Fighting Poverty: What Works?

Issue 1: Education: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals

Issue 2: Absenteeism: Showing Up is the First Step

Policy Briefcase

Briefcase 6: Solving Absenteeism, Raising Test Scores

Briefcase 5: Controlling Corruption: Auditing versus Community Participation

Briefcase 4: Mass Deworming: A Best-Buy for Education and Health

Briefcase 3: Cheap and Effective Ways to Change Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior

Briefcase 2: Education for Marginalized Children

Briefcase 1: Women's Public Policy

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J-PAL News Update No. 7 - February 2010

J-PAL News Update No. 6 - September 2009

J-PAL News Update No. 5 - December 2008

J-PAL News Update No. 4 - June 2008

J-PAL News Update No. 3 - December 2007

J-PAL News Update No. 2 - July 2007

J-PAL News Update No. 1 - April 2007

Working Papers
Programme d'accompagnement des jeunes chomeurs diplomes
Bruno Crepon, Esther Duflo, Marc Gurgand, Roland Rathelot, Philippe Zamora.
January, 2010
The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan.
October, 2009
Peer Effects and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer.
August, 2009
(Updated) Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani.
August, 2009
Money or Knowledge? What drives demand for financial services in emerging markets?
Shawn Cole, Thompas Sampson, Bilal Zia.
July, 2009
Expanding Microenterprise Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts in Manila
Dean Karlan.
July, 2009
Understanding Technology Adoption: Fertilizer in Western Kenya
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson.
June, 2009
Do Social Interactions Facilitate Cooperative Behavior? Evidence from a Group Lending Experiment in India
Benjamin Feigenberg, Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
June, 2009
Sample attrition bias in randomized experiments: A tale of two surveys
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crepon, Marc Gurgand, Thomas Le Barbanchon.
May, 2009
Preliminary evidence from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab randomized evaluation of Spandana microlending
Abhijit Banerjee, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan.
May, 2009
Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf.
May, 2009
Rajasthan Police Performance and Perception Intervention
Abhijit Banerjee, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Daniel Keniston.
May, 2009
Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (GRADE-Peru).
May, 2009
Peer Monitoring and Enforcement: Long Term Evidence from Microcredit
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May, 2009
What Matters (and What Does Not) in Households' Decision to Invest in Malaria Prevention
Pascaline Dupas.
May, 2009
Group versus Individual Liability: Long Term Evidence fromPhilippine Microcredit Lending Groups
Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan.
May, 2009
Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
Shawn Cole, Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend, James  Vickery.
April, 2009
The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Language Arts Program
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Leigh Linden.
March, 2009
Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan.
March, 2009
What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Experiment
Marianne Bertrand, Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Jonathan Zinman.
March, 2009
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Jessica Cohen, Pascaline Dupas.
March, 2009
Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Pascaline Dupas.
January, 2009
Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson.
January, 2009
Observing Unobservables: Identifying Information Asymmetries with a Consumer Credit Field Experiment
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
December, 2008
Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
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November, 2008
Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda
Martina Bjorkman, Jakob Svensson.
October, 2008
Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
October, 2008
Water Technologies
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
October, 2008
Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani.
September, 2008
The Experimental Approach to Economics
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
September, 2008
Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Dean Karlan.
September, 2008
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
Nava Ashraf, James Berry, Jesse M. Shapiro.
August, 2008
Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation
Dean Karlan.
August, 2008
The Importance of Hold-Up in Contracting
Rajkamal  Iyer, Antoinette Schoar.
July, 2008
Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Prejudice?
Lori Beaman, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Petia Topalova.
June, 2008
Evaluation d'impact de l'accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi par les Opérateurs Privés de Placement et le programme Cap Vers l'Entreprise (Rapport Intermédiaire)
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crepon, Julien Guitard, Marc Gurgand.
June, 2008
Segregation, Rent Control, and Riots: The Economics of Religious Conflict in an Indian City
Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
June, 2008
Improving Management in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Madagascar
Trang Van Nguyen.
June, 2008
Repayment Frequency and Default in Microfinance
Erica Field, Rohini Pande.
May, 2008
What's Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment
Dean Karlan.
May, 2008
Adaptive Experimental Design using the Propensity Score
Dean Karlan.
April, 2008
Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering
David Clingingsmith, Asim Khwaja, Michael Kremer.
April, 2008
Does The Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions
Daniel Bergan, Alan Gerber, Dean Karlan.
March, 2008
Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive?
Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer, Juan Saavedra.
March, 2008
Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
March, 2008
Affirmative Action Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India
Marianne Bertrand, Rema Hanna, Sendhil Mullainathan.
March, 2008
Conditional Cash Transfers in Education: Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects. Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Marianne Bertrand, Leigh Linden, Francisco Perez-Calle.
March, 2008
Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Economic well-being
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
February, 2008
Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Esther Duflo, Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan.
February, 2008
Incentives to Learn
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton.
January, 2008
Growing Export Oriented Crops in Kenya: An Evaluation of DrumNet Services
Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine.
January, 2008
Indoor air pollution, health and economic well-being (Institut Veolia Environement)
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
January, 2008
Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
Dean Karlan.
January, 2008
Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts
Dean Karlan.
January, 2008
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
David Abrams, Marianne Bertrand.
January, 2008
Challenging Under-Served Children to Achieve Academic Excellence
Leigh Linden.
December, 2007
An Impact Evaluation of the Provision of Health Insurance Through Microfinance Networks in Rural India
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
December, 2007
Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna.
December, 2007
Targeting Efficiency: How well can we identify the poor?
Abhijit Banerjee.
December, 2007
Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan.
November, 2007
The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status
Rebecca Thornton.
October, 2007
Gender, Intrahousehold Decisionmaking, and the Demand for Children
Nava Ashraf, Erica Field, Jean Lee.
August, 2007
Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
Abhijit Banerjee, Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo, Leigh Linden.
August, 2007
Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Political Corruption
Rohini Pande.
July, 2007
Credit Elasticities in Less-Developed Economies: Implications for Microfinance
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
July, 2007
Credit Elasticities in Less-Developed Economies: Implications for Microfinance
Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman.
July, 2007
Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin.
July, 2007
Can Information Campaigns Raise Awareness and Local Participation in Primary Education?
Abhijit Banerjee.
April, 2007
Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Ben Olken.
April, 2007
Microentrepreneurs and Their Money: Three Anomalies
Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan.
March, 2007
Political Institutions and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
Ben Olken.
February, 2007
Social Connections and Group Banking
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February, 2007
Does Price Matter in Charitable Giving? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiement
Dean Karlan, John List.
January, 2007
Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
Johanne Boisjoly, Greg Duncan, Jacque Eccles, Michael Kremer, Dan Levy.
January, 2007
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
Nava Ashraf, James Berry, Jesse M. Shapiro.
January, 2007
Teacher Incentives in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from India
Karthik Muralidharan.
November, 2006
Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in Western Kenya
Samuel Sinei.
October, 2006
Household Decision Making and Savings Impacts: Further Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
June, 2006
Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
May, 2006
Deposit Collectors
Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin.
January, 2006
Addressing Absence
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo.
January, 2006
The Illusion of Sustainability
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
December, 2005
Measuring Trust in Peruvian Shantytowns
Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat.
September, 2005
Peer Effects and Alcohol Use Among College Students
Michael Kremer, Dan Levy.
June, 2005
Saving Incentives for Low and Middle Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H & R Block
Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffrey Liebman, Peter Orszag, Emmanuel Saez.
May, 2005
Why Political Reservations?
Esther Duflo.
May, 2005
Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer.
April, 2005
Efficiency and rent seeking in local government: Evidence from randomized policy experiments in India
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Greg Fischer.
February, 2005
School Meals, Educational Achievement and School Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
Michael Kremer, Christel Vermeersch.
November, 2004
Unappreciated Service: Performance, Perceptions, and Women Leaders in India
Esther Duflo, Petia Topalova.
October, 2004
Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
September, 2004
Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: the case of flip charts in Kenya
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, Eric Zitzewitz.
June, 2004
Wealth, health, and health services in rural Rajasthan
Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo.
May, 2004
Why Political Reservations?
Esther Duflo.
April, 2004
Iron Deficiency Anemia and School Participation
Gustavo Bobonis, Edward Miguel, Charu Sharma.
March, 2004
Health Care Delivery in Rural Rajasthan
Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Esther Duflo.
February, 2004
The Rockefeller Effect
Mary Kay Gugerty, Michael Kremer.
January, 2004
The Impact of Reservation in the Panchayati Raj: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
November, 2003
The Impact of Reservation in the Panchayati Raj: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo.
November, 2003
Computer-Assisted Learning: Evidence from A Randomized Experiment
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Leigh Linden.
October, 2003
Networks, Social Learning, and Technology Adoption: The Case of Deworming Drugs in Kenya
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
October, 2003
Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?
Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan.
May, 2003
Teacher Incentives
Paul Glewwe, Nauman Ilias, Michael Kremer.
May, 2003
The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Esther Duflo, Emmanuel Saez.
January, 2003
Decentralization: A Cautionary Tale
Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, Robert Namunyu.
January, 2003
Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth King, Michael Kremer.
December, 2002
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Health and Education in the Presence of Treatment Externalities
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel.
September, 2001

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