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Student Coaching: How Far Can Technology Go?

Philip Oreopoulos
Uros Petronijevic
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of three different coaching methods on academic outcomes: one-on-one in-person coaching, text messaging, and an online values and goals exercise. One-on-one coaching substantially improved student outcomes, while text messaging and the...

The Impact of Assignment to Different Managed Care Organizations on Medicaid Spending and Health Care Use in the United States

Craig Garthwaite
Matthew Notowidigdo
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the relative impact of assignment to different MCOs on health care utilization and expenditure.
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The impact of payments for ecosystem services on crop burning in India

Kelsey Jack
Seema Jayachandran
Namrata Kala
Rohini Pande
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a PES program that offers financial rewards to paddy farmers for reducing burning of crop residue (or “stubble”) on stubble burning in Punjab, India.
Man in glasses looks at paper records

Property Tax Experiment in Punjab, Pakistan: Testing the Role of Wages, Incentives and Audit on Tax Inspectors' Behavior

Adnan Khan
Asim Khwaja
Ben Olken
Researchers conducted a two-year randomized evaluation of incentive schemes for tax officials in Punjab, Pakistan that found performance pay significantly increased tax revenues without harming taxpayer satisfaction.
Housing in Ethiopia

Housing Lottery to Increase Demand for Formal Government Housing and Improve Welfare in Ethiopia

In low- to middle-income countries around the world, nearly one billion people lived in urban informal settlements as of 2018. Rapid urbanization in most large African cities has led to both more people and a higher proportion of people living in informal settlements over time. Researchers conducted...
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The Impact of a Digital Credit for Small-Scale Farmers in Ghana

Monica Lambon-Quayefio
Utsav Manjeer
Christopher Udry
Researchers are evaluating the impact of an innovative mobile phone-based digital finance program on loan repayment rates, investment decisions, savings, and use of other financial services, as well as agricultural yields and profits.

The Effects of a Nationwide Medicare Bundled Payment Reform Program in the United States

Liran Einav
Amy Finkelstein
Yunan Ji
Neale Mahoney
Jonathan Skinner
Researchers examined the impact of bundled payments on Medicare spending, utilization, and quality of care for knee and hip replacements, two common and expensive medical procedures. Evidence from the first year of implementation of a five-year mandatory bundled payment model showed a reduction in...

Improving Immunization Coverage Through Incentives, Reminders, and Social Networks in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Arun Chandrasekhar
Victor Chernozhukov
Suresh Dalpath
Mert Demirer
Esther Duflo
Iván Fernández-Val
John Floretta
Matthew Jackson
Harini Kannan
Francine Loza
Anirudh Sankar
Anna Schrimpf
Maheshwor Shrestha
Researchers worked with the state government to evaluate the impact of three programs to build demand for vaccination: local immunization ambassadors, small, non-financial incentives, and tailored SMS reminders. The most effective policy option increased measles vaccination by approximately 55...