Paper Title

The Long-Term Effects of Relaxing Information and Credit Constraints: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Tanzania

Author(s)

Abdulrazzak Tamim; McGill University

Trouble with Zero: The Limits of Subsidizing Technology Adoption

Pallavi Shukla; Johns Hopkins University
Hemant Pullabhotla; Stanford University
Kathy Baylis; University of California Santa Barbara

Experimental Evidence on Adoption and Impact of the System of Rice Intensification

Christopher Barrett; Cornell University
Asad Islam; Monash University
Mohammad Abdul Malek; BRAC
Debayan Pakrashi; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Ummul Ruthbah; Monash University

Technology Adoption and Quality Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains: A Field Experiment in Vietnam

Sangyoon Park; University of Hong Kong
Zhaoneng Yuan; University of Hong Kong
Hongsong Zhang; University of Hong Kong

Paper Title

Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments

Author(s)

Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Vanderbilt University
Paul Gertler; University of California Berkeley
Nozomi Nakajima; Harvard University
Harry Patrinos; World Bank

Great Things Come to Those Who Wait: Experimental Evidence on Performance-Management Tools and Training in Public Schools in Argentina

Rafael De Hoyos; The World Bank
Alejandro Ganimian; New York University
Peter Holland; The World Bank

The Impacts and Mechanisms of School Consolidation_Evidence from the Rural China 1989-2015

Yuheng Zhao; Boston University

Inducing Positive Sorting through Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from Pakistani Schools

Christina Brown; UC Berkeley
Tahir Andrabi; Pomona College

Paper Title

Does Promoting Inclusive Education Increase Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Author(s)

Jorge Aguero; University of Connecticut
Francisco Galarza; Universidad del Pacifico
Gustavo Yamada; Universidad del Pacifico

Building Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Schools: An Intervention on Perspective-Taking

Sule Alan; European University Institute
Ceren Baysan; University of Essex
Mert Gumren; Koc University
Elif Kubilay; University of Essex

Games of Prejudice – Experiments at the Extensive and Intensive Margin

Utteeyo Dasgupta; Wagner College
Subha Mani; Fordham University
Joe Vecci; Gothenburg University
Tomáš Želinský; Technical University of Kosice

Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India

Sonali Rakshit; Arizona State University
Soham Sahoo; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Paper Title

How Do Firms Respond to Insecurity? Evidence from Afghan Corporate Phone Records

Author(s)

Sylvan Herskowitz; IFPRI

The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil

Diogo G. C. Britto; Bocconi University
Paolo Pinotti; Bocconi University
Breno Sampaio; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

The Value of Names - Civil Society, Information, and Governing Multinationals on the Global Periphery

David Kreitmeir; Monash University
Nathaniel Lane; Monash University
Paul Raschky; Monash University

The economic victims of violence: local exports during the Mexican drug war

Bernardo Ricca; Insper Institute of Education and Research
Jose Morales-Arilla; Harvard University
Jesus Gorrin; Warwick Business School

Paper Title

Gentrifying Neighborhoods, Retail Prices and Varieties

Author(s)

Fernando Borraz; Banco Central del Uruguay and Universidad de la Republica
Felipe Carozzi; London School of Economics and Political Science
Nicolas González-Pampillón; What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth - London School of Economics

Taxing Multinationals: The Race Between Enforcement and Tax Planning

Dina Pomeranz; UZH

How do taxpayers respond to tax subsidy for long-term savings? Evidence from Thailand’s tax return data

Athiphat Muthitacharoen; Chulalongkorn University

Does Better Information Curb Customs Fraud?

Cyril Chalendard; International Trade Center
Alice Duhaut; The World Bank
Ana M Fernandes; The World Bank
Aaditya Mattoo; World Bank
Gael Raballand; World Bank
Bob Rijkers; The World Bank

Paper Title

Resisting social pressure in the household using mobile money: Experimental evidence on microenterprise investment in Uganda

Author(s)

Emma Riley; University of Oxford

Is It Who You Are or What You Get? Comparing the Impacts of Loans and Grants for Microenterprise Development

Adam Osman; University of Illinois

Flexible Microcredit: Effects on Loan Repayment and Social Pressure

Kristina Czura; University of Groningen
Anett John; University of Birmingham
Lisa Spantig; University of Essex

Higher purchase: A field experiment in asset-based microfinance

Faisal Bari; Lahore University of Management Sciences
Kashif Malik; Lahore University of Management Sciences
Muhammad Meki; University of Oxford
Simon Quinn; University of Oxford

Paper Title

The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health

Author(s)

Lavinia Piemontese; ENS-Lyon
Augustin Tapsoba; Toulouse School of Economics

In-Kind Transfers as Insurance

Lucie Gadenne; Warwick
Sam Norris; University of Chicago
Monica Singhal; UC Davis
Sandip Sukhtankar; University of Virginia

Long-Term Double Fortified Salt Usage for Child Health in Rural Bihar

Liza von Grafenstein; Georg-August-University Göttingen
Abhijeet Kumar; Georg-August-University Göttingen
Santosh Kumar; Sam Houston State University
Sebastian Vollmer; University of Goettingen

Soils and South Asian Stunting: Low soil zinc availability drives child stunting in Nepal

Leah Bevis; Ohio State University

Paper Title

From Bilateral Trade to Centralized Markets: A Search Model for Commodity Exchanges in Africa

Author(s)

Yaw Nyarko; NYU
Heitor Pellegrina; NYU Abu Dhabi

Rural Roads, Agricultural Extension, and Productivity

Mesay Gebresilasse; Amherst College

Misattribution and multiple priors prevent learning

Jessica Hoel; Colorado College
Victor Manyong; IITA
Hope Michelson
Benjamin Norton; Cornell University

Economics of Subsistence in Africa: Land Endowments, Population Density, and Agglomeration Forces for Market Transactions

Shunsuke Tsuda; Brown University

Paper Title

Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda

Author(s)

Moussa Blimpo; The World Bank
Todd Pugatch; Oregon State University; IZA

Are Teachers in Africa Poorly Paid? Evidence from 15 Countries

David Evans; Center for Global Development
Fei Yuan; Harvard University
Deon Filmer; World Bank

Successful Interventions at Scale: The Importance of Managers

Sabrin Beg; University of Delaware
Adrienne Lucas; University of Delaware
Anne Fitzpatrick; University of Massachusetts, Boston

Credit Constraints and Demand for Remedial Education: Evidence From Tanzania

Konrad Burchardi; Stockholm University
Jonathan de Quidt; Institute for International Economic Studies
Selim Gulesci; Bocconi University
Munshi Sulaiman; BRAC

Paper Title

What Do Jobseekers Want? Estimating Reservation Wages and the Value of Job Attributes

Author(s)

Brian Feld; Universidad EAFIT
AbdelRahman Nagy; J-PAL
Adam Osman; University of Illinois

Labor Rationing

Yogita Shamdasani; National University of Singapore

On the Triggers of Hazardous Border Crossings: Evidence from the US-Mexican Border

Nancy Chau; Cornell University
Filiz Garip; Cornell University
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea; Cornell University

Human Capital Investment in the Presence of Child Labor

Natalie Bau; UCLA
Martin Rotemberg; New York University
Manisha Shah; University of California, Los Angeles
Bryce Steinberg; Brown University

Paper Title

Multinationals, Monopsony and Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company

Author(s)

Diana Van Patten; Princeton University

Import Competition, Formal Sector Employment, and Contract Labor: Evidence from India

Pavel Chakraborty; Lancaster University
Rahul Singh; Ahmedabad University
Vidhya Soundararajan; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Import Competition and Gender Differences in Labor Reallocation

Hani Mansour; University of Colorado Denver
Pamela Medina; University of Toronto
Andrea Velasquez; University of Colorado Denver

World price shocks, trade policy shocks, and internal migration: Evidence from Indonesia

Rizki Nauli Siregar; UC Davis

Paper Title

Conflict and Gender Leadership: Female Mayors in Colombia

Author(s)

Francisco Eslava; University of British Columbia

The Importance of Being Earnest: What Explains the Gender Quota Effect in Politics?

Sugat Chaturvedi; Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Sabyasachi Das; Ashoka University
Kanika Mahajan; Ashoka University

Labor Market Impacts of the Tamil Nadu Hiring Freeze

Kunal Mangal; Harvard University

Cash Transfers and Community Participation in Public Affairs: A Village-Level Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya

Kate Orkin; University of Oxford
Michael Walker; UC Berkeley

Paper Title

Within-Group Heterogeneity in a Multi-Ethnic Society

Author(s)

Miriam Artiles; Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Decentralizing Development

Ricardo Dahis; Northwestern University
Christiane Szerman; Princeton University

Institutions Shape Culture: The Civic Imprint of Democracy

Nicolas Ajzenman; Sao Paulo School of Economics
Cevat Aksoy; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Martin Fiszbein; Boston University

Vernacularization and Linguistic Democratization

Christine Binzel; FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andreas Link; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rajesh Ramachandran; Heidelberg University

Paper Title

Women's Labor Market Opportunities and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Sri Lanka

Author(s)

Dhanushka Peru; University of Houston

Food for Thought: School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda

Justice Mensah; International Finance Corporation,The World Bank Group

Worth your weight: experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in a low-income country

Elisa Macchi; University of Zurich

Appointments versus Commitments: Overcoming Self-Control Problems in Preventive Health

Laura Derksen; University of Toronto
Jason Kerwin; University of Minnesota
Natalia Ordaz Reynoso; University of Minnesota
Olivier Sterck; University of Oxford

Paper Title

How does minimum wage legislation influence the impacts of agricultural productivity shocks?

Author(s)

Matthew Sharp; University of Oxford

Productive Workfare? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program

Victor Stéphane; University of Lyon
Jules Gazeaud; Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Poverty, Institutions, and tropical cyclone deaths in the Philippines

Elizabeth Tennant; Cornell University

The Heterogeneous Impacts of Natural Disasters on Risk Preferences

Helene Purcell; Fordham University

Paper Title

How Competition Shapes Peer Effects: Evidence from a University in China

Author(s)

Zihan Hu; Cornell University
Siyu Chen; Jinan University

The Messenger Matters: Experimental Evidence from a Sex Education Intervention

Noam Angrist; Oxford

The Value of College Names

Alex Eble; Teachers College, Columbia University
Feng Hu; University of Science andTechnology Beijing

Can information about job prospects improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from a large training programme in India

bhaskar chakrarvorty; University of Warwick
Wiji Arulampalam; University of Warwick
Clement Imbert; University of Warwick
Roland Rathelot; University of Warwick

Paper Title

Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

Author(s)

Diva Dhar; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Tarun Jain; Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Seema Jayachandran; Northwestern University

Empowering Women: Comparing the Impacts of Economic and Behavior Change Interventions

Kate Ambler; IFPRI
Kelly Jones; American University
Michael O'Sullivan; World Bank

Economic and Psychological Constraints to Women’s Empowerment

Mahreen Mahmud; University of Oxford
Kate Orkin; University of Oxford
Emma Riley; University of Oxford

Long-term impacts of a short exposure to CCTs in adolescence: evidence from the Philippines

Ervin Dervisevic; World Bank
Elizaveta Perova; World Bank
Abhilasha Sahay; World Bank

Paper Title

From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo

Author(s)

Junichi Yamasaki; Kobe University
Kentaro Nakajima; Hitotsubashi University
Kensuke Teshima; Hitotsubashi University

Civil War, Sea Trade and the Rise of Cities in 19th Century China

Yan Hu; CEMFI

Spatial Misallocation, Informality and Transit Improvements: Evidence from Mexico City

Roman Zarate; World Bank, DECRG

Does Slum Demolition Affect the Economic Outcomes of the Displaced? Evidence from Victorian England

Yiming He, Stanford University

Paper Title

Political Organizations and Persistent Policy Distortions

Author(s)

Ajay Shenoy; University of California Santa Cruz
Laura Zimmermann; University of Georgia

Public good or public bad? Indigenous institutions, nation-building, and the demand for road infrastructure in Mexico

Aldo Elizalde; University of Glasgow
Eduardo Hidalgo; University of Cologne

Expressway to Power: Infrastructure Projects and Political Support

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel; Dalhousie University
Dozie Okoye; Dalhousie University
Belgi Turan; TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Land reform and public goods in the long-run: Evidence from Kenya’s settlement schemes

Juliette Crespin-Boucaud; Paris School of Economics
Catherine Boone; London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Alexander Moradi; Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Paper Title

An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan

Author(s)

Stefano Caria; University of Warwick
Grant Gordon; International Rescue Committee
Maximilian Kasy; Oxford University
Simon Quinn; University of Oxford
Soha Shami; Danish Refugee Council
Alexander Teytelboym; University of Oxford

LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training

Laurel Wheeler; Duke University
Robert Garlick; Duke University
Eric Johnson; RTI International
Patrick Shaw; RTI International
Marissa Gargano; RTI International

Creating (Digital) Labor Markets in Rural Tanzania

Dahyeon Jeong; University of California, Santa Cruz

Who Works Where and Why? Parental Networks and the Labor Market

Shmuel San; NYU

Paper Title

Collateral Damage: The Legacy of the Secret War in Laos

Author(s)

Juan Felipe Riano Rodriguez; University of British Columbia
Felipe Valencia Caicedo; University of British Columbia

Pretrial Detention and Rearrest: Evidence from Brazilian Prisons

Beatriz Ribeiro; World Bank
Claudio Ferraz; University of British Columbia

Police violence and protest behavior: Evidence from street rallies and boycotts

Felipe Gonzalez; PUC-Chile
Mounu Prem; Universidad del Rosario

Gone with the Wind: The consequences of US drone strikes in Pakistan

Rafat Mahmood; University of Western Australia
Michael Jetter; University of Western Australia, IZA, CE

Paper Title

The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences

Author(s)

Iacopo Morchio; University of Vienna
Christian Moser; Columbia University

Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from South Korea

Kyeongah Lee; Brandeis University

The Violent Origins of Finnish Equality

Jaakko Meriläinen; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Matti Mitrunen; University of Helsinki
Tuomo Virkola; European University Institute

It's Complicated: The Distributional Consequences of Political Reservation

Chinmaya Kumar; University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
MR Sharan; Center for Global Development

Paper Title

The Dynamic Impact of Internet Access on Student Learning

Author(s)

Kevin Kho; Michigan State University
Leah Lakdawala; Wake Forest University
Eduardo Nakasone; Michigan State University / IFPRI

Can Virtual Replace In-person Coaching? Experimental Evidence on Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning in South Africa

Jacobus Cilliers; Georgetown University
Brahm Fleisch; University of Witwatersrand
Janeli Kotze; Department of Basic Education, Government of South Africa
Nompumelelo Mohohlwane; Department of Basic Education, Government of South Africa
Stephen Taylor; Department of Basic Education, Government of South Africa
Tsegofatso Thulare; Department of Basic Education, Government of South Africa

Impact of e-Learning Technology and Activity-Based Learning on Learning Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Community Schools in Rural Zambia

Thomas de Hoop; American Institutes for Research
Hannah Ring; American Institutes for Research
Garima Siwach; American Institutes for Research
Paula Dias; American Institutes for Research
Gelson Tembo; Palm Associates
Victoria Rothbard; American Institutes for Research
Anais Tounguis; American Institutes for Research

Technology-Aided Instruction in Primary Education: Experimental Evidence from Angola

Joana Cardim; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova SBE
Teresa Molina Millan; Nova School of Business and Economics
Pedro Vicente; Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Paper Title

The Unintended Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda

Author(s)

Claire Cullen; University of Oxford
Arthur Alik-Lagrange; World Bank
Muthoni Ngatia; J-PAL Africa
Julia Vaillant; The World Bank

COVID-19 and Crimes Against Women: Evidence from Mexico

Lauren Hoehn-Velasco; Georgia State University

Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Shalini Roy; IFPRI
Melissa Hidrobo; International Food Policy Research Institute
John Hoddinott; Cornell University
Bastien Koch; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Akhter Ahmed; IFPRI

'Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families

Rossella Calvi; Rice University
Ajinkya Keskar; Rice University

Paper Title

Take the Goods and Run: Contracting Frictions and Market Power in the Ecuadorian Supply Chain

Author(s)

Felipe Brugués; Brown University

Production Networks and War

Vasily Korovkin; CERGE-EI
Alexey Makarin; EIEF

Contracting and quality upgrading: Evidence from a pilot experiment in Senegal

Joshua Deutschmann; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tanguy Bernard; International Food Policy Research Institute/GREThA-University of Bordeaux

Should the government sell you goods? Evidence from the milk market in Mexico

Diego Jimenez Hernandez; Stanford University
Enrique Seira; ITAM

Paper Title

Monitoring Corruption: Can Top-down Monitoring Crowd-Out Grassroots Participation?

Author(s)

Robert Gonzalez; University of South Carolina
Foteini Tzachrista; Darla Moore School of Business

Optimal Monitoring and Bureaucrat Adjustments

Wendy Wong; University of Chicago

From Lapdogs to Watchdogs: Random Auditor Assignment and Municipal Fiscal Performance in Italy

Silvia Vannutelli; Boston University

Bid Manipulation in Open Procurement Auctions

Hanna Charankevich; University of Virginia

Paper Title

Whisper Words of Wisdom: How Financial Counseling can Reduce Delinquency in Consumer Loans

Author(s)

Jaime Ruiz-Tagle; Universidad de Chile

Digital Credit Delivery Speed and Repayment Rates

Alfredo Burlando; University of Oregon
Michael Kuhn; University of Oregon
Silvia Prina; Northeastern University

The Gambler's Fallacy and the Illusion of Streak Switching in Lottery Play

Brian Dillon; Cornell University
Travis Lybbert; University of California, Davis

Learning About a Financial Technology: Evidence from Payroll Accounts

Emily Breza; Harvard U
Martin Kanz; The World Bank
Leora Klapper; The World Bank

Paper Title

On the Theory and Measurement of Relative Poverty Using Durable Ownership Data

Author(s)

Sudeshna Maitra; York University

A Simple Metric for Inclusive Growth with Illustrations from India (1983-2012)

Sneha Thapliyal; Indian Institute of Management Indore

Instrumental Variable Approach to Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Indonesia

Rafia Zafar; Fordham University

(Machine) Learning what Policymakers Value

Daniel Bjorkegren; Brown University
Joshua Blumenstock; U.C. Berkeley
Samsun Knight; Brown University

Paper Title

Do cash transfers foster resilience? Evidence from rural Niger

Author(s)

Patrick Premand; The World Bank
Quentin Stoeffler; Istanbul Technical University

Cash Transfers and the Geographic Mobility of the Rural Poor in Mali

Melissa Hidrobo; International Food Policy Research Institute
Valerie Mueller; Arizona State University
Shalini Roy; International Food Policy Research Institute

The Effects of Cash Transfers on Formal Labor Markets: Evidence from Brazil

Francois Gerard; Queen Mary University of London
Joana Naritomi; London School of Economics
Joana Silva; CATÓLICA-LISBON

Anticipation and Temptation

Neil Thakral; Brown University
Linh Tô; Boston University

Paper Title

Cultural Distance and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Author(s)

Eleonora Guarnieri; ifo Institute
Ana Tur-Prats; University of California, Merced

Tackling Sexual Harassment: Evidence from India

karmini sharma; University of Warwick

Sexual violence as a weapon of war: The impact of local economic resources on violence against citizens

Maleke Fourati; University of Geneva
Victoire Girard; NOVAFRICA, Nova SBE
Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti; University of Geneva

Declining Deadly Demand? The Impact of US Marijuana Liberalization on Violence in Mexico

Shawn Swanson; University of Colorado, Boulder

Paper Title

Can White Elephants Kill? Unintended Consequences of Infrastructure Development in Peru

Author(s)

Antonella Bancalari; London School of Economics

Political turnover, electoral incentives and public inefficiencies: evidence from unfinished infrastructure projects in Brazil

Gabriel Granato; University of California, Berkeley
Claudio Ferraz; UBC

The long-run gains from the early adoption of electricity

Björn Brey; University of Nottingham

Agricultural Labor Exits Increase Crop Fires

Teevrat Garg; University of California at San Diego
Maulik Jagnani; University of Colorado Denver
Hemant Pullabhotla; Stanford University

Paper Title

Does Mission Matter? Experimental Evidence From Public Health Workers in Pakistan

Author(s)

Muhammad Yasir Khan; UC Berkeley

Incentivizing Community Health Workers in Guinea-Bissau: Experimental Evidence on Social Status and Intrinsic Motivation

Mattia Fracchia; Nova School of Business and Economics
Teresa Molina Millan; Nova School of Business and Economics
Pedro Vicente; Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Health Insurance: Evidence from India

Radhika Jain; Stanford University

The Economics of the Public Option: Evidence from Local Pharmaceutical Markets

Juan Pablo Atal; University of Pennsylvania
Ignacio Cuesta
Felipe Gonzalez; PUC-Chile
Cristobal Otero; University of California, Berkeley

Paper Title

Recovering Network Structure from Aggregated Relational Data using Penalized Regression

Author(s)

Hossein Alidaee; Northwestern University

Tracing the Institutional Footprint of Immigration on the Chessboard of Long-Term Economic Development

Marie Guimbeau; Brandeis University

Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence from India

Adrien Matray; Princeton University

Converging to Convergence

Michael Kremer; Harvard University
Jack Willis; Columbia University
Yang You; Harvard University