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Entscheidungsfreiheit als Grundlage wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschung
Küpper, Hans-Ulrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
by ethics and neurobiology. It argues for an understanding of busi-ness ethics which sees the economic agents’ freedom of … developments in behav-ioural economics, ethics and neurobiology, it argues for the extension of this concept by con-sciously or … Entscheidungstheorie durch Ethik und Neurobiologie in Frage gestellt wird. Nach dem in ihm entwickelten Verständnis von Unternehmensethik …
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Kausale Evaluation von Pilotprojekten: Die Nutzung von Randomisierung in der Praxis
Arni, Patrick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Programmeffekte oder eher Selektionseffekte für das Ergebnis verantwortlich?). Randomisierung – d.h. Zufallszuweisung in Programm- und … Studien in der Evaluation von Pilotprojekten diskutiert. Erstens werden Gründe, die für Randomisierung sprechen, sowie …
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The Intensive Margin of Technology Adoption - Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Today 2.6 billion people in developing countries rely on biomass as primary cooking fuel, with profound negative implications for their well-being. Improved biomass cooking stoves are alleged to counteract these adverse effects. This paper evaluates take-up and impacts of low-cost improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860304
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"Improving Early-Grade Literacy in East Africa: Experimental Evidence from Kenya and Uganda"
Lucas, Adrienne M.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Ngware, Moses; … - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2013
Primary school enrollments have increased rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa, spurring concerns about low levels of learning. We analyze field experiments in Kenya and Uganda that assessed whether the Reading to Learn program, implemented by the Aga Khan Foundation in both countries, improved...
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Empowering IDPs with SMS: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Bogota
Blanco, Mariana; Vargas, Juan F. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper studied whether the use of short message service (SMS) technology effectively informed Bogota's population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) about its eligibility to receive social benefits. Half of the sample population was randomly informed of their eligibility via SMS and...
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Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes among Youth? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rio de Janeiro
Calero, Carla; Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Gonzales, Veronica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides findings of a small-scale, innovative labor training program that uses expressive arts and theatre as a pedagogical tool. The corresponding life skills training component is combined with a technical component teaching vocational skills. To our knowledge, this is the first...
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A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
Grimm, Michael; Munyehirwe, Anicet; Peters, Jörg; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
More than 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. The UN have proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a lower cost alternative to investment intensive grid electrification. Using a randomized controlled trial we...
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The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing.
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Goesling, Brian; Deke, John; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010923815
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Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders.
Agodini, Roberto; Harris, Barbara; Thomas, Melissa; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This report, the second from a large-scale study for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences of four early math programs, shows that the curriculum used by the study schools mattered. The study examined (1) Investigations in Number, Data, and Space (Investigations),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010924426
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The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing.
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Goesling, Brian; Deke, John; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This report presents findings from an evaluation of the mandatory-random student drug testing (MRSDT) programs in 36 high schools from seven districts that received grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in 2006.
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