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Handbook of Field Experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a comprehensive catalog on new results from research and areas that remain to be explored. This updated addition to the series includes an entire chapters on field experiments, the politics and practice of social experiments, the methodology and practice of RCTs, and the econometrics of randomized experiments. These topics apply to a wide variety of fields, from politics, to education, and firm productivity, providing readers with a resource that sheds light on timely issues, such...

Handbook of Field Experiments, Volume Two explains how to conduct experimental research, presents a catalog of research to date, and describes which areas remain to be explored. The new volume includes sections on field experiments in education in developing countries, how to design social protection programs, a section on how to combat poverty, and updates on data relating to the impact and determinants of health levels in low-income countries. Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books...

Die Nobelpreisträgerin Esther Duflo gehört zu den Stars der internationalen Wissenschaft. Ihr Forschungsgebiet ist die Entwicklungsökonomie, also die Frage, wie Armut überwunden und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung angestoßen werden kann. In Kampf gegen die Armut stellt Duflo ihren innovativen entwicklungsökonomischen Ansatz anhand von vier zentralen Problembereichen vor: Bildung, Gesundheit, Mikrokredite und Institutionen/Korruption. Über randomisierte Tests, die von der Praxis klinischer Studien in der Medizin inspiriert sind, werden konkrete entwicklungspolitische Maßnahmen...