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Does Money Burn Fat? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
randomized experiment financial incentives for weight loss obesity nonrandom sample attrition effect heterogeneity
2012/10/22
We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups o...
School and Drugs: Closing the Gap – Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US
mentoring programs peer effects risky behaviors educational programs randomized trials
2012/10/23
We present evidence on how The Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP hereafter) worked in the US. While the program was regarded as successful in the short-term, in the long-run its educational results wer...
Does women's knowledge of voting rights affect their voting behavior in village elections? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in China
rural women political(participation village election rural China Randomized Controlled Trial voting behavior
2014/3/13
Officials in China claim that voting rates in rural village elections are high. Unfortunately, these rates are assumptions, not facts. The true voting rate is lower, and much lower for women. We postu...
Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
education reading development
2012/10/26
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During ...
Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
academic promotion gender discrimination randomized natural experiment
2012/11/1
Several countries have recently introduced gender quotas in hiring and promotion committees at universities. This paper studies whether these policies increase the presence of women in top academic po...
Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
field experiment voucher adult education LATE Switzerland
2012/11/2
Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field...
Child Health and Neighborhood Conditions: Results from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
Child Health Neighborhood Conditions Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
2016/3/8
Using data from the Moving to Opportunity randomized housing voucher experiment, we estimate the direct effects of housing and neighborhood quality on child health. We show that, five years after rand...
CAN MENTORING HELP FEMALE ASSISTANT PROFESSORS? INTERIM RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
MENTORING HELP FEMALE ASSISTANT PROFESSORS INTERIM RESULTS A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
2014/3/18
While much has been written about the potential benefits of mentoring in academia, very little research documents its effectiveness. We present data from a randomized controlled trial of a mentoring p...
Targeting Labour Market Programmes:Results from a Randomized Experiment
profiling active labour market programmes ALMP statistical treatment rules unemployment public employment services
2009/11/6
We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist
caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market
programmes for their un...
Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Polyurethane Condom：Results from a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial
Efficacy of a Polyurethane Condom consumers Clinical Trial
2009/9/15
Context: Condoms made of latex are not comfortable or appropriate for all consumers. Polyurethane condoms may provide a needed alternative.
Methods: In a double-masked study, 805 monogamous couple...
Breakage and Acceptability of a Polyurethane Condom：A Randomized, Controlled Study
Polyurethane Condom sensitivity latex condom
2009/9/14
Context: Although the first commercial polyurethane condom was approved for use several years ago, no U.S. clinical trial has compared its performance to that of the latex condom.
Methods: In a ma...
Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Evidence From Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States
Social experiment overpayment work-search requirement
2013/10/18
In this paper we report the results of the only field test of which we are aware that uses randomized trials to measure whether stricter enforcement and verification of work search behavior alone decr...