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“Good Politicians”: Experimental Evidence on Motivations for Political Candidacy and Government Performance

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Measuring the Welfare Effects of Shame and Pride

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The Making of Homo Honoratus: From Omission to Commission

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Public Information is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections

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The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders

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Women Left Behind: Gender Disparities in Utilization of Government Health Insurance in India

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Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana

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Mobilizing P2P Diffusion for New Agricultural Practices: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

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Using Behavioral Economics to Curb Workplace Misbehaviors: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Workplace misbehaviors are often governed by explicit monitoring and strict punishment. Such enforcement activities can serve to lessen worker productivity and harm worker morale. We take a different approach to curbing worker misbehavior— bonuses. Examining more than 6500 donor phone calls across...
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A Glimpse into the World of High Capacity Givers: Experimental Evidence from a University Capital Campaign

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The Effect of Performance-Based Incentives on Educational Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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Incentives to Eat Healthy: Evidence from a Grocery Store Field Experiment

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Introducing CogX: A New Preschool Education Program Combining Parent and Child Interventions

Women and children sell product in an open market in the Philippines.
Policy Publication

Where Credit is Due

Seven randomized evaluations from around the world show that microcredit does not have a transformative impact on poverty, but it can give low-income households more freedom in optimizing the ways they make money, consume, and invest.
Three African women sit together and smile at the photographer.
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Commitments to Save

Commitment savings products have increased savings and investments in low- and middle-income settings. Providers can improve the impacts of commitment savings products by including design features that meet the needs of the local population.