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The Impact of Subsidies on the Demand for Electrification in Rural Kenya

Kenneth Lee
Edward Miguel
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of offering subsidies to connect to the power grid on the demand for rural electrification in Kenya. The study finds that demand falls rapidly as connection price increases, and that supply costs are very high.
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Promoting Non-Cognitive Skills Through a Science and Technology Program in Chile

Paula Bedregal
Dante Contreras
Francisco Gallego
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Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients in the United States

Raj Chetty
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Commitment Savings Accounts for Farmers in Rwanda

Maria Jones
Florence Kondylis
Mushfiq Mobarak
In an ongoing study, researchers are aiming to identify product features that increase demand for commitment savings accounts and evaluate the effect of the accounts on farm investments and yields.
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Spanish-language Radio Advertisements and Latinx Voter Turnout in the 2006 Congressional Elections

Donald Green
Costas Panagopoulos
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The Profitability of Fertilizer in Mali

Lori Beaman
Dean Karlan
Bram Thuysbaert
Christopher Udry

Training Informal Healthcare Providers to Improve the Quality of Care in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Chowdhury
Jishnu Das
Reshmaan Hussam
Informal healthcare workers with little to no training provide more than 70 percent of all primary care in rural India. In this study, researchers evaluated the impact of a nine-month training...
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Radio Advertisements to Increase Electoral Competition in the United States

Donald Green
Costas Panagopoulos