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作者：Mattsson, Martin
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：Slow public service delivery and corruption are common problems in low-and middle-income countries. Can better management information systems improve delivery speed? Does improving the delivery speed reduce corruption? In a large-scale experiment with the Bangladesh Civil Service, I send monthly scorecards measuring delays in service delivery to government officials and their supervisors. The scorecards increase on-time service delivery by 11 percent but do not reduce bribes. Instead, the scor...
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作者：Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ferris, Denise; Gulesci, Selim; Nasgowitz, Arne; Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore
作者单位：Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Trinity College Dublin; KU Leuven
摘要：We randomly offered a childcare subsidy, an equivalent cash grant, or both to mothers of three-to-five-year-old children. The childcare subsidy substantially increased the labor supply and earnings of single mothers, highlighting the importance of time constraints for them. Among couples, childcare did not affect mothers' labor market outcomes but instead increased fathers' salaried employment. At the household level, childcare led to higher income and consumption and improved child developmen...
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作者：Sejas-portillo, Rodolfo; Moro, Mirko; Stowasser, Till
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Stirling
摘要：Using British data on over 7 million residential property sales, we find that the simplified energy efficiency ( EE ) information leads to important market effects. UK legislation requires the use of an energy label that shows an EE rating score ( 1-100 ) mapped into arbitrary color-coded rating bands ( A-G). Applying a regression discontinuity design, we document significant price discontinuities at rating band thresholds, indicating heuristic thinking in the market. These price discontinuiti...
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作者：Jensen, Mathias Fjaellegaard; Manning, Alan
作者单位：University of Oxford; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：In Europe, the children of migrants often have worse economic outcomes than those with local-born parents. This paper shows that children born in Denmark with immigrant parents (first-generation locals) have lower earnings, higher unemployment, less education, more welfare transfers, and more criminal convictions than children with local-born parents. However, when we condition on parental socioeconomic characteristics, first-generation locals generally perform as well or slightly better than ...
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作者：Fabregas, Raissa; Kremer, Michael; Lowes, Matthew; On, Robert; Zane, Giulia
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research; CGIAR; International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
摘要：While some studies suggest mobile phone-based information programs change behavior; others find no effect. We evaluate six text message agricultural extension programs, collectively covering 128,000 farmers. A meta-analysis finds a 1.22-fold increase in the odds of adoption of recommended practices ( 95 percent CI: 1.16, 1.29). We cannot reject similar impacts across experiments. Impacts are increased by message repetition, but not by providing more granular information, using behavioral frami...
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作者：Beath, Andrew; Christia, Fotini; Enikolopov, Ruben
作者单位：The World Bank; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); ICREA; Barcelona School of Economics; Pompeu Fabra University
摘要：We exploit a randomized controlled trial conducted between 2007 and 2011 to identify the effect of Afghanistan's largest local governance and development program on the strength of the insurgency. We find that the program reduced violence, improved economic outcomes, and increased government support in interior regions of the country, but increased violence in villages close to the Pakistani border, where foreign insurgents were more numerous. The results suggest that development programs can ...
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作者：Blonz, Joshua; Palmer, Karen; Wichman, Casey j.; Wietelman, Derek c.
作者单位：Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors; Resources for the Future; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Can automation complement economic incentives? We explore this question by randomly encouraging households to activate a feature on their existing smart thermostat that automates responsiveness to time-of-use electricity pricing. The feature reduces air conditioning use during the highest-priced afternoon period, raising indoor temperatures above a household's preferred temperature, primarily for customers who are typically home during the day. Customers infrequently override the feature when ...
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作者：Kuruc, Kevin; Lopalo, Melissa; O'CoNNoR, Sean
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman; Federal Housing Finance Agency
摘要：The climate economy literature has documented adverse effects of extreme temperatures on well-being through mechanisms such as mortality, productivity, and conflict. Impacts due simply to discomfort are less well understood. This paper investigates individuals' valuations of weather using a revealed preference approach. We first quantify the decline in attendance at Major League Baseball games on hot and cold days. Leveraging this finding coupled with the historically informed assumption of a ...
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作者：Berry, James; Dizon-Ross, Rebecca; Jagnani, Maulik
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Chicago; Tufts University; Tufts University
摘要：We conduct two experiments to identify the value parents place on equality of opportunity when investing in children. The experiments exogenously vary short-run returns to educational investments to identify the weight placed on equalizing opportunity (child-level investment) relative to maximizing returns (total household earnings) or to equalizing outcomes (child-level expected earnings). While parents in both experiments place some weight on maximizing returns, they also display a strong pr...
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作者：Leone, Fabrizio; Macchiavello, Rocco; Reed, Tristan
作者单位：Universite Libre de Bruxelles; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; The World Bank
摘要：Prices for several intermediate inputs, including cement, are higher in developing economies-particularly in Africa. Combining recent data from the International Comparison Program with a global directory of cement firms, we estimate an industry equilibrium model to distinguish between drivers of international price dispersion: demand, costs, conduct, and entry. Developing economies feature both higher marginal costs and higher markups. African markets are not characterized by less competitive...
