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Banerjee, Abhijit, Angus Deaton, and Esther Duflo (2004). American Economic Review (Papers & Proceedings), 94(2): 326–330
A purpose-built survey of 100 hamlets in Udaipur district: what health, health care and household wealth actually look like in one of India’s poorest areas, and how to measure them.
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Interactive explainer Somanathan, E., Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan, and Meenu Tewari (2021). Journal of Political Economy, 129(6): 1797–1827
Worker-level data from Indian factories and a national panel of plants: hot days lower output and raise absenteeism, climate control mitigates it, and annual plant output falls with temperature.
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Fearon, James D., Macartan Humphreys, and Jeremy M. Weinstein (2015). American Political Science Review, 109(3): 450–469
Does a community-driven reconstruction programme make villages better at cooperating? A randomised programme in northern Liberia, measured with a public-goods game rather than a survey.
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Banerjee, Abhijit V., Esther Duflo, and Rachel Glennerster (2008). Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(2–3): 487–500
An incentive scheme to cut nurse absence in Udaipur worked at first, then was hollowed out by the local administration — a lesson in how implementation can undo a well-designed treatment.
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Interactive explainer Björkman, Martina, and Jakob Svensson (2009). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2): 735–769
A randomised community-monitoring intervention in 50 Ugandan health dispensaries: report cards and community meetings raised staff effort, use of services and child health.
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Interactive explainer Cohen, Jessica, and Pascaline Dupas (2010). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125(1): 1–45
A randomised pricing experiment at Kenyan prenatal clinics: demand for insecticide-treated nets collapses as the price rises, and charging does not make people use them more.