Underlying preferences are often considered to be persistent, and are important inputs into
economic models. We first conduct an extensive review of the disparate literature studying …

This chapter reviews the experimental research on fairness and income inequality. It first
provides a brief overview of the normative literature that has inspired the growing …

I exploit a natural experiment in Indian schools to study how being integrated with poor
students affects the social behaviors and academic outcomes of rich students. Using …

A body of literature suggests that ethnic heterogeneity limits economic growth. This article
provides microeconometric evidence on the direct effect of ethnic divisions on productivity. In …

Microenterprises constitute an important source of employment, and developing such
enterprises is a key policy concern in most countries. But what is the most efficient tool for …

In this chapter, we discuss the “lab-in-the-field” methodology, which combines elements of
both lab and field experiments in using standardized, validated paradigms from the lab in …

Other-regarding preferences are important for establishing and maintaining cooperative
outcomes. In this paper, we study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during …

This paper studies the political and social impacts of increased education by utilizing a
randomized girls' merit scholarship programme in Kenya that raised test scores and …

A number of lab experiments in recent years have analyzed people's willingness to
compete. But to what extent is competitive behavior in the lab associated with field choices …

Scholars have long speculated about education's political impacts, variously arguing that it
promotes modern or pro-democratic attitudes; that it instills acceptance of existing authority; …