Benjamin Olken

Working Papers

Electronic Food Vouchers: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Elan Satriawan, and Sudarno Sumarto.
April 2022. Appendices here. Previous version: NBER Working Paper #28641.
Revise and resubmit, American Economic Review.

The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics
with Clare Balboni and Robin Burgess. October 2021. Appendix here.
Revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies.

Designing Effective Celebrity Messaging: Results from a Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination in Indonesia
with Vivi Alatas, Arun Chandrasekhar, Markus Mobius, and Cindy Paladines. May 2021.
Appendix here. Earlier version: NBER Working Paper #25589.
Revise and resubmit, The Economic Journal.

Messages on COVID-19 prevention in India increased symptoms reporting and adherence to preventive behaviors among 25 million recipients with similar effects on non-recipient members of their communities
with Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Abhijit Chowdhury, Esther Duflo and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham. July 2020.

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plan for RCTs in Economics
with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Amy Finkelstein, Lawrence F. Katz and Anja Sautmann
April 2020. NBER Working Paper #26993.

The Brazilian Amazon's Double Reversal of Fortune
with Robin Burgess and Francisco Costa. August 2019. Appendices here.
Previous version: NBER Working Paper #24861.