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Résumés were randomly assigned black- or white-sounding names. Researchers examined the impact of the name on callbacks.

Discrimination in the Job Market in the United States

Marianne Bertrand
Sendhil Mullainathan
Researchers examined the level of racial discrimination in the United States labor market by randomly assigning identical résumés black-sounding or white-sounding names and observing the impact on requests for interviews from employers. Results found that résumés with white-sounding names received...
A young man shows work to a young woman looking over his shoulder, both smiling, in a room with graphs and professional presentation materials.

School's Out: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Impact Academic Outcomes (in Boston)

Researchers evaluated the impact of Boston’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which uses a lottery to provide youth with part-time work and skills training during the summer, on students’ educational outcomes. The program significantly increased high school graduation rates among participating...
Boy doing homework

High-Quality Schools and Achievement Among the Poor in the United States

Will Dobbie
Roland Fryer
Young people trying to return to work

The Impact of Counseling and Monitoring on Unemployment in the Netherlands

Gerard van den Berg

Counseling Welfare Recipients in Hauts de Seine, France

Bruno Crépon
Marc Gurgand
Thierry Kamionka
Laurent Lequien
Researchers sought to test whether intensive job counseling with a private provider is an effective means of increasing employment rates, even for a population with such a low attachment to the labor market. Results suggested that job-counseling increased employment rates among counseled individuals...

Incentives, Selection and Productivity in Labor Markets in Malawi

Raymond Guiteras
Kelsey Jack
Woman in a small shop

Gazelles in Ghana: Identifying high-growth firms through panel judges or survey instruments

Marcel Fafchamps
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers conducted a business plan competition to test whether panel judges or questionnaires answered by firm owners could more accurately identify the fastest growing firms in Ghana. Both survey assessments and judging of business plans through panels selected firms with the potential for...
Woman working in a Bangladeshi garment factory.

Demand for Manufacturing Training Services in Bangladesh

Rocco Macchiavello
Atonu Rabbani
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers are partnering with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to identify barriers to a wider market for consulting and training in Bangladesh by offering high-quality manufacturing training services at randomly-assigned price points and covering different topics. They find...