Search Results - "Orkin, Kate"

Digital delivery of behavioural activation therapy to overcome depression and facilitate social and economic transitions of adolescents in South Africa (the DoBAt study): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial by Moffett, Bianca D, Pozuelo, Julia R, van Heerden, Alastair, O'Mahen, Heather A, Craske, Michelle, Sodi, Tholene, Lund, Crick, Orkin, Kate, Kilford, Emma J, Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne, Mahmud, Mahreen, Musenge, Eustasius, Davis, Meghan, Makhanya, Zamakhanya, Baloyi, Tlangelani, Mahlangu, Daniel, Chierchia, Gabriele, Fielmann, Sophie L, Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier, Valodia, Imraan, Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen, Stein, Alan

“…IntroductionScalable psychological treatments to address depression among adolescents are urgently needed. This is particularly relevant to low-income and…”
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Can Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment? by John, Anett, Orkin, Kate

“…Abstract Behavioral constraints may explain part of the low demand for preventive health products. We test the effects of two light-touch psychological…”
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Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries by Gerard, François, Imbert, Clément, Orkin, Kate

“…Abstract The public health response to COVID-19 in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity which threaten the…”
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Call Me Maybe: Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys by Garlick, Robert, Orkin, Kate, Quinn, Simon

“…Abstract This study analyzes the effects of differences in survey frequency and medium on microenterprise survey data. A sample of enterprises were randomly…”
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Call Me Maybe by Garlick, Robert, Orkin, Kate, Quinn, Simon

“…This study analyzes the effects of differences in survey frequency and medium on microenterprise survey data. A sample of enterprises were randomly assigned to…”
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In the child's best interests? Legislation on children's work in Ethiopia by Orkin, Kate

“…An abolitionist approach to children's work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach,…”
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‘See First, Think Later, Then Test’: How Children's Perspectives Can Improve Economic Research by Orkin, Kate

“…Economists study many aspects of children's lives. They have been criticised by childhood studies researchers for failing to recognise children as agents,…”
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Corrigendum to “Measuring self-efficacy, executive function, and temporal discounting in Kenya” [Behaviour Research and Therapy 101 (2018) 30–45] by Esopo, Kristina, Mellow, Daniel, Thomas, Catherine, Uckat, Hannah, Abraham, Justin, Jain, Prachi, Jang, Chaning, Otis, Nicholas, Riis-Vestergaard, Michala, Starcev, Amanda, Orkin, Kate, Haushofer, Johannes

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International evidence to inform decision making on implementing urgent response social protection measures by Orkin, Kate, Garlick, Robert, Rodriguez Hurtado, Ignacio, Grabowska, Marta, Kreft, Brynde, Cahill, Alice

“…This paper summarises evidence from a rapid review of international findings on the effects of cash transfers. The learnings were used to inform the design of…”
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Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect”? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia by Bernard, Tanguy, Dercon, Stefan, Orkin, Kate, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…We report on an experiment with poor rural households in Ethiopia, which aimed to boost aspirations for a better future through exposure to documentaries…”
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Behavioral economics: Will video kill the radio star? Assessing the potential of targeted exposure to role models through video by Bernard, Tanguy, Dercon, Stefan, Orkin, Kate, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…In this paper, we focus on the effectiveness of video-based interventions in inducing behavioural changes in poor countries. We first review relevant…”
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Measuring self-efficacy, executive function, and temporal discounting in Kenya by Esopo, Kristina, Mellow, Daniel, Thomas, Catherine, Uckat, Hannah, Abraham, Justin, Jain, Prachi, Jang, Chaning, Otis, Nicholas, Riis-Vestergaard, Michala, Starcev, Amanda, Orkin, Kate, Haushofer, Johannes

“…Developing countries have low adherence to medical regimens like water chlorination or antenatal and postnatal care, contributing to high infant and child…”
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Will Video Kill the Radio Star? Assessing the Potential of Targeted Exposure to Role Models through Video by Bernard, Tanguy, Dercon, Stefan, Orkin, Kate, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…In this paper, we focus on the effectiveness of video-based interventions in inducing behavioural changes in poor countries. We first review relevant…”
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Power to participants: methodological and ethical reflections from a decade of adolescent advisory groups in South Africa by Cluver, Lucie, Doubt, Jenny, Wessels, Inge, Asnong, Carine, Malunga, Samantha, Mauchline, Kerry, Vale, Beth, Medley, Sally, Toska, Elona, Orkin, Kate, Dunkley, Yasmin, Meinck, Franziska, Myeketsi, Noxolo, Lasa, Samkelo, Rupert, Caroline, Boyes, Mark, Pantelic, Marija, Sherr, Lorraine, Gittings, Lesley, Hodes, Rebecca, Kuo, Caroline, Chetty, Angelique N., Thabeng, Mildred

“…Whilst the HIV response has made significant progress in increasing representation of adults affected by HIV, the meaningful inclusion of children and…”
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Will Video Kill the Radio Star? Assessing the Potential of Targeted Exposure to Role Models through Video: Table 1 by Bernard, Tanguy, Dercon, Stefan, Orkin, Kate, Seyoum Taffesse, Alemayehu

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The role of aspirations and identities in decisions to invest in children's schooling by Orkin, Kate

“…I demonstrate that household investments in children's education in Ethiopia are affected by parents' self-beliefs (such as their locus of control), parents'…”
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