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The Impact of a Voluntary Summer Reading Program on Low-Income Latinx Children in the United States

Jonathan Guryan
James Kim

Adoption of Commitment Savings Accounts Among Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Emily Breza
Martin Kanz
Leora Klapper
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Limiting Learning Loss using Phone-based Programming during Covid-19 in Botswana

Noam Angrist
Peter Bergman
Caton Brewster
Moitshepi Matsheng
Working in Botswana, researchers rapidly evaluated a phone-based remote learning program aimed at keeping children engaged with math during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students who received weekly SMS messages and phone calls to review math exercises increased their math skills after twelve weeks, while...
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Graduating the Ultra-Poor in Egypt

Ragui Assaad
Adam Osman
William Pariente
Christine Valente
Following a series of evaluations of the Graduation approach in 15 other countries, researchers are now evaluating the impact of the Graduation approach on the livelihoods of the ultra-poor in Upper Egypt.
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The Effects of Kindergarten Classroom on Earnings in the United States

Raj Chetty
John Friedman
Nathaniel Hilger
Emmanuel Saez
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Danny Yagan
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The Effect of Information on Employee Evaluation in the United States

Thomas Kane
Jonah Rockoff
Douglas Staiger
Eric Taylor
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Access to Credit and the Scale-Up of Biometric Technology in Malawi

Xavier Giné
Jessica Goldberg
Dean Yang

Increasing Access to Microcredit to Encourage Business Start-up and Participant Welfare in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Britta Augsburg
Ralph De Haas
Heike Harmgart
Costas Meghir