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You've Earned it : Combining Field and Lab Experiments to Estimate the Impact of Human Capital on Social Preferences

Jakiela, Pamela - 2010

We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find that higher academic achievement...

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Twenty Year Economic Impacts of Deworming

Hicks, Joan Hamory - 2020

This study exploits a randomized school health intervention that provided deworming treatment to Kenyan children and …

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When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming

Ahuja, Amrita - 2015

We discuss how evidence and theory can be combined to provide insight on the appropriate subsidy level for health products, focusing on the specific case of deworming. Although intestinal worm infections can be treated using safe, low-cost drugs, some have challenged the view that mass...

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Worms : Education and Health Externalities in Kenya

Miguel, Edward; Kremer, Michael - 2021

children. Deworming is found to be cheaper than alternative ways of boosting school participation. By reducing disease … transmission, deworming creates substantial externality health and school participation benefits among untreated children in the … treatment schools and among children in neighboring schools. These externalities are large enough to justify fully subsidizing …

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College Majors

Patnaik, Arpita; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2022

This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender, race, and family background. We then review the existing research in six key areas: expected earnings and...

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Incentives to Learn

Kremer, Michael; Miguel, Edward; Thornton, Rebecca - 2021

We report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams had their school fees paid and received a cash grant for school supplies. Girls eligible for the scholarship showed significant gains in academic...

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