The economics of child marriage Empowerment programmes improve adolescent girls’ educational and labour market outcomes; financial incentives are effective in reducing child marriage... Health Rachel Glennerster Nina Buchmann Erica Field Published 09.09.20
Negotiating a better future: Experimental evidence from Zambia Can we increase girls’ educational outcomes through endowing them with negotiation skills? ... Health Kathleen L. McGinn Nava Ashraf Natalie Bau Corinne Low Published 02.09.20
How technology can drive student performance How does the use of education technology actually impact students in poorer regions of the developing world?... Health Karthik Muralidharan Abhijeet Singh Alejandro J. Ganimian Published 19.08.20
Reducing rates of child marriage: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh Why do we still see high rates of child marriage in settings such as Bangladesh, despite significant improvements in women’s economic empowerment? ... Health Erica Field Published 01.07.20
Poverty and depression: How improving mental health can help economic wellbeing How do poor mental health and poverty interact, and how can we best ensure access to mental health services?... Health Vikram Patel Published 17.06.20
The anatomy of a public health crisis: Household responses during the Zika epidemic in Brazil Pregnancy rates fell by almost 7% as a result of the public health information provided on the Zika epidemic by the Brazilian government... Health Ildo Jose Lautharte Junior Imran Rasul Published 29.05.20
Maternal mortality and women’s political participation Reserving seats for women in parliament leads to sharp reductions in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries... Health Sonia Bhalotra Damian Clarke Joseph Flavian Gomes Atheendar Venkataramani Published 24.04.20
Capitalism’s broken promises Has capitalism’s promise of equal opportunity broken down as a result of technological change?... Health Raghuram Rajan Published 22.04.20
Alcohol and self-control: Evidence from India Rickshaw drivers in India who randomly received sobriety incentives as part of an experiment significantly reduced their daytime drinking... Health Frank Schilbach Published 08.04.20