Benjamin Olken

Working Papers

Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia
with M. Chatib Basri, Mayara Felix, and Rema Hanna. August 2019. Appendices here.

The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries:
Evidence from a large-scale randomized experiment in Indonesia
with Abhijit Banerjee, Amy Finkelstein, Rema Hanna, Arianna Ornaghi, and Sudarno Sumarto.
August 2019. Online appendix here.

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

When Celebrities Speak: A Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination in Indonesia
with Vivi Alatas, Arun Chandrasekhar, Markus Mobius, and Cindy Paladines. May 2019.
NBER Working Paper #25589.

The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, and Sudarno Sumarto. December 2018.
NBER Working Paper #25362. Appendix here.

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. November 2018. Appendix here.