Can we nudge children, adolescents and their parents to make better decisions on
education? And can we nudge teachers to support and encourage better decision making …

In recent years, there has been widespread interest around the potential for technology to
transform learning. As investment in education technology continues to grow, students …

Do successful local nudge interventions maintain efficacy when scaled state or nationwide?
We investigate, through two randomized controlled trials, the impact of a national and state …

The quickly growth of the (quasi-) experimental literature on policy interventions in higher
education provides an opportunity to identify the causal effects of these interventions on …

Deep reinforcement learning using convolutional neural networks is the technology behind
autonomous vehicles. Could this same technology facilitate the road to college? During the …

Poor school attendance in the early grades is predictive of poor subsequent educational
outcomes. We report on a pilot intervention aiming to reduce chronic absenteeism in …

Informational and behavioral barriers hinder social benefit take-up. We investigate the
impact of mitigating these barriers through providing personalized information on benefits …

Illegal fishing is a serious problem that threatens the sustainability of fisheries around the
world. Policy makers and fishery managers often rely on the imposition of strict sanctions …

Place-based promise scholarships are a relatively recent innovation in the space of college
access and success. Although evidence on the impact of some of the earliest place-based …

Beliefs about relative academic performance may shape college major choice and explain
gender gaps in STEM, but little causal evidence exists. To test whether these beliefs are …