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Jul 6, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Callen, Michael; Long, James D., 2018, "Replication Data for: Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NMXC6F, Harvard Dataverse, V1
We investigate the relationship between political networks, weak institutions, and election fraud during the 2010 parliamentary election in Afghanistan combining: (i) data on political connections between candidates and election officials; (ii) a nationwide controlled evaluation of a novel monitoring technology; and (iii) direct measurements of agg... |
Jul 6, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Jensen, Robert T.; Miller, Nolan H., 2018, "Replication Data for: Giffen Behavior and Subsistence Consumption", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LGZMTI, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This paper provides the first real-world evidence of Giffen behavior, i.e., upward sloping demand. Subsidizing the prices of dietary staples for extremely poor households in two provinces of China, we find strong evidence of Giffen behavior for rice in Hunan, and weaker evidence for wheat in Gansu. The data provide new insight into the consumption... |
Jul 4, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Björkman Nyqvist, Martina; de Walque, Damien; Svensson, Jakob, 2018, "Replication Data for: Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community-Based Monitoring", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SXEIIS, Harvard Dataverse, V1
We evaluate the longer run impact of a local accountability intervention in primary health care provision in Uganda. Short-run improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes remained in the longer run despite minimal follow-up. We find no impact on the quality of care or health outcomes of a lower cost intervention that focused on encoura... |
Jul 3, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean, 2018, "The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MNW5LP, Harvard Dataverse, V1
We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External validity needs theory. This pushes researchers to narrowly d... |
Jul 3, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Behaghel, Luc; Crépon, Bruno; Le Barbanchon, Thomas, 2018, "Replication Data for: Unintended Effects of Anonymous Résumés", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KDWAIH, Harvard Dataverse, V1
We evaluate an experimental program in which the French public employment service anonymized résumés for firms that were hiring. Firms were free to participate or not; participating firms were then randomly assigned to receive either anonymous résumés or name-bearing ones. We find that participating firms become less likely to interview and hire mi... |
Jun 29, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Dobbie, Will; Fryer Jr., Roland G., 2018, "Replication Data for: Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JGRLOU, Harvard Dataverse, V1
In this paper, we collect data on the inner-workings of 39 charter schools and correlate these data with school effectiveness. We find that traditionally collected input measures -- class size, per-pupil expenditure, teacher certification, and teacher training -- are not correlated with school effectiveness. In stark contrast, we show that an index... |
Jun 29, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Fryer Jr., Roland G., 2018, "The "Pupil" Factory: Specialization and the Production of Human Capital in Schools", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7J9EXE, Harvard Dataverse, V1
I conducted a randomized field experiment in traditional public elementary schools in Houston, Texas designed to test the potential productivity benefits of teacher specialization. The average impact of encouraging schools to specialize their teachers on student achievement is −0.11 standard deviations per year on a combined index of math and readi... |
Jun 29, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Dobbie, Will; Fryer, Jr., Roland G., 2018, "Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B7YLTV, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines community programs with charter schools. We provide the first empirical test of the causal impact of HCZ charters on educational outcomes. Both lottery and instrumental variable identification strategies suggest that the effects of attending an HCZ middle school are enough to cl... |
Jun 29, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Buchmann, Nina; Field, Erica; Glennerster, Rachel; Nazneen, Shahana; Pimkina, Svetlana; Sen, Iman, 2018, "Power vs Money: Alternative Approaches to Reducing Child Marriage in Bangladesh, a Randomized Control Trial", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ET8WJD, Harvard Dataverse, V1
A clustered randomized trial in Bangladesh examines alternative strategies to reduce child marriage and teenage childbearing and increase girl's education. Communities were randomized into three treatment and one control group in a 2:1:1:2 ratio. From 2008, girls in treatment communities received either i) a six-month empowerment program, ii) a fin... |
Jun 29, 2018 - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Dataverse
Behaghel, Luc; de Chaisemartin, Clément; Gurgand, Marc, 2018, "Replication Data for: Ready for Boarding? The Effects of a Boarding School for Disadvantaged Students", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LLTBEY, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Boarding schools substitute school to home, but little is known on the effects this substitution produces on students. We present results of an experiment in which seats in a boarding school for disadvantaged students were randomly allocated. Boarders enjoy better studying conditions than control students. However, they start outperforming control... |
