Researchers examine whether exposure to role models through a video documentary can change individual’s aspirations and their future-oriented investments, such as investments in their children’s education.

Can a psychological intervention enhance the known positive economic effects of cash transfers ?

This study investigates how a large, one-off cash transfer from an NGO to the poorest 40% of households in a thousand villages in western Kenya impacts civic engagement and community behaviour. 

This project looks at how voters process information from pre-election polls, and examines the effect of different messages on voter turnout, vote choice and election and party beliefs.

Researchers partner with GiveDirectly to test whether a cash transfer or aspirational video can impact women’s control of household resources or experiences of intimate partner violence. 

Researchers examine whether positive income shocks, such as poverty alleviation programmes, can decrease suicides in Indonesia. 

In Nairobi, Kenya, researchers use worker and firm surveys to examine the relative importance of beliefs and preferences of both firms and jobseekers, to explore the root causes of a pervasive gender gap in labour market outcomes.