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Scaling Up Male Circumcision Programs: Demand Responses to Prices and Information

Jobiba Chinkhumba
Susan Godlonton
An evaluation of a voucher program in urban Malawi found that providing information and reducing the price of circumcision only slightly increased take-up.
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The Impact of Cognitive Stimulation and Nutritional Supplements on Early Childhood Development in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Camila Fernandez
Emla Fitzsimons
Sally Grantham-McGregor
Costas Meghir
Marta Rubio-Codina

Group Lending versus Individual Lending in Mongolia

Orazio Attanasio
Britta Augsburg
Emla Fitzsimons
Ralph De Haas
Heike Harmgart
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Helping Students Change their Mindsets in Norway

Eric Bettinger
Sten Ludvigsen
Mari Rege
Ingeborg Foldøy Solli
David Yeager
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Mobile Phone-Based Messaging and Critical Health Behaviors to Reduce Covid-19 Spread in India

Girija Bahety
Sebastian Bauhoff
Dev Patel
James Richard Potter
Researchers working in India conduct an adaptive randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a SMS-based information campaign on the adoption of social distancing and handwashing in rural Bihar, India, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moral Incentives to Increase Credit Card Repayment in Indonesia

Leonardo Bursztyn
Stefano Fiorin
Daniel Gottlieb
Martin Kanz
Researchers partnered with a large Indonesian Islamic bank to evaluate the impact of sending moral appeals in reminder text messages to late-paying credit card holders. Messages stating that non-repayment of debts by someone who is able to repay is an injustice increased the number of clients...
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Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, and Student Learning in the United States

Steven Cantrell
Jon Fullerton
Thomas Kane
Douglas Staiger
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The Impact of a School-Based Management Program on Student Performance in Mexico

Vicente Garcia-Moreno
Paul Gertler
Harry Anthony Patrinos
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to determine the effect of a school-based management program, Programa Escuelas de Calidad, on student performance in Mexico. The program combined a cash grant with state support to design and carry out school improvement plans. The intervention did not...