π‘ How can technology improve financial literacy and business aspirations?
A new #CEGAWorkingPaper explores how a mobile-phone app & video documentary improved soft and hard skills for female entrepreneurs in India, Peru, and Uganda.
π Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS-251
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Does targeting foundational learning skills improve broader learning?
In a new #CEGAWorkingPaper, faculty affiliate @andydebarros and colleagues explore whether targeting foundational skills generates long-term human capital gains in Zambia.
Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS-259
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π What happens when participants drop out of a study?
A new #CEGAWorkingPaper examines attrition in field experiments, finding that the most common test of attrition bias is not a test of internal validity in general.
π Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS-113
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π CEGAβs Kenya Life Panel Survey has tracked over 7,000 individuals for nearly three decades, providing rich insight into the long-term effects of childhood deworming.
π Learn more about the study in a new #CEGAWorkingPaper: go.cega.org/WPS-258
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π Does economic hardship increase cheating?
In a new #CEGAWorkingPaper, CEGA Faculty Co-Director Edward Miguel and colleagues find that people are more likely to cheat when facing economic hardship or large financial incentives to cheat.
π Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS256
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How does pollution affect cognitive activity?
In a new #CEGAWorkingPaper, researchers explore the short-term cognitive effects of air pollution in Kenya, finding that higher levels of pollution are associated with lower cognitive performance.
Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS255
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New evidence shows how greater aspirations can improve financial outcomes.
A new #CEGAWorkingPaper assesses the impact of financial literacy and aspirational interventions in Uganda, India, and Peru.
Learn more: go.cega.org/WPS251
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π’New #CEGAWorkingPaper
Research from @tedmiguel, @svrozo coauthors finds that housing subsidies for refugees in Jordan improve short-term housing quality, but cut food security, health child wellbeing - raising questions on aid models.
π Read more: escholarship.org/uc/item/43qβ¦
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πNew #CEGAWorkingPaperπ
In developing economies, production inputs like labor and capital are often underused β creating slack. @mwwalkerecon, @tedmiguel, coauthors confirm slack as a mechanism leading to outsized impacts w/ cash transfers: escholarship.org/uc/item/10dβ¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
Adding a trusted friend's endorsement to individual incentives can double the adoption of mobile banking in Ghana, find @EmmaRiley19, @Abu_Shonchoy & @RdoseiOsei.
How does this affect financial digital inclusion? Learn more: buff.ly/3w7eib4
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
In Rio de Janeiro, ~1.5M people live in favelas with significant criminal presence. @deivisangeli, @iedarm & @nandosecco explore how anti-favela discrimination affects job seekers' expectations outcome of job search.
escholarship.org/uc/item/2m2β¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
@svrozo researchers explore the effect of using WhatsApp videos to aid Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, finding unexpectedly low engagement rates.
Learn why: escholarship.org/uc/item/19bβ¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
Gender discrimination may not be the major barrier to financing for female business owners, find @ayalew_shibiru, @shanthim & @ketkidsheth.
What does this suggest about the Ethiopian entrepreneurial landscape? Read the study:
escholarship.org/uc/item/96qβ¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
Given the lack of formal jobs, entrepreneurship is a necessity for young people in LMICs. @toddpugatch examines the effect of a Rwandan educational reform on outcomes for participants in youth entrepreneurship training.
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
As the over-60 population in sub-Saharan Africa grows, what evidence can states draw on to craft effective policy?
@tedmiguel, Fellow β13 @dr_njuguna & coauthors review priorities for future research:
escholarship.org/uc/item/024β¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
This study, from @STraettino, @anamibanez, @svrozo, & Cataline Amuedo, on Venezuelan migrants in Colombia found that they were less likely to have children after a migratory amnesty granting labor permits/social services.
escholarship.org/uc/item/62gβ¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
@jblumenstock, Nitin Kohli, & Emily Aiken explore the responsible use of personal mobility data for policymaking during crises. By safeguarding data privacy, this research supports ethical data use to aid humanitarian efforts.
escholarship.org/uc/item/4jnβ¦
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
This meta-analysis reviews interventions targeting school leadersβ management practices to improve student learning. Researchers estimate a positive overall impact but cite barriers of low take-up and lacking incentives.
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π New #CEGAWorkingPaper π
A new WP from @mwwalkerecon, @tedmiguel, coauthors evaluates the results of a randomized deworming program implemented in Kenyan schools using a 23 year dataset.
escholarship.org/uc/item/3d1β¦
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This new evidence demonstrates that deworming treatments are a low-cost tool to improve the lives of both treatment recipients and their children.
Read the full #CEGAWorkingPaper to learn more:
escholarship.org/content/qt3β¦
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