How citizen participation affects environmental governance: Evidence from social media in China Social media provides a powerful mechanism for citizens to make their voices heard, which spurs improvements in how governments regulate pollution Energy & Environment Mark Buntaine Michael Greenstone Guojun He Mengdi Liu Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang Published 29.11.22
Does faster public service delivery decrease corruption? Evidence from the Bangladesh Civil Service Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead, positive feedback to well-performing bureaucrats worsens corruption. Institutions & Political Economy Martin Mattsson Published 14.11.22
Demonstrator selection, farmer field days and agricultural technology adoption in India Training field days increase awareness and adoption of technology, irrespective of how the demonstrators are selected Agriculture Kyle Emerick Manzoor Dar Published 09.05.22
Fighting malnutrition with cash and information: Evidence from Nepal Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices Health Michael Levere Gayatri Acharya Prashant Bharadwaj Published 02.03.22
Using information to foster parental engagement in education: Evidence from Colombia Parents respond to information by increasing their educational investment, but this initial response decays unless report cards are sustained Education Felipe Barrera-Osorio David Deming Katie Gonzalez Francisco Lagos Published 17.01.22
Improving school outcomes with better data sharing: Evidence from Chile Shrinking school–parent information gaps through text messaging can be an effective way to improve grades and attendance outcomes for schoolchildren Education Samuel Berlinski Matias Busso Taryn Dinkelman Claudia Martínez A. Published 30.06.21
Information provision and street food safety: A field study in urban India While unsafe street food affects the health of millions of people, information alone may not be enough to change vendors’ food safety practices Health Gianmarco Daniele Sulagna Mookerjee Denni Tommasi Published 24.05.21
Encouraging agricultural technology adoption through autonomy: Evidence from Mexico While farming practices were not initially enhanced, low-income farmers in Mexico with autonomy substantially improved two years post-intervention Agriculture Carolina Corral Xavier Giné Aprajit Mahajan Enrique Seira Published 08.02.21
Promoting parental involvement in schools: Evidence from Mexico Group-based interventions can increase parental engagement in school, change parents’ behaviour at home and improve children’s behaviour in school Education Felipe Barrera-Osorio Paul Gertler Nozomi Nakajima Harry Patrinos Published 11.12.20
