Eckman-Lacroix
Frédérique Falchier
Isabelle Fournel
Aurélie Godard-Marceau
Ghada Hatem-Gantzer
Laurent Laforet
Nicolas Meunier-Beillard
Mathieu Morin
Franck Perrotin
Tiphaine Raia-Barjat
Isabelle Le Ray
Thomas Schmitz
Elise Thellier
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Incentivizing Safe Sex in Rural Tanzania

Ramadhani Abdul
Faraji Abilahi
Matthieu Alexandre
William Dow
Erick Gong
Zachary Isdahl
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
In Tanzania, researchers examined whether making cash payments conditional on testing negative for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can improve safe sex practices among young adults. They found that offering cash incentives of US$20 significantly reduced STI rates after one year, although...