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Cash, conditions and child development : experimental evidence from a cash transfer in Honduras
López Bóo, Florencia; Creamer, John - 2018
. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer … programs, the effect of this impact is sizeable (0.34 SD on average). Although the overall program appears to have slightly … differences in conditions: while the "education" component imposed conditions only on children of schooling age, the "health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926191
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802318
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Coordination and the poor maintenance trap : an experiment on public infrastructure in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2021
delivery and public health. By experimentally identifying the impact of incentives for local maintenance for both providers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583568
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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending … influencing minority behaviors, offering valuable insights for developing targeted and impactful public health strategies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540586
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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
health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during … messages, doctor messages are effective at improving compliance with recommended practices. However, the impact of these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487340
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Increasing the use of telemedicine : a field experiment
González, María Patricia; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2023
Patients are reluctant to use telemedicine health services. Telemedicine is an "experience good," one that can be … reports the results of a randomized field experiment conducted in collaboration with a health insurance company in Argentina …-up within the health sector and add to the understanding of how behavioral barriers affect patients' resistance to technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458959
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Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities : theory and experimental evidence from india
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023
show that higher service quality increases fee compliance but excludes some users, leading to unintended negative health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014428061
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Public service delivery and free riding : experimental evidence from India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2022
This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries. We implement a field experiment in the slums of two major Indian cities, where inadequate access to sanitation restricts residents to either free ride, by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326510
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Child care quality and child development
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626015
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La calidad de los jardines de cuidado infantil y el desarrollo infantil
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626020