Tag
policy_design
5 findings
Labour & employmentCost-Effective ALMP InterventionsThe job application workshop generated a USD 10 per month earnings increase per worker at a one-off marginal cost of USD 18.20 per person, producing an impact-to-cost ratio that substantially exceeds conventional vocational training and cash transfer programs.RCTLabour & employmentAsymmetric Cost-Effectiveness in Active Labor Market PoliciesThe application workshop generates a **20% long-run wage gain** at an extremely low unit cost, placing its impact-to-cost ratio near the top of documented global ALMP interventions compared to expensive multi-hundred-dollar training or cash grant schemes.RCTEconomics (general)Insurable Interest Exclusion and GE Welfare SpilloverMarketing insurance solely to cultivators (25.6% coverage) reduces drought wages by 0.63 log points at the 30th percentile of rainfall and 0.23 log points at median rainfall. Jointly offering insurance to both cultivators (25.6%) and laborers (31.8%) eliminates wage volatility, raising median rainfall wages by 11.7% and 80th percentile wages by 19%.RCTHealthAbsence of Within-School Cross-Classroom SpilloversSpillover students exhibited non-significant knowledge improvements of 0.015 SD at 1 week and 0.011 SD at 6 months, and non-significant attitude changes of 0.026 SD at 1 week and 0.022 SD at 6 months compared to pure control schools.RCTLabour & employmentSuboptimally Low Search EffortReducing initiation costs increased application volume 7-fold and interview volume 7-fold without reducing interview yields per application (p = 0.647) or creating crowd-out on control applicants (p = 0.589), demonstrating that baseline job search effort is suboptimally low due to initiation frictions.RCT