Documents et rapports
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Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring : Findings from an RCT (anglais)
This paper reports on gender differences in responses to a randomized controlled trial that provided encouragement and information nudges to take subsequent economics courses and major in the subject for...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9732 Date du document: 19 juillet 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Halim,Daniel Zefanya,Powers,Elizabeth T.,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn
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Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Equity, Learning, and School Management : Evidence from India (anglais)
The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9081 Date du document: 12 décembre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Delavallade,Clara Anne,Griffith,Alan,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn
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The effects of health insurance within families: experimental evidence from Nicaragua (anglais)
This paper measures the causal effects of parent enrollment into voluntary health insurance on healthcare utilization among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8115 Date du document: 26 juin 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fitzpatrick,Anne,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn
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Are rural road investments alone sufficient to generate transport flows? Lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Malawi and policy implications (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Are rural road investments alone sufficient to generate transport flows? Lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Malawi...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81200 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn,Yang,Dean,Goldberg,Jessica Ann,Keleher,Niall,Muller, Annika
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Incentives to learn (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Incentives to learn, conducted between March 2001 and March 2002 school year in Kenya. The study observed the impact of merit...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81376 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kremer,Michael Robert,Miguel,Edward A.,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn
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Are rural road investments alone sufficient to generate transport flows ? lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Malawi and policy implications (anglais)
This paper draws lessons from an original randomized experiment in Malawi. In order to understand why roads in relatively good condition in rural areas may not be used by buses, a minibus service was subsidized...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5535 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Muller, Annika,Goldberg,Jessica Ann,Keleher,Niall,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn,Yang,Dean
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Incentives to learn (anglais)
The authors report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams received a cash grant and had school fees paid...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3546 Date du document: 1 juin 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kremer,Michael Robert,Miguel,Edward A.,Ozier,Owen,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn