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 Methods & Measurement David Argente Chang-Tai Hsieh Munseob Lee Published 02.10.20
What’s wrong with economics? How can economists better communicate with the wider public to regain the profession’s credibility? Methods & Measurement Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Published 22.06.20
Measuring deprivation: Going beyond income poverty and accounting for premature mortality A year prematurely lost is as bad as a year spent in poverty. Aggregating these indices offers a more accurate insight into the progress of nations Methods & Measurement Jean-Marie Baland Guilhem Cassan Benoit Decerf Published 11.05.20
Skills and personality matter, but how do we capture them? Data from developing country settings highlight the risk of misinterpreting non-cognitive skills and personality using existing measures Methods & Measurement Rachid Laajaj Karen Macours Published 06.12.19
RCTs in the long run RCTs have revolutionised development policy, but do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later? Methods & Measurement Published 20.11.19
Alleviating poverty with experimental research: The 2019 Nobel laureates The Nobel nomination’s emphasis on the practical applications of Banerjee’s, Duflo’s and Kremer’s methods represents a monumental and welcome change Methods & Measurement Oriana Bandiera Published 01.11.19
Randomised control trials: Limits and broader application Despite limitations, the use of randomised control trials has led to a paradigm shift in development policy evaluation Methods & Measurement Maitreesh Ghatak Published 25.10.19
What does the 2019 Nobel mean for development economics? Why have Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics? And what does this mean for development economics? Methods & Measurement Tavneet Suri Nidhi Parekh Published 16.10.19
Does research translate into policy? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities How much do political leaders value academic research? Can this research change not only their beliefs, but also the policies they implement? Methods & Measurement Published 02.10.19
