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Matching Provider Race to Increase Take-up of Preventive Health Services among Black Men in the United States

Marcella Alsan
Owen Garrick
Grant Graziani
Researchers examined the impact of race concordance (when the race of a patient matches that of their physician) and incentives on the take-up of preventive health services by Black men. Results indicate that physician race concordance significantly boosted demand for all preventive health services...
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Offering Amenities to Increase Health Care Demand in Mexico

Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of offering a high-amenity diagnostic consultation for cataracts at different prices on uptake of an underutilized service—cataract surgery—in Mexico. Lower prices for the high-amenity consultation increased exposure to amenities, which...
young women

A 20-year Follow-Up to an Early Childhood Stimulation Program in Jamaica

Susan M. Chang-Lopez
Paul Gertler
Sally Grantham-McGregor
James J. Heckman
Rodrigo Pinto
Christel Vermeersch
Susan Walker
Arianna Zanolini

Training Local Leaders to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Peru

Ursula Aldana
Erica Field
Javiera Romero
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Information to Increase Insurance Take-up and Reduce Market Risk in the United States

Richard Domurat
Isaac Menashe
Wes Yin
Researchers studied the impact of reminder letters addressing possible barriers related to information and behavior on insurance take-up, as well as their impact on health insurance market risk. The reminder letters reducing informational and behavioral barriers to enrollment increased insurance...

Improving Consumer Choices on Health Insurance Marketplaces in the United States

Keith Ericson
Jon Kingsdale
Timothy Layton
Adam Sacarny
Researchers studied the impact of providing personalized and generic information about potential savings via letters and e-mails on enrollee health plan choices.
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Demand for Sanitation in Kenyan Urban Slums

Sebastian Galiani
Paul Gertler

Light up Bihar, India

Robin Burgess
Michael Greenstone
Nick Ryan
Anant Sudarshan