Tag
heterogeneity
5 findings
Policy & public sectorCaseworker Execution HeterogeneityStatistically significant caseworker-driven treatment effect variation among low-employability clients (F-test p-value = 0.041), indicating that individual caseworker practices moderate the re-employment impact of early integration agreements.RCTLabour & employmentFirm-Scale Heterogeneity in Digital Platform AdoptionLarge firms (more than ten employees) increased candidate engagement under both advertising alone and joint treatments. In contrast, small firms (less than ten employees) increased engagement exclusively when assigned to the joint combination group.RCTEconomics (general)Heterogeneous Entrepreneurial TalentA small minority of high-talent entrepreneurs like "Sarah" increased profits from 90 GH¢ to 333 GH¢ (a 270% increase vs. average control increase of 109 GH¢) by adopting marketing and employee management, whereas low-talent entrepreneurs like "Jess" only grew profits from 30 GH¢ to 80 GH¢. On average, the tailors mirrored "Jess", leading to zero aggregate profit growth across treatment groups.RCTFinance & microfinanceMulti-Dimensional Responsiveness IndexGrace period treatment increases profits by 109.2% for borrowers with 0 non-responder traits (10% of sample), 70.9% for borrowers with 1 trait (36% of sample), 20.9% for borrowers with 2 traits (35% of sample), and has no significant effect for borrowers with 3 or more traits (19% of sample).RCTDevelopmentWealth-Independent Insurance-Induced Risk-TakingInteracting the insurance treatment with landholdings or the principal component wealth index yielded statistically insignificant interaction coefficients for cash crop investment probability, cash crop expenditure, and cash crop cultivated area.RCT