Benjamin Olken

Working Papers

Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon
with Robin Burgess and Francisco Costa. July 2018. Appendices here. NBER Working Paper #24861.

Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
with Nur Cahyadi, Rema Hanna, Rizal Adi Prima, Elan Satriawan, and Ekki Syamsulhakim.
NBER Working Paper #24670. May 2018.

The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java
with Melissa Dell. April 2018. Appendices here. NBER Working Paper #24009.
Revise and resubmit requested, Review of Economic Studies.

Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
with Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Ririn Purnamasari, and Matthew Wai-Poi.
January 2013. Appendix tables here. NBER Working Paper #18798.