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How High are Rates of Return to Fertilizer? Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya

Date: May 2008
Authors: Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson
Country: Kenya
Sectors: Agriculture
Focus: Research

Introduction to field experiments in economics with applications to the economics of charity

Date: May 2008
Authors: John List
Country: United States
Sectors: Charitable Giving
Themes: Research Methodology

What’s Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment

Date: May 2008
Authors: Marianne Bertrand, Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Jonathan Zinman
Country: South Africa
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Credit, Marketing
Focus: Research

What’s Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment

Date: May 2008
Authors: Marianne Bertrand, Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Jonathan Zinman
Country: South Africa
Themes: Credit, Marketing

When Curiosity Kills the Profits: An Experimental Examination

Date: May 2008
Authors: Julian Jamison, Dean Karlan
Country: United States
Themes: Behavioral Economics
Focus: Research

Adaptive Experimental Design using the Propensity Score

Date: April 2008
Authors: Dean Karlan, Jinyong Hahn, Keisuke Hi
Country: Global
Themes: Research Methodology
Focus: Research

Limited Insurance Within the Household: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Western Kenya

Date: April 2008
Authors: Jonathan Robinson
Country: Kenya
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Transfers & Subsidies
Focus: Research

Are Educational Vouchers Only Distributive?

Date: March 2008
Authors: Michael Kremer, Eric Bettinger, Juan Saavedra.
Country: Kenya
Sectors: Education
Focus: Research

Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico

Date: March 2008
Authors: David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
Country: Mexico
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Credit, Transfers & Subsidies
Focus: Research

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Date: March 2008
Authors: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin
Country: Philippines
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Commitment Devices, Gender
Focus: Research

Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two Experiments.

Date: March 2008
Authors: Justine Hastings, Jeffrey Weinstein
Country: United States
Sectors: Education
Focus: Research

Preferences, Information and Parental Choice Behavior in Public School Choice

Date: March 2008
Authors: Justine Hastings, Richard Van Weelden, Jeffrey Weinstein
Country: United States
Sectors: Education
Focus: Research

Corruption in Driving Licensing Process in Delhi

Date: February 2008
Authors: Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan, Simeon Djankov, Rema Hanna
Country: India
Sectors: Community
Themes: Corruption
Focus: Research

Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Economic Well-being

Date: February 2008
Authors: Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
Country: India
Sectors: Health
Focus: Research

Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School

Date: February 2008
Authors: Esther Duflo, Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan
Country: India
Sectors: Education
Focus: Research

Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Institutions

Date: February 2008
Authors: Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Jessica Leino, Alix Zwane
Country: Kenya
Sectors: Health
Focus: Research

A Behavioural Perspective on Consumer Protection

Date: January 2008
Authors: Eldar Shafir
Country: South Africa, United States
Themes: Behavioral Economics, Big Picture, Consumer Protection, Financial Literacy, Marketing, Product Design
Focus: Policy and Practice

Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions To Estimate the Impacts

Date: January 2008
Authors: Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman
Country: South Africa
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Credit
Focus: Research

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Date: January 2008
Authors: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan
Country: Kenya
Sectors: Microfinance & Enterprise
Themes: Credit, Marketing
Focus: Research

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Date: January 2008
Authors: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan
Country: Kenya
Themes: Credit, Marketing

Highlighted Publications

Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Date: May 2010
Authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin A. Olken, Vivi Alatas, Rema Hanna, Julia Tobias

Giving Credit Where it is Due

Date: March 2010
Authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India

Date: September 2009
Authors: Karthik Muralidharan, Venkatesh Sundararaman

Access to Finance

Date: June 2009
Authors: Dean Karlan, Jonathan Morduch

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

Date: January 2009
Authors: David McKenzie, Suresh de Mel, Christopher Woodruff

The Experimental Approach to Economics

Date: September 2008
Authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

The Illusion of Sustainability

Date: August 2007
Authors: Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel

Addressing Absence

Date: January 2006
Authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo