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Gender and educational achievement : stylized facts and causal evidence

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021

There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …

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The long term impacts of grants on poverty : 9-year evidence from Uganda's Youth Opportunities Program

Blattman, Christopher; Fiala, Nathan; Martinez, Sebastian - 2019

on mortality, fertility, health or education. …

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The effect of supplemental instruction on academic performance : an encouragement design experiment

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Rogan, Sally; Siminski, Peter - 2016

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the “gold standard” for impact evaluation, they face numerous practical barriers to implementation. In some circumstances, a randomized-encouragement design (RED) is a viable alternative, but applications are surprisingly rare. We discuss the...

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Keep me in, coach : the shortand long-term effects of targeted academic coaching

Canaan, Serena; Fischer, Stefanie; Mouganie, Pierre; … - 2023

To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring. Proactive and intensive coaching interventions are effective, but are costly and difficult to scale. We evaluate a relatively lower-cost group coaching program targeted at...

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Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014

We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...

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Intragroup communication in social dilemmas : an artefactual public good field experiment in small-scale communities

Hönow, Nils Christian; Pourviseh, Adrian - 2023

Communication is well known to increase cooperation rates in social dilemma situations, but the exact mechanisms behind this have been questioned and discussed. This study examines the impact of communication on public good provisioning in an artefactual field experiment conducted with 216...

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That's my turf - an experimental analysis of territorial use rights for fisheries in Indonesia

Gallier, Carlo; Langbein, Jörg; Vance, Colin - 2016

We conduct a framed field experiment in Indonesian fishing communities, with an eye towards evaluating the potential of Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) to preserve coral reef fisheries. Conducted in three culturally distinctive sites, the study assembles groups of five fishers who...

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Nudging businesses to pay their taxes : does timing matter?

Gillitzer, Christian; Sinning, Mathias - 2018

This paper provides theoretical and empirical evidence on the implications of the timing of reminders by studying the effect of varying the timing of reminder letters to taxpayers on their payment behavior. The collection of unpaid tax debts constitutes a considerable challenge for tax...

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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018

This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...

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Using framed field experiments to evaluate real-world policy interventions : a case study on changing environmental preferences

Reitmann, Ann-Kristin; Sievert, Maximiliane - 2024

Many policy interventions in the environmental sector aim at changing environmental preferences, because these provide the basis for adopting environmental conservation behavior or technologies. To evaluate these changes, standard measurement tools in survey-based impact evaluations have their...

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