Handbook of economic field experiments Volume 1
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 pr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
North-Holland
2017, 2017
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 as robustness and external validity. Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses in usefulness the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books written by practitioners Volume 2: 1. Impacts and determinants of health levels in low-income countries / P. Dupas, E. Miquel -- 2. The Production of human capital in developed countries / R.G. Fryer -- 3. Field experiments in education in the developing countries / K. Muralidharan -- 4. Social policy / W.J. Congdon, J. R. King, J. Ludwig, S. Mullainathan -- 5. Field experiments in developing counry agriculture / A. de Janvry, E. Sadoulet, T. Suri -- 6. The personnel economics of the developing state / F. Finan, B.A. Olken, R. Pande -- 7. Designing social protection programs / R. Hanna, D. Karlan -- 8. Social experiments in the labor market / J. Rothstein, T. von Wachter. Volume 1: 1. An Introduction to the "Handbook of Field Experiments" / A.V. Banerjee, E. Duflo -- 2. The Politics and practice of social experiemts / J.M. Gueron -- 3. The Economics of randomized experiments / S. Athey, G.W. Imbens -- 4. Decision theoretic approaches to experiment design and external validity / A.V. Banerjee, S. Chassang, E. Snowberg -- 5. The Practicalities of running randomized evaluations / R. Glennerster -- 6. The Psychology of construal in the design of field experiments / E.L. Paluck, E. Shafir -- 7. Field experiments in markets / O. Al-Ubaydli, J.A. List -- 8. Field experiments in discrimination / M. Bertrand, E. Duflo -- 9. Field experiments on voter mobilization / A.S. Gerber, D.P. Green -- 10. Lab in the field / U. Gneezy, A. Imas -- 11. Field experiments in marketing / D. Simester. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Physical Description: | 513 pages |