Prairie Portfolio

By Corinna Wu

Economists are using a tool familiar to the financial industry to analyze climate change outcomes for conservationists.

Changing Savings Habits

By Annie Duflo & Dean Karlan

Can financial education in grade school have long-term effects?

Can Management Consulting Help Small Firms Grow?

By Annie Duflo & Dean Karlan 9

Economic development efforts are best served by testing and refining assumptions about what works.

Lifetime Inequality

By Corinna Wu

The variation in lifetime earnings and wealth is largely determined by skills acquired by age 23.

Focused Cardiac Care

By Corinna Wu

What happens when hospitals specialize?

Civic Education Through Social Networks

By Roberta Kwok

In Kenya, civic education programs reached 4.5 million people in advance of the 2002 election.

Conformists Boost Creativity

By Jessica Ruvinsky

The ideal team needs both creatives and conformists.

Chinese Community Development

By Jessica Ruvinsky

Government authorities are experimenting to build citizen trust.

Lone Wolves vs. Teams

By Jessica Ruvinsky

Civic associations should focus on policy goals and leadership.

Golfing Alone

By Jessica Ruvinsky

Corporate donors prefer the opera to the soup kitchen.