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Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia

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  • Leight, Jessica
  • Gilligan, Daniel O.
  • Mulford, Michael
  • Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
  • Tambet, Heleene

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A growing literature in economics has analyzed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase investments with long-term returns and thus reduce poverty. This paper reports on a randomized controlled trial evaluating a short video-based intervention designed to increase aspirations of adults in poor rural Ethiopian households, all of whom are beneficiaries of the Productive Safety Net Program, the main government safety net program in Ethiopia. Evidence from a sample of 5258 adults from 3220 households is consistent with the hypothesis that there is no evidence that the aspirations treatment had any significant effects on self-reported aspirations for the household, educational investment in children, or savings nine months post-treatment, suggesting that the effect of light-touch aspirations treatments for extremely poor adults may be limited in this context.

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  • Leight, Jessica & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Mulford, Michael & Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum & Tambet, Heleene, 2021. "Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 2070, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:ifprid:2070
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    1. Esther Gehrke & Friederike Lenel & Claudia Schupp, 2023. "Occupational Aspirations and Investments in Education: Experimental Evidence from Cambodia," CESifo Working Paper Series 10608, CESifo.

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    Keywords

    ETHIOPIA; EAST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; rural areas; education; investment; poverty reduction; social safety nets; aspirations; educational investments;
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