Fighting Poverty: What Works? |
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Issue 1: Education: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
Issue 2: Absenteeism: Showing Up is the First Step |
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Policy Briefcase |
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Briefcase 6: Solving Absenteeism, Raising Test Scores
Briefcase 5: Controlling Corruption: Auditing versus Community Participation
Briefcase 4: Mass Deworming: A Best-Buy for Education and Health
Briefcase 3: Cheap and Effective Ways to Change Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior
Briefcase 2: Education for Marginalized Children
Briefcase 1: Women's Public Policy |
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e-Updates |
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J-PAL News Update No. 6 - September 2009
J-PAL News Update No. 5 - December 2008
J-PAL News Update No. 4 - June 2008
J-PAL News Update No. 3 - December 2007
J-PAL News Update No. 2 - July 2007
J-PAL News Update No. 1 - April 2007
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Working Papers |
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Programme d'accompagnement des jeunes chomeurs diplomes
Bruno Crepon, Esther Duflo, Marc Gurgand, Roland Rathelot, Philippe Zamora.
January, 2010 |
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The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan.
October, 2009 |
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Peer Effects and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer.
August, 2009 |
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(Updated) Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani.
August, 2009 |
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Money or Knowledge? What drives demand for financial services in emerging markets?
Shawn Cole, Thompas Sampson, Bilal Zia.
July, 2009 |
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Expanding Microenterprise Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts in Manila
Dean Karlan.
July, 2009 |
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Understanding Technology Adoption: Fertilizer in Western Kenya
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson.
June, 2009 |
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Do Social Interactions Facilitate Cooperative Behavior? Evidence from a Group Lending Experiment in India
Benjamin Feigenberg, Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
June, 2009 |
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Sample attrition bias in randomized experiments: A tale of two surveys
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crepon, Marc Gurgand, Thomas Le Barbanchon.
May, 2009 |
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Preliminary evidence from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab randomized evaluation of Spandana microlending
Abhijit Banerjee, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan.
May, 2009 |
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Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf.
May, 2009 |
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Rajasthan Police Performance and Perception Intervention
Abhijit Banerjee, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Daniel Keniston.
May, 2009 |
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (GRADE-Peru).
May, 2009 |
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Peer Monitoring and Enforcement: Long Term Evidence from Microcredit
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May, 2009 |
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What Matters (and What Does Not) in Households' Decision to Invest in Malaria Prevention
Pascaline Dupas.
May, 2009 |
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Group versus Individual Liability: Long Term Evidence fromPhilippine Microcredit Lending Groups
Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan.
May, 2009 |
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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
Shawn Cole, Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend, James Vickery.
April, 2009 |
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The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Language Arts Program
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Leigh Linden.
March, 2009 |
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Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan.
March, 2009 |
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What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Experiment
Marianne Bertrand, Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Jonathan Zinman.
March, 2009 |
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Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Jessica Cohen, Pascaline Dupas.
March, 2009 |
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Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Pascaline Dupas.
January, 2009 |
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Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson.
January, 2009 |
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Observing Unobservables: Identifying Information Asymmetries with a Consumer Credit Field Experiment
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
December, 2008 |
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Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
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November, 2008 |
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Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda
Martina Bjorkman, Jakob Svensson.
October, 2008 |
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Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
October, 2008 |
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Water Technologies
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
October, 2008 |
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Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani.
September, 2008 |
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The Experimental Approach to Economics
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
September, 2008 |
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Dean Karlan.
September, 2008 |
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Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
Nava Ashraf, James Berry, Jesse M. Shapiro.
August, 2008 |
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Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation
Dean Karlan.
August, 2008 |
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The Importance of Hold-Up in Contracting
Rajkamal Iyer, Antoinette Schoar.
July, 2008 |
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Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Prejudice?
Lori Beaman, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Petia Topalova.
June, 2008 |
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Evaluation d'impact de l'accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi par les Opérateurs Privés de Placement et le programme Cap Vers l'Entreprise (Rapport Intermédiaire)
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crepon, Julien Guitard, Marc Gurgand.
June, 2008 |
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Segregation, Rent Control, and Riots: The Economics of Religious Conflict in an Indian City
Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
June, 2008 |
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Improving Management in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Madagascar
Trang Van Nguyen.
June, 2008 |
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Repayment Frequency and Default in Microfinance
Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
May, 2008 |
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What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
Dean Karlan.
May, 2008 |
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Adaptive Experimental Design using the Propensity Score
Dean Karlan.
April, 2008 |
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Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering
David Clingingsmith, Asim Khwaja, Michael Kremer.
April, 2008 |
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Does The Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions
Daniel Bergan, Alan Gerber, Dean Karlan.
March, 2008 |
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Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive?
Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer, Juan Saavedra.
March, 2008 |
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
March, 2008 |
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Affirmative Action Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India
Marianne Bertrand, Rema Hanna, Sendhil Mullainathan.
March, 2008 |
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Conditional Cash Transfers in Education: Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects. Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Marianne Bertrand, Leigh Linden, Francisco Perez-Calle.
March, 2008 |
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Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Economic well-being
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
February, 2008 |
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Esther Duflo, Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan.
February, 2008 |
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Incentives to Learn
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton.
January, 2008 |
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Growing Export Oriented Crops in Kenya: An Evaluation of DrumNet Services
Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine.
January, 2008 |
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Indoor air pollution, health and economic well-being (Institut Veolia Environement)
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
January, 2008 |
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Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
Dean Karlan.
January, 2008 |
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Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts
Dean Karlan.
January, 2008 |
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Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
David Abrams, Marianne Bertrand.
January, 2008 |
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Challenging Under-Served Children to Achieve Academic Excellence
Leigh Linden.
December, 2007 |
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An Impact Evaluation of the Provision of Health Insurance Through Microfinance Networks in Rural India
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
December, 2007 |
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Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
December, 2007 |
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Targeting Efficiency: How well can we identify the poor?
Abhijit Banerjee.
December, 2007 |
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan.
November, 2007 |
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The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status
Rebecca Thornton.
October, 2007 |
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Gender, Intrahousehold Decisionmaking, and the Demand for Children
Nava Ashraf, Erica Field, Jean Lee.
August, 2007 |
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo, Leigh Linden.
August, 2007 |
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Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Political Corruption
Rohini Pande.
July, 2007 |
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Credit Elasticities in Less-Developed Economies: Implications for Microfinance
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
July, 2007 |
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Credit Elasticities in Less-Developed Economies: Implications for Microfinance
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
July, 2007 |
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Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin.
July, 2007 |
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Can Information Campaigns Raise Awareness and Local Participation in Primary Education?
Abhijit Banerjee.
April, 2007 |
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Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Ben Olken.
April, 2007 |
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Microentrepreneurs and Their Money: Three Anomalies
Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan.
March, 2007 |
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Political Institutions and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Ben Olken.
February, 2007 |
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Social Connections and Group Banking
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February, 2007 |
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Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiement
Dean Karlan, John List.
January, 2007 |
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Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
Johanne Boisjoly, Greg Duncan, Jacque Eccles, Michael Kremer, Dan Levy.
January, 2007 |
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Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
Nava Ashraf, James Berry, Jesse M. Shapiro.
January, 2007 |
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Teacher Incentives in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from India
Karthik Muralidharan.
November, 2006 |
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Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in Western Kenya
Samuel Sinei.
October, 2006 |
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Household Decision Making and Savings Impacts: Further Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
June, 2006 |
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Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
May, 2006 |
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Deposit Collectors
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
January, 2006 |
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Addressing Absence
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
January, 2006 |
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The Illusion of Sustainability
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
December, 2005 |
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Measuring Trust in Peruvian Shantytowns
Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat.
September, 2005 |
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Peer Effects and Alcohol Use Among College Students
Michael Kremer, Dan Levy.
June, 2005 |
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Saving Incentives for Low and Middle Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H & R Block
Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffrey Liebman, Peter Orszag, Emmanuel Saez.
May, 2005 |
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Why Political Reservations?
Esther Duflo.
May, 2005 |
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Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer.
April, 2005 |
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Efficiency and rent seeking in local government: Evidence from randomized policy experiments in India
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Greg Fischer.
February, 2005 |
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School Meals, Educational Achievement and School Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
Michael Kremer, Christel Vermeersch.
November, 2004 |
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Unappreciated Service: Performance, Perceptions, and Women Leaders in India
Esther Duflo, Petia Topalova.
October, 2004 |
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Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
September, 2004 |
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Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: the case of flip charts in Kenya
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, Eric Zitzewitz.
June, 2004 |
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Wealth, health, and health services in rural Rajasthan
Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo.
May, 2004 |
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Why Political Reservations?
Esther Duflo.
April, 2004 |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia and School Participation
Gustavo Bobonis, Edward Miguel, Charu Sharma.
March, 2004 |
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Health Care Delivery in Rural Rajasthan
Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo.
February, 2004 |
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The Rockefeller Effect
Mary Kay Gugerty, Michael Kremer.
January, 2004 |
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The Impact of Reservation in the Panchayati Raj: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
November, 2003 |
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The Impact of Reservation in the Panchayati Raj: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
November, 2003 |
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Computer-Assisted Learning: Evidence from A Randomized Experiment
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Leigh Linden.
October, 2003 |
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Networks, Social Learning, and Technology Adoption: The Case of Deworming Drugs in Kenya
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
October, 2003 |
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Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?
Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan.
May, 2003 |
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Teacher Incentives
Paul Glewwe, Nauman Ilias, Michael Kremer.
May, 2003 |
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The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Esther Duflo, Emmanuel Saez.
January, 2003 |
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Decentralization: A Cautionary Tale
Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, Robert Namunyu.
January, 2003 |
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Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth King, Michael Kremer.
December, 2002 |
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Worms: Identifying Impacts on Health and Education in the Presence of Treatment Externalities
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
September, 2001 |
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