Benjamin Olken

Working Papers

Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia
with M. Chatib Basri, Mayara Felix, and Rema Hanna.
November 2019. NBER Working Paper #26150. Appendices here.

The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, and Sudarno Sumarto. September 2019.
Previous version: NBER Working Paper #25362. Appendix 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. NBER Working Paper #26204. 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.

Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
with Nur Cahyadi, Rema Hanna, Rizal Adi Prima, Elan Satriawan, and Ekki Syamsulhakim.
Conditionally accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
NBER Working Paper #24670. November 2018. Appendix here.