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Students are taking a test in Santiago, Chile.

Examining the Effect of Information about Financial Aid for Higher Education on Schooling Outcomes in Chile

Taryn Dinkelman
Claudia Martinez
Researchers tested the effects of providing low-income students in urban Chile with information about financial aid for higher education on their educational attainment and their likelihood of progressing to higher education. A video informing students about financing higher education increased...
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The Role of Protest Experience and Social Networks in Protest Movements in Hong Kong

Leonardo Bursztyn
Davide Cantoni
David Yang
Noam Yuchtman
Y. Jane Zhang
In Hong Kong, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of indirectly incentivizing protest participation on sustained participation in a political movement and to identify the role social networks play in protest turnout. Indirectly incentivizing participants to attend a...
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Informing Policy with Research in Brazil

Jonas Hjort
Diana Moreira
Gautam Rao
Juan Francisco Santini
Researchers partnered with the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) in Brazil to evaluate the impact of access to research results on policymakers’ demand for research findings and interest in adopting evidence-informed policies. Policymakers were willing to pay for research findings and...
Girls who scored in the top 15 percent on tests received merit-based scholarships, Kenya.

Incentives to Learn: A Merit-Based Girls' Scholarship Program in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Edward Miguel
Rebecca Thornton
Approximately 85 percent of primary school age children in western Kenya are enrolled in school, but only about one-third of students finish primary school. This project was introduced in part to assist families of high-achieving girls to cover the cost of school fees, supplies, and activities.
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The Impact of Secondary Education on Economic Decision-Making in Malawi

Syngjoo Choi
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim
Booyuel Kim
Cristian (Kiki) Pop-Eleches
Researchers evaluated whether randomly providing financial support for secondary education could improve economic decision-making in addition to educational outcomes for secondary school students in Malawi. Results show that the intervention improved educational outcomes and economic decision-making...
Children studying in a classroom in Istanbul

Teachers' traditional beliefs about gender negatively impact the academic performance of girls in Turkey

Sule Alan
Seda Ertac
Ipek Mumcu
To better understand gender inequalities in academic achievement, choice of occupation, and labor market outcomes, researchers studied the effect of teachers’ beliefs about gender roles on student achievement in Istanbul, Turkey. Girls who were taught by teachers with traditional gender views had...
The actors and film crew of "My Sunshine", a short movie used as the edutainment campaign material in this intervention

Edutainment Campaigns to Address Social Norms and Perceptions about Child Marriage in Indonesia

Milda Irhamni
Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of an entertainment-education short film informational campaign (i.e. edutainment campaign) designed to inform adolescent girls and parents of the costs of child marriage on the norms and perceptions about child marriage in Indonesia...
Three girls wearing hijabs sit in a classroom holding books and other learning materials

Learning beyond school: the impact of a remedial learning and literacy program on out-of-school girls in Pakistan

Sabrin Beg
Anne Fitzpatrick
Adrienne Lucas
This project used a randomized evaluation to study the effect of a learning program targeting adolescent girls on their education, aspirations, and empowerment.