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作者：Barros, Henrique Pita
作者单位：Universidade de Lisboa; Brown University
摘要：With global forced displacement at an unprecedented level, there is an increasing demand for low-cost interventions that can reduce tension between displaced persons and host communities. This study undertakes a novel field experiment designed to improve the social integration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into host communities under conditions of scarce resources and low state capacity. The experiment was conducted in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique's northernmost province, where an Islamis...
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作者：Abreha, Kaleb; Johnson, Trinity; Robertson, Raymond
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Texas A&M University System
摘要：We estimate the impact of President Bukele's 2022 crime crackdown on migrant encounters at the U.S. border. El Salvador is a key source of migration through the Southern U.S. border and had high crime rates. In March 2022, a surge in violence led to a state of exception and mass arrest of suspected gang affiliates, which raised human rights concerns and significantly reduced homicides. Applying difference-in-differences and synthetic cohort methods, we find an 45%-67% decline in U.S. border en...
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作者：Berthelon, Matias; Contreras, Dante; Kruger, Diana; Palma, Maria Isidora
作者单位：Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Universidad de Chile; University of London; University College London
摘要：This paper investigates the dynamic effects of adolescent parenthood on education enrollment in Chile using administrative data covering six cohorts born between 1990 and 1995. Employing an event study methodology, the analysis reveals substantial and persistent declines for both teen mothers and fathers in school enrollment, but more pronounced and enduring effects for mothers. Heterogeneity assessments expose socioeconomic disparities, indicating larger effects among parents from disadvantag...
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作者：Banerjee, Abhijit; Karlan, Dean; Osei, Robert; Trachtman, Hannah; Udry, Christopher
作者单位：Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; National Bureau of Economic Research; Northwestern University; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); University of Ghana; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Bureau of Economic Research; Northwestern University; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR)
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作者：Lagarde, Mylene; Herl, Carlos Riumallo
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Tinbergen Institute
摘要：In a field experiment with 400 groups of informal entrepreneurs in El Salvador, we compare the impact of group incentives (linked to compliance of all members) to equivalent individual ones to encourage cardiovascular check-ups. We test two incentive designs: small rewards and lotteries. Group incentives are as effective as individual ones at increasing demand for prevention, but, unlike individual incentives, they fail to target those with potentially higher health risks. The equal effectiven...
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作者：Gaspar, Attila; Giommoni, Tommaso; Morelli, Massimo; Nicolo, Antonio
作者单位：HUN-REN; HUN-REN Centre for Economic & Regional Studies; University of Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Bocconi University; University of Padua; University of Manchester
摘要：This paper shows that corruption generates extremism, but mainly on the opposition side. While corruption hurts all citizens, only voters on the minority side may desire to switch to a more extreme representative when they perceive a more corrupt political system. In our model, campaigning on a corruption scandal against the incumbent gives a higher winning probability for the opposition politician but simultaneously reduces expected future rents from office. As extremist politicians normally ...
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作者：Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Kosack, Edward; Ward, Zachary
作者单位：University of St Andrews; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University System of Ohio; Xavier University; Baylor University; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：Forced displacement from conflict has risen sharply in recent decades, yet little is known about how violence impacts migration dynamics in the short run or over a longer horizon. Using novel high-frequency data during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917), one of history's deadliest conflicts, we find that localized violence caused a sharp but temporary 60 percent spike in migration to the US, lasting only seven months before reverting to pre-conflict levels. We do not find evidence of increased...
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作者：Lasdun, Violet; Harou, Aurelie P.; Magomba, Chris; Guerena, David
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; McGill University; Sokoine University of Agriculture
摘要：Information constraints rank high among barriers to agricultural technology adoption among small-scale farmers, particularly for complex bundles of complementary practices. Information communication technologies are emerging to extend the reach of agricultural training, with potential to deliver information through mobile and smartphones at little or no cost to farmers. In this study, we develop a low-cost digital extension platform that facilitates peer-to-peer learning through SMS-based chat...
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作者：de Pleijt, Alexandra M.; Frankema, Ewout
作者单位：Wageningen University & Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
摘要：Since 1970, Southeast Asia's per capita GDP grew seven-fold and headcount poverty rates declined from ca. 70 to 5%. This paper explores the 20th century schooling revolution as one of the deeper roots of this major leap in human prosperity. Using micro-data on the educational attainment and migration status of ca. 123 million individuals, subdivided across 277 provinces in eight Southeast Asian countries, we establish a strong and significant relationship between early educational attainment a...
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作者：Kazibwe, Douglas; Li, Jinhu
作者单位：The World Bank; Deakin University; Australian National University
摘要：We evaluate the long-term effects of Uganda's 2007 Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy, which expanded secondary education access through tuition-fee elimination and increased school capacity. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we exploit variations in birth cohorts and regional exposure to identify the policy's causal impacts on women's educational attainment and empowerment. Our results show significant gains in education and empowerment for women in areas with greater progra...
