We report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for
adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams had their school fees
paid and received a cash grant for school supplies. Girls eligible for the scholarship ...
RA Thornton… - American Economic Review, 2001 - JSTOR
Page 1. Learning from Experience and Learning from Others: An Exploration of Learning and
Spillovers in Wartime Shipbuilding By REBECCA ACHEE THORNTON AND PETER THOMPSON*
A new data set facilitates study of learning spillovers in World War II shipbuilding. ...
RL Thornton - The American economic review, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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M Kremer,
E Miguel… - The Review of Economics and …, 2009 - MIT Press
Abstract We study a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program in which Kenyan
girls who scored well on academic exams had school fees paid and received a grant. Girls
showed substantial exam score gains, and teacher attendance improved in program ...
R Jensen… - Gender and Development, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Many women in the developing world are subject to marriage at an early age. Most such
women have little choice in the age at which they marry, or whom they marry. In this article,
we examine patterns and trends of early marriage in the developing world. The incidence ...
N Angotti, A Bula, L Gaydosh, EZ Kimchi… - Social Science & …, 2009 - Elsevier
We estimate the role of benefits and peer effects in technology adoption using data from
randomized distribution of menstrual cups in Nepal. Using individual randomization, we
estimate causal effects of peer exposure on adoption; using differences in potential ...
[CITATION] Protocol for biomarker testing in the 2004 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project
S Bignami-Van Assche, K Smith,
G Reniers… - Social Networks Project …, 2004
[CITATION] The demand for and impact of learning HIV status: Evidence from a field experiment
R Thornton - University of Michigan Mimeograph, 2006
RL Thornton, LE Hatt, EM Field, M Islam… - Health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Page 1. HEALTH ECONOMICS Health Econ. 19: 181–206 (2010) Published online
30 June 2010 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI:
10.1002/hec.1635 SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ...
R Thornton - Informal paper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2005 - aidsmark.org
Abstract: It is commonly believed that HIV testing is essential for disease prevention. Indeed,
spending on counseling and testing accounts for over half of the total expenditures on HIV
prevention in some African countries. Despite this, there is evidence that even when ...
This paper presents the results from a randomized evaluation that distributed menstrual
cups (menstrual sanitary products) to adolescent girls in rural Nepal. Girls in the study were
randomly allocated a menstrual cup for use during their monthly period and were followed ...
W Friedman, M Kremer,
E Miguel… - 2011 - nber.org
Less developed regions have experienced massive increases in both education and
democracy over the past half century, and it is widely claimed that many recent democratic
transitions have been propelled by increasingly educated youth populations. Scholars ...
HP Kohler… - The World Bank Economic Review, 2011 - World Bank
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R Thornton, A Bula, K Chavula… - 2008 - escholarship.org
Abstract: As part of a study that tested individuals for sexually transmitted infections in rural
Malawi, we examine the reactions to the provision of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT).
This paper presents response rates as well as summarizing qualitative data on community ...
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Incentives to Learn.”
M Kremer, E Miguel… - The Review of Economics and statistics
[CITATION] The fear factor as a barrier to HIV testing: Alternative considerations from rural Malawi
N Angotti, A Bula, L Gaydosh, EZ Kimchi… - … Annual Conference, New …, 2007
E Oster… - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: Policy-makers have cited menstruation and lack of sanitary products as barriers to
girls' schooling. We evaluate these claims using a randomized evaluation of sanitary
products provision to girls in Nepal. We report two findings. First, menstruation has a very ...
[CITATION] Incentives to Learn
E Miguel, M Kremer… - NBER Working Paper, 2004
S Godlonton… - Journal of Development Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
How do neighbors positively or negatively influence individuals living in rural Malawi to
learn their HIV results? Using data of location of homes and distance to neighbors, we
measure the social network effects of neighbors' learning their HIV results on individuals ...
[CITATION] VEarly Female Marriage in the De& veloping World
R Jensen… - V Gender and Development, 2003
[CITATION] Interim Report on a Randomized Evaluation of the Girls' Scholarship Program
M Kremer, E Miguel… - Cambridge: Harvard University, 2003
[CITATION] UThe Demand for, and Impact of
RL Thornton - Learning HIV Status, V American Economic Review, 2008
G Raballand, R Thornton, D Yang, J Goldberg… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper draws lessons from an original randomized experiment in Malawi. In
order to understand why roads in relatively good condition in rural areas may not be used by
buses, a minibus service was subsidized over a six-month period over a distance of 20 ...
[CITATION] Incentives to Learn
K Michael, E Miguel… - Center for International Development Working …, 2004
[CITATION] Extending Social Insurance to Informal Sector Workers In Nicaragua Via Microfinance Institutions: Results From A Randomized Evaluation
L Ha, R Thornton, B Magnoni… - USAID PSP-One and Global Development …, 2009
R Thornton - New England Universities Development …, 2005 - malawiresearch.org
ABSTRACT Many argue that there are huge monetary and psychological costs to learning
HIV status. I find that these barriers can be easily overcome. After being tested for HIV,
individuals in rural Malawi were randomly assigned monetary incentives to return for their ...
[CITATION] Determinants of Technology Adoption
EF Oster… - 2009
[CITATION] the MDICP Team.“Protocol for Biomarker Testing In the 2004 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project.”
S Bignami-Van Assche, K Smith,
G Reniers… - Social Networks Project Working …
[CITATION] Going it Alone?: Neighbors, Social Interactions, and Learning HIV Results
S Godlonton… - Mimeo, University of Michigan
[CITATION] Menstruation and Education
E Oster… - 2009 - Mimeo, University of Michigan
[CITATION] the MDICP STI Team
S Bignami–Van Assche, K Smith,
G Reniers… - Social Networks Project …, 2004
[CITATION] pDeterminants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take'Upq. Forthcoming
E Oster… - Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009
S Godlonton… - 2011 - povertyactionlab.org
Abstract Among a sample of approximately 900 circumcised and 300 un-circumcised men
living in rural Malawi, we randomly disseminated the information about HIV risk and male
circumcision and measure behavioral responses to learning this information. We find no ...
RA Thornton - 2000 - en.scientificcommons.org
[CITATION] The Persistence of Learning: A Second Look at Wartime Shipbuilding
RA Thornton - 2001 - Working paper, University of …
S Godlonton… - 2011 - princeton.edu
Abstract While male circumcision has been shown to significantly lower the transmission
rate of HIV, some have cautioned that after disseminating the information about male
circumcision and HIV, circumcised men may engage in riskier sex after learning that they ...
J Burns, M Keswell, R Thornton… - 2009 - www-personal.umich.edu
Abstract This paper has two broad objectives. The first objective is broadly methodological
and deals with some of the more pertinent estimation issues one should be aware of when
studying the impact of health status on economic outcomes. We discuss some alternatives ...
E Oster… - 2011 - povertyactionlab.org
Abstract We estimate the role of peer effects in technology adoption using data from a
randomized distribution of menstrual cups in Nepal. Using individual randomization, we
estimate causal effects of peer exposure on adoption. We find strong evidence of peer ...
RL Thornton - Journal of Development Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of learning HIV status on economic behavior among rural
Malawians. According to economic life-cycle models, if learning HIV resu.
[CITATION] CONDON, BRADLY J. AND TAPEN SINHA. Global Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic: Economic, Financial, Legal and Political Implications
RL Thornton - Journal of Economic Literature, 2010
[CITATION] From the File
RW Thornton, WE Schall… - The …, 1984 - The National Council of Teachers of …
[CITATION] Going" Hard Core" in the Corps: Emotion Management in the Texas A & M Corps of Cadets
MR Thornton - 2003 - Texas A & M University
L Abou-Habib, EO Akpan, N Çagatay, E Chacko… - world - Taylor & Francis
Abou-Habib, Lina, Gender, citizenship and nationality in the Arab region, 11:3, 66 ... Akpan,
Eno-Obong, Early marriage in eastern Nigeria and the health conse- quences of vesico-vaginal
fistulae (VVF) among young mothers, 11:2, 70 ... Çagatay, Nilüfer, Gender budgets and ...
K Hurwitz, E Massimino, M McClintock, R Purohit… - 2003 - humanrightsfirst.org
Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked in the US and abroad to create
a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of
law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change ...
[CITATION] CONDON, BRADLY J. AND TAPEN SINHA. Global Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic: Economic, Financial, Legal and Political Implications
RL Thornton - Journal of Economic Literature, 2009
JT Kerwin, SM Foley, RL Thornton, P Basinga… - 2011 - www-personal.umich.edu
Page 1. Kerwin et al. 2011 1 Missing safer sex strategies in HIV Prevention: A call
for further research Jason T. Kerwin* Sallie M. Foley Rebecca L. Thornton Paulin
Basinga†† Jobiba Chinkhumba‡ October 2011 Abstract Despite ...
R Thornton - 2010 - dspace.nitle.org
This thesis examines public K-12 school funding in the United States. It seeks to point out
inequalities within the funding system by examining how schools are funded at the federal,
state and local levels. Federal mandates such as the No Child Left Behind Act and other ...
E Oster… - spottingbetweenperiods.org
Abstract This paper presents evidence on peer effects in technology adoption using data
from a randomized evaluation of menstrual cups in rural Nepal. Girls in the study were
randomly allocated a new and unfamiliar technology (a menstrual cup) for usage during ...
F Doherty, K Hurwitz, E Massimino… - 2002 - proteusfund.collaborationtools.org
Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked in the US and abroad to create
a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of
law. We support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change ...
A Fitzpatrick, B Magnoni… - 2011 - ilo.int
Page 1. MICROINSURANCE MICROINSURANCE UTILIZATION IN UTILIZATION IN NICARAGUA
NICARAGUA: A REPORT ON EFFECTS A REPORT ON EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, RETENTI ON
CHILDREN, RETENTION, AND HEALTH ON, AND HEALTH CLAIMS ...
E Oster… - 2010 - relievemenstrualcramps.org
This Appendix provides details and expanded results for our paper,“Menstruation, Sanitary
Products and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation”. In the main
paper we present the data and experimental design. Our results show negative, although ...
[CITATION] Incentives to Learn: Lessons from Kenya
E Miguel, M Kremer… - American Economic Review, 2005
R Thornton - 1999 - digitalcommons.colby.edu
Abstract The following paper will examine how the breakdown of politically motivated racism
easily translated into popular culture. Defining African Americans only as stereotypes
allowed for the hegemony that had kept African Americans inferior, to endure into a new ...
A Lovoi, J Brown, B Magnoni… - IDB Publications, 2010 - ideas.repec.org
This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the
United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for
formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on ...
B Magnoni, EA Consultants, A Lovoi, AJ Brown… - 2010 - microinsurancenetwork.org
The path of a migrant is generally a risky one. Crossing borders, often illegally; leaving loved
ones behind; trusting new people along the way; earning uncertain income. All these
activities involve risk. Once migrants reach their destination, they face a new set of risks: ...
RL Thornton - 2006 - gradworks.umi.com
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