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View article: Can reminder emails compel Americans to save? A two-million-person megastudy
Can reminder emails compel Americans to save? A two-million-person megastudy Open
In the United States, 24% of adults have no savings and 39% have less than a month of income saved. We present results from a megastudy where nearly 2 million customers of a US bank were randomly assigned to receive one of seven different …
View article: Does Q&A Boost Engagement? Health Messaging Experiments in the United States and Ghana
Does Q&A Boost Engagement? Health Messaging Experiments in the United States and Ghana Open
Effective information sharing is critical for the success of organizations and governments. Because information that is easy to access is more likely to be adopted, leaders often minimize friction in information delivery. However, one type…
View article: Unconditional Cash Transfers: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations in Low and Middle Income Countries
Unconditional Cash Transfers: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations in Low and Middle Income Countries Open
We use Bayesian meta-analysis methods to estimate the impact of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) on twelve primary outcomes from 114 studies of 72 UCT programs in middle and low income countries.Cash transfers generate strong and positi…
View article: Index
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Promoting a comparative perspective, this comprehensive Research Handbook aids in the understanding of alternative finance and its values in a global setting. Readers are encouraged to view alternative finance through the lens of economic …
View article: Improving smallholder agriculture via video-based group extension
Improving smallholder agriculture via video-based group extension Open
Providing agricultural advice at scale poses operational challenges. Technology may help if repeating content reinforces learning for recipients and thus improves adoption, but risks reducing efficacy given limited customization and human …
View article: Promoting an open research culture
Promoting an open research culture Open
Transparency, openness, and reproducibility are readily recognized as vital features of science. When asked, most scientists embrace these features as disciplinary norms and values. Therefore, one might expect that these valued features wo…