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Assessing Repeated and Rescheduled Attempts in Random Digit Dial Surveys
Biljana Bogicevic, Navishti Das, Emma Davies, Andrew Dillon, Steve Glazerman, and Michael Rosenbaum
Date Written: September 2021
Theme: Research Methods Notes
Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment
Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan, and Adam Osman*
Date Written: September 2021
Theme: Labor and Entrepreneurship
Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana
Nathan Barker, Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan, Angela Ofori-Atta and Christopher Udry*
Date Written: October 2021
Theme: Labor and Entrepreneurship, Poverty and Social Protection
Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen
Lasse Brune, Dean Karlan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Christopher Udry
Date Written: July 2021
Theme: Crime, Violence, and Conflict
Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen
Lasse Brune, Dean Karlan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Christopher Udry
Date Written: July 2021
Theme: Crime, Violence, and Conflict
Machine Learning and Mobile Phone Data Can Improve the Targeting of Humanitarian Assistance
Emily Aiken, Suzanne Bellue, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry, and Joshua Blumenstock
Date Written: July 2021
Theme: Financial Inclusion
Agricultural Data Collection to Minimize Measurement Error and Maximize Coverage
Calogero Carletto, Andrew Dillon and Alberto Zezza
Date Written: July 2021
Themes: Research Methods Working Papers
Optimal Timing for Random Digit Dialing
Navishti Das, Emma Davies, Andrew Dillon, Steven Glazerman and Michael Rosenbaum
Date Written: June 2021
Region: Ghana, Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia
Theme: Research Methods Notes
A Call for Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers
Edward Asiedu, Dean Karlan, Monica Lambon-Quayefio, and Christopher Udry
Date Written: May 2021
Theme: Research Methods Working Papers
Messaging to Improve Response Rates: Effectiveness of Pre-Survey SMS Messages
Andrew Dillon, Steven Glazerman and Michael Rosenbaum
Date Written: April 2021
Region: Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda
Theme: Research Methods Notes
Understanding Response Rates in Random Digit Dial Surveys
Andrew Dillon, Steven Glazerman and Michael Rosenbaum
Date Written: April 2021
Region: Ghana, the Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia
Theme: Research Methods Notes
Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low and Middle Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspectives
Seth Garz, Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan, Rafe Mazer, Caitlin Sanford, and Jonathan Zinman
Date Written: March 2021
Theme: Finance