Research Highlights Podcast

The promise of conditional cash transfers

December 23, 2020

Rema Hanna discusses how giving families money affects child development in the long run.

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Assessing the quality of start-ups

November 4, 2020

Economists are going beyond standard ways of judging the health of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Deadly incentives

October 26, 2020

In Colombia, stronger incentives for the military to kill rebels backfired.

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Bureaucratic water fights

October 9, 2020

Resolving tension between state and local authorities in Brazil boosted needed investments in water and sanitation services.

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Taxing hidden wealth

September 30, 2020

Professor Daniel Reck discusses how the US found offshore tax havens and what more it can do.

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Medical cost sharing for kids

September 28, 2020

How much do price hikes decrease healthcare expenditures on children?

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You don’t have to put on the red-light cameras

September 11, 2020

Does monitoring traffic intersections make them safer?

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Boosting the youth vote

August 24, 2020

How do states respond when young voters gain more political leverage?

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Can tax policy change gender norms?

August 12, 2020

The earned income tax credit spurred more women to work and changed social attitudes in the process.

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Take it again

June 3, 2020

Retaking the SAT boosts scores and college enrollment, especially for minority and low-income students.