Methods & Measurement
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Evaluating the impact of the Targeting the Ultra Poor programme in Afghanistan
Two years after receiving a ‘big push’, women in some of the country’s poorest households perform better across many dimensions, including equality
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Long-term effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor programme
Ten years later, households targeted by the programme consume more and earn more than control households and enjoy better mental and physical health
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Data inaccuracy distorting reality: Evidence from schools in India
Wide-spread cheating inflates students’ achievements in India, but technology-aided solutions can improve data accuracy in standardised testing
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Training policymakers in econometrics: Evidence from Pakistan
Training deputy ministers in the school of thought associated with the credibility revolution increases demand for and responsiveness to causal...
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Examining the macro effects of MNREGA
The introduction of MNREGA increased economic activity as measured by night-time lights and banking deposits, but mostly in richer districts
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Adaptive experiments for policy research
Adaptive sampling has the potential to ensure that experiments better meet the learning goals of policymakers and are more beneficial to participants...
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Finally, 2020 comes to a close! From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Tavneet Suri looks at VoxDev over 2020
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Launching VoxDevLits
VoxDev’s editor-in-chief introduces its new feature – VoxDevLits, dynamic literature reviews edited by a community of scholars working in the field
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Measuring the cost of living in Mexico and the US
Data on prices and quantities of consumer packaged goods suggest that Mexican real consumption relative to the US is larger than previously estimated