Sophia Etzold, Frank J. Sterck, Arun K. Bose, Sabine Braun et al.
Radial stem growth dynamics at seasonal resolution are essential to understand how forests respond to climate change. We studied daily radial growth of 160 individuals of seven temperate tree species at 47 sites across Switzerland over 8 years. Growth of all species peaked in the early part of the g...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
A clustered randomized trial in Bangladesh examines alternative strategies to reduce child marriage and teenage childbearing and increase girl's education. Communities were randomized into three treatment and one control group in a 2:1:1:2 ratio. From 2008, girls in treatment communities received ei...
Roman Zweifel, Christoforos Pappas, Richard L. Peters, Flurin Babst et al.
Forests account for nearly 90 % of the world's terrestrial biomass in the form of carbon and they support 80 % of the global biodiversity. To understand the underlying forest dynamics, we need a long-term but also relatively high-frequency, networked monitoring system, as traditionally used in meteo...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Reshmaan Hussam
The 1994 discovery of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh prompted a massive public health campaign that led 20% of the population to switch from backyard wells to less convenient drinking water sources that had a higher risk of fecal contamination. We find evidence of unintended health consequence...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We experimentally evaluate a financial incentive to delay marriage alongside a girls' empowerment program in Bangladesh. While girls eligible for two years of incentive are 19 percent less likely to ma...
Arthur Geßler, Marcus Schaub, Arun K. Bose, Volodymyr Trotsiuk et al.
Climate Change is strongly jeopardizing the functioning of forest ecosystems and the services they provide for society. To understand the future trajectories of forest ecosystems, we have to assess the past and current state of our forests, and only with large long-term forest monitoring programs su...
Arun K. Bose, Sophia Etzold, Katrin Meusburger, Arthur Geßler et al.
Recent findings suggest that global warming is altering the timing of trees' phenological activities, including earlier emergence from winter dormancy. While early-season warming can boost carbon uptake, tree growth does not seem to benefit. The underlying mechanisms and the altered intra- and inter...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We introduce a signaling model in which bride type is imperfectly observed but preferred types have lower returns to delaying marriage. We show that in this environment the market might pool on early m...
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Sakib Mahmoud, Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann, Collin D. Sullivan, Carl D. Meyer
The study combines field experiments in Bangladesh with a structural labormodel to introduce paternalistic discrimination. This discrimination involves the differential treatment of two groups to protect one, even against its will, from harmful or unpleasant situations. The main findings are derived...
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster