Health & Education
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Expanding access to clean water for the rural poor: Evidence from Malawi
Offering coupons for free chlorine is an effective way to increase water treatment and prevent waterborne diseases
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The multidimensionality of school choice: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
Schools that improve academic outcomes are not those that improve non-academic ones. Academic and non-academic factors affect parental school choice
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Trust versus loss aversion: Why does loss framing work?
A healthcare-based study suggests using loss-framed incentives can lead recipients to perceive them as more trustworthy
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Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India
Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive
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Some children left behind: When mean impacts and individual impacts differ
Even interventions with large average benefits do not help everyone, which is a serious challenge for education policy in developing countries
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Using cash transfers to improve child health in low- and middle-income countries
Conditional cash transfers improve child health outcomes in the short term and can improve educational outcomes in the longer term
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Scholarships increase social mobility: Evidence from Colombia
Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students
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Complementing cash with information to reduce malnutrition: Evidence from Nepal
A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition
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Transmitting gender attitudes in school: Experimental evidence from Pakistan
Progressive gender norms can be transmitted from teachers to students and improve classroom achievement through better cooperation among the sexes