Search Results - "Parienté, William"

Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco by Crépon, Bruno, Devoto, Florencia, Duflo, Esther, Parienté, William

“…We report results from a randomized evaluation of a microcredit program introduced in rural areas of Morocco in 2006. Thirteen percent of the households in…”
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URBANIZATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE CHALLENGE OF ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES by Parienté, William

“…The majority of the urban population of Sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums where access to basic services, such as water, sanitation, or electricity is low…”
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Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco by Devoto, Florencia, Duflo, Esther, Dupas, Pascaline, Parienté, William, Pons, Vincent

“…Connecting private dwellings to the water main is expensive and typically cannot be publicly financed. We show that households' willingness to pay for a…”
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A revolution in economics? It’s just getting started by Cole, Shawn, Parienté, William, Sautmann, Anja

“…We have each experienced thrills and pain while supporting the mission of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which facilitated many of the experiments…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt: An Experimental Approach by Barsoum, Ghada, Crépon, Bruno, Gardiner, Drew, Michel, Bastien, Parienté, William

“…We measure the impact of an edutainment television programme specifically designed to promote entrepreneurship among young adult viewers in Egypt. We…”
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A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries by Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Goldberg, Nathanael, Karlan, Dean, Osei, Robert, Parienté, William, Shapiro, Jeremy, Thuysbaert, Bram, Udry, Christopher

“…A persistent concern about wellintentioned efforts to improve living standards for the 1.2 billion people who survive (if it can be called that) on less than…”
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Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty by Bossuroy, Thomas, Goldstein, Markus, Karimou, Bassirou, Karlan, Dean, Kazianga, Harounan, Parienté, William, Premand, Patrick, Thomas, Catherine C., Udry, Christopher, Vaillant, Julia, Wright, Kelsey A.

“…Many policies attempt to help extremely poor households build sustainable sources of income. Although economic interventions have predominated historically 1 ,…”
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Being surveyed can change later behavior and related parameter estimates by Zwane, Alix Peterson, Zinman, Jonathan, Van Dusen, Eric, Pariente, William, Null, Clair, Miguel, Edward, Kremer, Michael, Karlan, Dean S., Hornbeck, Richard, Giné, Xavier, Duflo, Esther, Devoto, Florencia, Crepon, Bruno, Banerjee, Abhijit, Maskin, Eric S.

“…Does completing a household survey change the later behavior of those surveyed? In three field studies of health and two of microlending, we randomly assigned…”
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DISCRIMINATION AS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH GROCERY STORES by Glover, Dylan, Pallais, Amanda, Pariente, William

“…Examining the performance of cashiers in a French grocery store chain, we find that manager bias negatively affects minority job performance. In the stores…”
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Development economics. A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: evidence from six countries by Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Goldberg, Nathanael, Karlan, Dean, Osei, Robert, Parienté, William, Shapiro, Jeremy, Thuysbaert, Bram, Udry, Christopher

“…We present results from six randomized control trials of an integrated approach to improve livelihoods among the very poor. The approach combines the transfer…”
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