This paper studies how governments can improve aid programs by providing information to beneficiaries. In our model, programs are administered by local officials, who bargain with recipients over how much the official will keep. We test how information affects the distribution of aid empirically through a large-scale, randomized field experiment in over 550 Indonesian villages in which identifi...

This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well as enrollment location were randomly allocated. Overall, take-up of the program was low, with only 20% enrollment. Program costs and streamlined bureaucratic procedures were important determinants of enrollment. Partici...

1. Cader et al. 2021 – Cader, J., Olczak, P. and Koneczna, R. 2021. Regional dependencies of interest in the “My Electricity” photovoltaic subsidy program Poland. Polityka Energetyczna Energy Policy Journal 24(2), pp. 97–116, DOI: 10.33223/epj/133473. CrossRef Google Scholar

With aging populations, European countries face difficult challenges. In 2002, France implemented a public allowance program (APA) offering financial support to the disabled elderly for their long-term care (LTC) needs. Although currently granted to 1.2 million people, it is suspected that some of those eligible do not claim it--presenting a non-take-up behavior. The granting of APA is a decent...

This paper analyzes the responses of profit maximizing groundwater users to modifications (elimination, reduction, decoupling) of the subsidy to electricity frequently used for water pumping. It proposes a theoretical model, and numerically derives general results for a simplified case with homogeneous users. The model is applied to aquifers in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico and in Kern County, Calif...

The Green Revolution, which bolstered agricultural yields and economic well-being in Asia Latin America beginning the 1960s, largely bypassed sub-Saharan Africa. We study first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) Africa intended to foment Revolution. find that this temporary for Mozambican maize farmers stimulates Revolution technology adoption le...

In Poland, the development of photovoltaic (PV) installations is an important element in Renewable Energy Sources (RES) sector and supports prosumer power industry. The purpose article to present a case study PROSUMENT program. It analyzes data available date on PV market Poland. Apart from costs installing systems, profitability investment for different micro-power installation capacities. A c...