It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …

Does poverty lead to crime? We shed light on this question using two independent and exogenous shocks to household …. The relationship between trade shocks and crime is similar to the observed relationship between rainfall shocks and crime …. Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the …

Does information dissemination among beneficiaries of welfare programmes mitigate their implementation failures? We … was found for deprived communities. The findings lay a platform for an innovative information campaign that can be used by …

In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in histo-ry, in an attempt … and nationally representative surveys, we evaluate the impact of the information campaign on the receipt of two of … Indonesian districts, using program eligibility as an instrument for having received the information treatment. Further …

Information campaigns aimed at empowering the poor often fall short of meeting their desired aims. We study literacy …'s role in determining their efficacy. First, exploiting an RD design, we show that receipt of information increased household …

expenditure regardless of their level of literacy. Spillovers not only raise the cost effectiveness of health information programs …

expenditure regardless of their level of literacy. Spillovers not only raise the cost effectiveness of health information programs …

Information campaigns aimed at empowering the poor often fall short of meeting their desired aims. We study literacy …'s role in determining their efficacy. First, exploiting an RD design, we show that receipt of information increased household …

Does information dissemination among beneficiaries of welfare programmes mitigate their implementation failures? We … was found for deprived communities. The findings lay a platform for an innovative information campaign that can be used by …

In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in histo-ry, in an attempt … and nationally representative surveys, we evaluate the impact of the information campaign on the receipt of two of … Indonesian districts, using program eligibility as an instrument for having received the information treatment. Further …