A key challenge in developing countries interested in providing early childhood development programs at scale is whether these programs can be effectively delivered through existing public service infrastructures. We present the results of a randomized experiment evaluating the effects of a...

The goal of this study is to examine whether promising a Conditional Cash Transfer (conditional on matriculation) at the start of junior high increases the rate at which disadvantaged students matriculate into high school. Based on a randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged...

Zur Bekämpfung absoluter Armut im ländlichen China wurde 2007 landesweit das "Rural Minimum Living Standard System" eingeführt, welches direkte finanzielle Unterstützung für ländliche Haushalte unterhalb der Armutsgrenze vorsieht. Im Rahmen eines jüngeren Forschungsprojektes wurden in...