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Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence across the globe. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized controlled trial that offers females a goal setting activity to improve their sexual and reproductive health outcomes and offers their...
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When economists analyze a well-conducted RCT or natural experiment and find a statistically significant effect, they …
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We study the design of randomized controlled experiments in environments where outcomes are significantly affected by unobserved effort decisions taken by the subjects(agents). While standard randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are internally consistent, the unobservability of effort provision...
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experiment. These sources can include previous experiments, expert opinions, or the experimenter's own introspection. We … wrong treatment when deciding to stop the experiment, and the average rewards. We show that our framework exhibits several …
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This paper estimates the effect of binge and frequent drinking by adolescents on subsequent high school dropout using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Young Adults. We estimate an instrumental variables model with an indicator of any past month alcohol use, which is by...
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student-teacher pairings in the Tennessee STAR class-size experiment, we find that black students randomly assigned to a black …
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a randomized field experiment. High school freshmen were provided monthly financial incentives for meeting an …
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increasingly important. We take advantage of a natural experiment to evaluate the causal effects of failing a high-stakes test on …
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This paper reports the results of a large, school-level randomized controlled trial evaluating a set of three informational interventions for young people choosing high schools in 473 middle schools, serving over 115,000 8th graders. The interventions differed in their level of customization to...
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We investigate the efficacy of text messaging campaigns to remind students about and support them with key steps in the college search, application, selection and transition process. First, in collaboration with the College Board and uAspire, both national non-profit organizations, we...
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