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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023

: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …. Finally, it reflect on differences in the ways that gender inequalities play out across different socio-economic groups …

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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in two...

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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2022

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative sample of slum residents in two major Indian cities...

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021

how intra-household gender diﬀerences in perceptions of costs and beneﬁts of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023

how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …

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Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls' trajectories : evidence from a field experiment in India

Andrew, Alison; Krutikova, Sonya; Smarrelli, Gabriela; … - 2022

Striking gender gaps persist in fundamental aspects of human welfare. In India, the setting of this paper, these gaps … gender norms. In this study, we design an experiment to compare the effectiveness of targeting only adolescent girls with an … approach that additionally engages with the enforcers of gender norms in the wider community. We ﬁnd that both arms of the …

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Intergenerational income mobility in England and the importance of education

Carneiro, Pedro; Cattan, Sarah; Dearden, Lorraine; … - 2022

country for men, and more than 45% of the variation for women. This indicates that education policy has an important role to …

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When nature calls back : sustaining behavioural change in rural Pakistan

Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; Durrani, Zara; … - 2021

We implement a mixed method approach that combines a randomized controlled trial and qualitative data collection to assess whether, and if so how, behavioural change can be sustained. We do so in the context of Pakistan’s national sanitation strategy to combat open defecation, Community-Led...

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Coordination and the poor maintenance trap : an experiment on public infrastructure in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2021

Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service delivery and public health. By experimentally identifying the impact of incentives for local maintenance for both providers and potential users, this paper provides one of the...

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Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities : theory and experimental evidence from india

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023

This study explores the interaction between the quality of public services, the implementation of user fees, and the resulting potential for exclusion, that can lead to negative externalities. Our theoretical framework takes account of the possible externalities that result from excluded users...

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