Getting bang for your buck on education spending: Evidence from Tanzania Interventions aimed at alleviating multiple constraints are often needed to achieve the desired impact Public Economics Isaac Mbiti Karthik Muralidharan Mauricio Romero Youdi Schipper Constantine Manda Rakesh Rajani Published 23.06.21
Attracting physicians to underserved areas: Evidence from Brazil Policies based on physicians' geographic preferences, such as quotas and university expansion, are more cost-effective than financial incentives Health Francisco Costa Leticia Nunes Fabio Miessi Sanches Published 11.06.21
When transparency fails: Financial incentives for local banking agents in Indonesia In contexts where information on new financial technologies is limited, publicly disclosing an agent’s financial incentives negatively impacts take-up Finance Erika Deserranno Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Firman Witoelar Published 04.06.21
Why does aid not target the poorest? Ease of implementation might be a significant factor behind the flow of aid to richer parts of countries Institutions & Political Economy Ryan Briggs Published 31.05.21
Public disclosure as a political incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India Councilors who thought performance reports would be published before an election invested more in infrastructure, with positive impacts on re-election Institutions & Political Economy Abhijit Banerjee Nils Enevoldsen Rohini Pande Michael Walton Published 24.02.21
Incentivising behavioural change: The role of time preferences Bundling payment incentives over time is more effective in increasing effort among the impatient, relative to increasing payment frequency Health Rebecca Dizon-Ross Shilpa Aggarwal Ariel Zucker Published 07.10.20
Using social connections to solve coordination failure: Evidence from assembly lines in India An experiment in garment factories suggests that stronger social connections among co-workers can enhance coordination when incentives are group-based Firms Farzana Afridi Amrita Dhillon Sherry Li Swati Sharma Published 16.07.20
Incentivising bureaucrats through performance-based postings: Experimental evidence from Pakistan How can we best incentivise bureaucrats in a formal manner that avoids concerns over corruption? Public Economics Adnan Khan Published 10.06.20
Social learning in agriculture: Experimental evidence from Malawi Can policymakers speed up the adoption of modern agricultural technologies through peer-to-peer learning? Agriculture Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Published 03.06.20
