Browsing by Author "Bernatzky, Marianne"

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    • Brecha de género en la educación secundaria 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      En América Latina, el debate acerca de los resultados heterogéneos en educación formal se ha centrado en las diferencias entre pobres y ricos. Este foco ha guidado a los diseñadores de política. Existen, sin embargo, otras ...

    • Frequency of testing. Lessons from a field experiment in higher education 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cabrera, José María; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2017)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of frequent testing on the performance of undergraduate freshmen. Methodology: The impact evaluation of the intervention is designed as a field experiment ...

    • Hope and commitment. Lessons from a randomize control trial in a shanty town 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      This paper documents the impact of an after-school program called Apoyo Escolar, sited in the most ulnerable neighborhood of a developing country. The outcomes of interest are academic achievement, behavior in the classroom ...

    • Regular information and health: evidence from a field experiment with undergraduate students 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cabrera, José María; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2015)
      We run a randomized controlled trial with the aim of evaluating the effects of a health seminarcomplemented with weekly reminders on health outcomes. Our research design exploits the excess of applicants over the ...

    • Strategies to increase the take-up of social benefits. Evidence from a field experiment in a deeply vulnerable population 

      Cid, Alejandro; Cabrera, José María; Bernatzky, Marianne; Ramírez-Michelena, María; Blanco, Magdalena (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2019)
      This is the first paper to identify, using a field experiment, the effects of intense one-on-one assistance by a professional social worker on the take-up of social benefits within a population of deeply disadvantaged ...