The promise of randomized controlled trials is that evidence gathered through the evaluation
of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple …

Behavioral development economics applies theories and ideas from psychology and
behavioral economics to the study of questions in development economics. We begin by …

We propose robust methods for inference about the effect of a treatment variable on a scalar
outcome in the presence of very many regressors in a model with possibly non-Gaussian …

We study how health behaviors are shaped through family spillovers. We leverage
administrative data to identify the effects of health shocks on family members' consumption …

Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and
possibly promote economic growth. The last decade has seen a surge in field experiments …

Realigning the incentive system for China’s primary healthcare providers | The BMJ Skip to
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We study an energy efficient charcoal cookstove in an experiment with 1,000 households in
Nairobi. We estimate a 39 percent reduction in charcoal spending, which matches …

Decision-making regarding healthcare expenditure hinges heavily on an individual's health
status and the certainty about the future. This study uses data on propensity of general …

Many (though by no means all) of the questions that development economists and policy
makers ask themselves are causal in nature: What would be the impact of adding computers …

We evaluate an intervention targeting early life nutrition and well-being for households in
extreme poverty in Northern Nigeria. The intervention leads to large and sustained …