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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Comparison of Knowledge and Information-Seeking Behavior After General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for Black and Latinx Communities: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of Internal Medicine 174, pp. 484-492
Marcella Alsan, Fatima Cody Stanford, Abhijit Banerjee, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Sarah Eichmeyer, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, Benjamin A. Olken, Carlos Torres, Anirudh Sankar, Pierre-Luc Vautrey, Esther Duflo
April 2021
Development Economics

Comparison of Knowledge and Information-Seeking Behavior After General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for Black and Latinx Communities

Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Fatima Cody Stanford, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, Sarah Eichmeyer, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, Benjamin A. Olken, Carlos Torres, Anirudh Sankar, Pierre-Luc Vautrey
December 2020
Development Economics

Comparison of Knowledge and Information-Seeking Behavior After General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for Black and Latinx Communities

Annals of Internal Medicine
Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Fatima Cody Stanford, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, Sarah Eichmeyer, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, Benjamin A. Olken, Carlos Torres, Anirudh Sankar, Pierre-Luc Vautrey
December 2020

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Appendix
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12(4), 88-110
Nur Cahyadi, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Rizal Adi Prima, Elan Satriawan, Ekki Syamsulhakim
November 2020

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia

Journal of Public Economics Plus 1
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto
October 2020
Development Economics

The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia

Journal of Public Economics Plus, Volume 1
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto
July 2020
Development Economics

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

Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Abhijit Chowdhury, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Benjamin A. Olken
July 2020

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer, and the Rise of Modern Development Economics

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 122(3)
Benjamin A. Olken
July 2020
Development Economics

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

Abhijit Banerjee, Marcella Alsan, Emily Breza, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Abhijit Chowdhury, Esther Duflo, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Benjamin A. Olken
July 2020
Development Economics

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plan for RCTs in Economics

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Amy Finklestein, Lawrence F. Katz, Benjamin A. Olken, Anja Sautmann
April 2020
Development Economics

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plan for RCTs in Economics

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Amy Finklestein, Lawrence F. Katz, Benjamin A. Olken, Anja Sautmann
April 2020

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Appendices
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java

The Review of Economic Studies, 87(1), 164-203
Melissa Dell, Benjamin A. Olken
January 2020
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in the 21st Century: Evidence from Indonesia for the World

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 55(3), 319-339
Benjamin A. Olken
December 2019

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia

AEA Papers & Proceedings 109: 334–339
Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Ririn Purnamasari, Matthew Wai-Po
May 2019

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia

Journal of Political Economy 127 (1), pp 101-13
Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto
February 2019

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Online appendices
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

Economic Journal, 129(618), 651–677
Jie Bai, Seema Jayachandran, Edmund Malesky, Benjamin A. Olken
February 2019

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Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings

American Economic Review, 109(1), 237-270
Adnan Khan, Asim Khwaja, Benjamin A. Olken
January 2019

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Replication code
Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(4), 201-226
Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken
September 2018