Handbook of Experimental Development Economics
edited by
Utteeyo Dasgupta and Pushkar Maitra
The Handbook of Experimental Development Economics has put together an exciting group of researchers who use lab and field experiments to research problems in Development Economics. Fourteen chapters provide a unique combination of discussions on established tools and methods in experimental development economics, as well as current topics of research that will aid both the newly initiated and seasoned economists. It will be published by Edward Elgar.
Abhijit Singh • Abu Siddique • Alistair Munro • Ananta Neelim • Andrew Souther • Angelino Viceisza • Danila Serra • Farah Said • George Ferridge • Ian Levely • Irma Clots-Figueras • Joseph Vecci • Kartik Muralidharan • Lakshmi Iyer • Lata Gangadharan • Marie Claire Villeval • Marissa Hindelang • Mary Rigdon • Masha Bertling • Neha Agarwal • Owen Ozier • Pamela Jakiela • Pushkar Maitra • Shuguang Jiang • Smriti Sharma • Sonia Bhalotra • Subha Mani • Utteeyo Dasgupta
Read the Introduction to the Handbook by the co-editors.
2. Non Weird Preferences. Smriti Sharma and Abu Siddique.
3. An Overview of Risk Preferences in Developing Countries. Mary L.Rigdon, Farah Said and Joseph Vecci.
4. Dishonesty in Developing Countries – What can we learn from Experiments. Shuguang Jiang and Marie Claire Villeval.
5. Measuring Social Preferences in Developing Countries. Vojteˇch Bartosˇ and Ian Levely.
6. Gender and Natural Experiments in Developing Countries. Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer.
7. Role Models in Developing Countries. Danila Serra.
8. Intra-Household Experiments. Alistair Munro.
9. Domestic Violence: A Partial Survey of the Economics Literature. Sonia Bhalotra, George Ferridge and Marissa Hindelang.
10.Discrimination in Developing Countries. Pushkar Maitra and Ananta Neelim.
11. Psychometric Quality of Measures of Learning Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries. Masha Bertling, Kartik Muralidharan and Abhijeet Singh.
12. New Evidence on Vocational and Apprenticeship Training Programs in Developing Countries. Neha Agarwal and Subha Mani.
[Voxdev podcast on the chapter by the authors.]
13. Lab-in-the-Field Methods in Development Economics: A Review of Current Practices. Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan and Andrew Souther.
14. Experimental Development Economics: Current Scope and Future Directions. Utteeyo Dasgupta, Pamela Jakiela, Pushkar Maitra, Owen Ozier, Danila Serra and Angelino Viceisza.