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Behavioral change promotion, cash transfers and early childhood development : experimental evidence from a government program in a low-income setting

Premand, Patrick; Barry, Oumar - 2020

Signs of development delays and malnutrition are widespread among young children in low-income settings. Social protection programs such as cash transfers are increasingly combined with behavioral change promotion or parenting interventions to improve early childhood development. This paper...

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Economic preferences and obesity among a low-income African American community

Oliveira, Angela C. M. de; Leonard, Tammy C. M.; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 131 (2016) 2, pp. 196-208

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The formation and malleability of dietary habits : a field experiment with low income families

Belot, Michèle; Berlin, Noemi; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2018

We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the extent to which dietary habits are malleable early on in childhood and later in life. We implement two treatments one that targets what people eat, the other that targets the timing and frequency of food intake. 285 low income families with young...

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The impact of short-term employment for low-income youth : experimental evidence from the Philippines

Beam, Emily A.; Quimbo, Stella A. - In: The review of economics and statistics 105 (2023) 6, pp. 1379-1393

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How and why do the poor save? : determinants of saving behaviour of rural poor

Purohit, Sonal - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 32 (2022) 1, pp. 18-41

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Early award scholarship program results in improved attendance and state math test scores for students from lower-income households

Elliott, William; Sorensen, Nick; Zheng, Haotian; … - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 3, pp. 1-13

In this study we conduct a quasi-experimental analysis comparing students who enrolled in Early Award Scholarship Program (EASP) (formerly Promise Scholars) at any time during the 2016-17 or 2017-18 school year with their counterparts who did not enroll in the program during this time. We...

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Would financial incentives for leaving welfare lead some people to stay on welfare longer? : An experimental evaluation of 'entry effects' in the self-sufficiency project

Card, David E.; Robins, Philip K.; Lin, Winston T. - 1998

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Reforming the financial incentives of the welfare system

Card, David E. - 2000

conducted in Canada to evaluate the effect of high-powered financial incentives for full time work among former welfare … recipients. The experimental results confirm the importance of financial incentives in the welfare participation and work … decisions of lowincome single mothers. Enhanced incentives induce a significant fraction of welfare recipients to leave the …

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Reforming the financial incentives of the welfare system

Card, David E. - 2000

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Would Financial Incentives for Leaving Welfare Lead Some People to Stay on Welfare Longer? An Experimental Evaluation of 'Entry Effects' in the Ssp

Card, David; Robins, Philip K.; Lin, Winston - 2021

The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) is a large scale social experiment being conducted in Canada to evaluate the effects of an earnings supplement (or subsidy) for long-term welfare recipients who find a full-time job and leave income assistance. The supplement is available to single parents who...

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