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A Call for Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers

scientific article published in January 2021

A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from six Countries

scientific article published in May 2015

A Personal Touch: Text Messaging for Loan Repayment

scientific article published in March 2012

Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints

scientific article published in October 2012

Banking the Unbanked? Evidence From Three Countries

scientific article published in August 2016

Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

scientific article published in February 2012

CANDY ELASTICITY: HALLOWEEN EXPERIMENTS ON PUBLIC POLITICAL STATEMENTS

scientific article (publication date: 15 June 2015)

Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low and Middle Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspectives

scientific article published in December 2020

Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism?

scientific article published in September 2013

Credit Building or Credit Crumbling? A Credit Builder Loan’s Effects on Consumer Behavior, Credit Scores and Their Predictive Power

scientific article published in August 2019

Credit with Health Education in Benin: A Cluster Randomized Trial Examining Impacts on Knowledge and Behavior

scientific article published on 28 November 2016

Dangers of a Double-Bottom Line: A Poverty Targeting Experiment Misses Both Targets

scientific article published in March 2018

Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines

scientific article published in February 2018

Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia

scientific article published in February 2013

Does Lasting Behavior Change Require Knowledge Change? Evidence From Savings Interventions For Young Adults

scientific article published in November 2020

Does Poverty Change Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags

Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence From a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment

article

Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions

2009 scientific article

Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts

article

Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries

scientific article published in 2021

Financial Education and Access to Savings Accounts: Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from Ugandan Youth Clubs

scientific article published in May 2014

Follow the Money: Methods for Identifying Consumption and Investment Responses to a Liquidity Shock

scientific article published in December 2013

Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving

Hey Look at Me: The Effect of Giving Circles on Giving

scientific article published in January 2012

Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development

scientific article published in August 2012

How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?

scientific article published in March 2012

How Political Insiders Lose Out When International Aid Underperforms: Evidence from a Participatory Development Experiment in Ghana

scientific article published in April 2020

How can Bill and Melinda Gates increase other people's donations to fund public goods?

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Impact of savings groups on the lives of the poor

scientific article published on 07 March 2017

Intuitive Donating: Testing One-Line Solicitations for $1 Donations in a Large Online Experiment

List Randomization for Sensitive Behavior: An Application for Measuring Use of Loan Proceeds

scientific article published in October 2011

Long-Run Price Elasticities of Demand for Credit: Evidence from a Countrywide Field Experiment in Mexico

scientific article published in June 2013

Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes

Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda

scientific article published in January 2014

Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

scientific article published in January 2014

Microcredit in theory and practice: using randomized credit scoring for impact evaluation

scientific article published in June 2011

Mixed Method Evaluation of a Passive mHealth Sexual Information Texting Service in Uganda

scientific article published in June 2013

More Than Good Intentions

non-fiction book by Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel

Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali

scientific article published in February 2013

Randomizing Religion: The Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes

scientific article published in February 2018

Referrals: Peer Screening and Enforcement in a Consumer Credit Field Experiment

scientific article published in March 2012

Research and Impacts of Digital Financial Services

scientific article published in September 2016

SAVINGS BY AND FOR THE POOR: A RESEARCH REVIEW AND AGENDA

scientific article

Saving for a (not so) Rainy Day: A Randomized Evaluation of Savings Groups in Mali

scientific article published in October 2014

Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali

scientific article published in August 2014

Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps

scientific article

Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults

scientific article

Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen

scientific article published in July 2020

Survivor: Three principles of economics lessons as taught by a reality television show

Targeting ultra-poor households in Honduras and Peru

scientific article published in November 2013

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

scholarly article by Dean Karlan & Martin Valdivia published May 2011 in The Review of Economics and Statistics

The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth

scientific article published in March 2015

The Effect of Effectiveness: Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment

scientific article published in April 2014

The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana

scientific article published in April 2015

The effect of images of Michelle Obama's face on trick-or-treaters' dietary choices: A randomized control trial

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda

scientific article published in May 2014

Unconditional cash transfers for clinical and economic outcomes among HIV-affected Ugandan households

article

Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor

scientific article published in February 2018

Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly Add-on: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey

scientific article published in February 2015

What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment*

article

Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

scientific article published in June 2013