National Bureau of Economic Research

Exploring whether strengthening implementation structure can raise both the quantity and quality of computer-assisted learning usage in Indian middle schools and, in turn, learning gains, from Philip Oreopoulos, Oliver Keyes-Krysakowski, and Deepak Agarwal https://lnkd.in/eSeKCr3p

Investigating whether places that increase health care spending also tend to be places that increase health, from Amy Finkelstein and Matthew Gentzkow https://lnkd.in/eMbcBRd2

There is no evidence that banks are actively assisting a green transition through their lending behavior, even in Denmark, the greenest country in the world, from Grace Weishi Gu, Galina Hale, Bhavyaa Sharma, and Jinhong Wu https://lnkd.in/eYqHP3K8

Data from gig drivers in India, Indonesia, and Kenya show platform work boosts monthly net earnings via flexibility and often serves as a financial safety net, from Achyuta Adhvaryu, Martin Atela, Valentina Brailovskaya, Priyanka Dua, Jenny Susan John, Pratibha Joshi, and Rivandra Royono https://lnkd.in/eMtMCnkd

The rapid asset growth of nonbank financial intermediaries relative to banks is the outcome of risk transformations that increase the interconnectedness of the two sectors, from Viral V. Acharya, Nicola Cetorelli, and Bruce Tuckman https://lnkd.in/ez2ZHU4C

Examining whether GLP-1 medications pay for themselves finds no spending offsets through 5 years; savings, if any, may arise later or outside healthcare, from Coady Wing, Sih-Ting Cai, Daniel W. Sacks, and Kosali I. Simon https://lnkd.in/eNeAn5u6

Public preschools facilitate early diagnoses and treatment of behavioral and developmental conditions that can hinder learning, from Maya Rossin-Slater, Adrienne Sabety, and Aileen Wu https://lnkd.in/gvNT6Gvf

Running an experiment in which participants pose as investors finds that they price corporate intent, controlling for corporate actions. Participants value shares in companies that reduce pollution relative to peers, from Augustin Landier, Parinitha R. Sastry, and David Thesmar https://lnkd.in/eVNRif7x

Experience-based expectations formation explains both age-related belief heterogeneity in surveys and key asset price dynamics in stock and bond markets, from Stefan Nagel https://lnkd.in/eQhTnQ5w

Scaling early childhood programs, from John A. List https://lnkd.in/eZw9xgHw