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Misallocation in the Public Sector? Cross-Country Evidence from Two Million Primary Schools Torsten Figueiredo Walter
June 2020
Paper No' EOPP 70:
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JEL Classification: I25; H52; O15

Tags: development; education; inequality; misallocation; state capacity

Development Policy through the Lens of Social Structure Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Erika Deserranno, Ricardo Morel, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman May 2020
Paper No' EOPP 69:
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JEL Classification: O10; O20; D80

Tags: social structure; development policy; social ties; agriculture extension

Policy decisions and evidence use among civil servants: A group decision experiment in Pakistan Laura Metzger, Adnan Qadir Khan and Teddy Svoronos April 2020
Paper No' EOPP 68:
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JEL Classification: A29; C92; D37; D38; I28; I38

Tags: evidence-based policy; adult learning; group decisions; lab-in-field experiment; civil servants; pakistan

Why Do People Stay Poor? Clare Balboni, Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak and Anton Heil
March 2020
Paper No' EOPP 067:
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JEL Classification: O10

Tags: poverty traps; misallocation

Eliciting and Utilizing Willingness-to-pay: Evidence from Field Trials in Northern Ghana James Berry, Greg Fischer and Raymond Guiteras May 2018
Paper No' EOPP 066:
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JEL Classification: C26; C93; D12; L11; L31; O12; Q51

Tags: price mechanism; heterogeneous treatment effects; health behaviour; becker-degroot-marschak; field experiments

Losing Prosociality in the Quest for Talent? Sorting, Selection, and Productivity in the Delivery of Public Services Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott Lee July 2014
(Revised: 03/03/2018)
Paper No' EOPP 065:
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JEL Classification: J24; 015; M54; D82

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labour Market Experiment in Uganda Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali December 2017
Paper No' EOPP 064:
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JEL Classification: J2; M5

The Political Impact of the Internet on US Presidential Elections Valentino Larcinese and Luke Miner
June 2017
Paper No' EOPP 063:
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JEL Classification: D72;L86

Tags: internet diffusion; political economy of the media; united states elections; turnout; campaign contributions

Media, Demonstrations, and Public Good Delivery: Evidence from World Bank Projects during Natural Disasters Nicola Limodio August 2016
Paper No' EOPP 062:
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JEL Classification: H84; I38; L82; Q54

Tags: disaster aid; government policy; media; natural disasters

Manager Assignment and Project Returns: Evidence from the World Bank Nicola Limodio
August 2016
Paper No' EOPP 061:
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JEL Classification: O19; M50; D61

Tags: development lending; personnel economics; international organizations; cost-benefit analysis

A Better Life for All? Democratization and Electrification in Post-Apartheid South Africa Verena Kroth, Valentino Larcinese and Joachim Wehner March 2016
Paper No' EOPP 060:
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Tags: democracy; distributive politics; electricity; south africa

Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Cost of Uncertainty Yonas Alem and Jonathan Colmer
August 2015
Paper No' EOPP 059:
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JEL Classification: D8; O12; I3

Tags: uncertainty; consumption smoothing; subjective well-being

Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman August 2015
(Revised: 26/03/2016)
Paper No' EOPP 058:
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JEL Classification: J22; O12

Nation-Building Through Compulsory Schooling During the Age of Mass Migration Oriana Bandiera, Myra Mohnen, Imran Rasul and Martina Viarengo April 2015
(Revised: 15/12/2015)
Paper No' EOPP 057:
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JEL Classification: D02; F22; I28; O15; P16

How Does Collective Reputation Affect Hiring? Selection and Sorting in an Online Labour Market Guo Xu
May 2015
Paper No' EOPP 056:
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JEL Classification: J7; J16; L14

When Commitment Fails - Evidence from a Regular Saver Product in the Philippines Anett John (née Hofmann)
October 2014
(Revised: 30/10/2015)
Paper No' EOPP 055:
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JEL Classification: C93; D03; D14; O12

Tags: commitment savings; hyperbolic discounting; partial sophistication

Can Workfare Programs Moderate Violence? Evidence from India Thiemo Fetzer
June 2014
Paper No' EOPP 053:
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JEL Classification: D74; Q34; J65

Tags: social insurance; conflict; india; insurgency

Your Loss Is My Gain: A Recruitment Experiment With Framed Incentives Jonathan de Quidt
April 2014
Paper No' EOPP 052:
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JEL Classification: D03; J41; D86

Tags: loss aversion; reference points; framing; selection; mechanical turk

Just a Few Cents Each Day: Can Fixed Regular Deposits Overcome Savings Constraints? Anett John (née Hofmann)
March 2014
Paper No' EOPP 051:
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JEL Classification: D14; O11; O16

Tags: commitment savings; hyperbolic discounting; bangladesh

Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa Oriana Bandiera, Niklas Buehren, Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman March 2014
(Revised: 12/06/2015)
Paper No' EOPP 050:
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JEL Classification: I25; J13; J24; O12

Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
December 2013
(Revised: 23/12/2014)
Paper No' EOPP 049:
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The Perverse Consequences of Policy Restrictions in the Presence of Asymmetric Information Rafael Hortala-Vallve, Valentino Larcinese and Stephanie Rickard December 2013
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Profit with Purpose? A Theory of Social Enterprise with Experimental Evidence Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
November 2013
Paper No' EOPP 047:
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Tags: social enterprise; motivated agents; non-profits

Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott Lee
July 2013
Paper No' EOPP 046:
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JEL Classification: D84; D83; J33; M52; O15

Tags: awards; social comparison; optimal expectations; incentives

The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria and Gerard Padro i Miquel August 2013
Paper No' EOPP 045:
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Group Lending Without Joint Liability Thiemo Fetzer, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jonathan de Quidt
July 2013
Paper No' EOPP 044:
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JEL Classification: G11; G21; O12; O16

Tags: microfinance; group lending; joint liability; mutual insurance

Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor? Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman April 2013
(Revised: 20/08/2015)
Paper No' EOPP 043:
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JEL Classification: O12; I30; D50.

Tags: asset transfers; capital constraints; vocational training; occupational choice; structural change; poverty.

Motivating Knowledge Agents: Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance? Erlend Berg, Maitreesh Ghatak, R Manjula, D Rajasekhar and Sanchari Roy March 2013
Paper No' EOPP 042:
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JEL Classification: C93, D83, I38, M52, O15, Z13

Tags: public services; information constraints; incentive pay; social proximity; knowledge transmission

Taxation and Development Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson
January 2013
Paper No' EOPP 041:
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JEL Classification: H11, H20, O17, O43.

Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance Jonathan de Quidt, Thiemo Fetzer and Maitreesh Ghatak
September 2012
Paper No' EOPP 040:
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JEL Classification: G21, O12, D4, L4, D82

Tags: microfinance; market power; for-profit; social capital

Pre-Colonial Political Centralization and Contemporary Development in Uganda Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Elliott Green
August 2012
Paper No' EOPP 039:
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Decentralization of Health and Education in Developing Countries: A Quality-Adjusted Review of the Empirical Literature Anila Channa and Jean-Paul Faguet July 2012
Paper No' EOPP 038:
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Tags: decentralization; school-based management; education; health; service delivery; developing countries; preference matching; technical efficiency

The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics Robin Burgess, Matthew Hansen, Benjamin Olken, Peter Potapov, Stefanie Sieber and April 2012
Paper No' EOPP 037:
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JEL Classification: D73,L73

Tags: political economy; corruption; deforestation; cournot competition; satellite imagery; environmental monitoring; illegal logging; climate change; biodiversity

The Legacy of Historical Conflict Evidence from Africa Timothy Besley and Marta Reynal-Querol
February 2012
Paper No' EOPP 036:
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JEL Classification: N47, O43, O55

Tags: conflict; trust; identity

No Margin, no Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for public service delivery Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Kelsey Jack January 2012
(Revised: 13/02/2014)
Paper No' EOPP 035:
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JEL Classification: J33, O15, M52, D82

Tags: incentives; non-monetary rewards; intrinsic motivation.

LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT: INCOME DYNAMICS AND THE EVOLVING POLITICAL PREFERENCES OF FORWARD-LOOKING BAYESIAN VOTERS John Morrow and Michael Carter January 2012
Paper No' EOPP 034:
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JEL Classification: D31, D72, D83, P16.

Tags: income dynamics; redistributive politics; polarization; bayesian learning; latin america.

Team Incentives: Evidence From A Firm Level Experiment Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Baranky and Imran Rasul
December 2011
Paper No' EOPP 033:
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JEL Classification: D23, J33, M52.

Tags: rank incentives; team-based incentives; teams; tournamentszùql¿

Enfranchisement and Representation: Italy 1909-1913 Valentino Larcinese
December 2011
Paper No' EOPP 032:
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JEL Classification: D3, D7, I25, N33, N34

Tags: democratization; voting; electoral competition; inequality; swing districts; political violence; vatican; socialism.

The Regulation of Land Markets: Evidence from Tenancy Reform in India Timothy Besley, Jessica Leight, Rohini Pande and Vijayendra Rao November 2011
Paper No' EOPP 031:
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Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
July 2011
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Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure? Madhav S, Aney, Maitreesh Ghatak and Massimo Morelli
July 2011
Paper No' EOPP 029:
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JEL Classification: O12, O16, O17

Tags: occupational choice; adverse selection; property rights; asset liquidation; political failure; market failure.

Field Experiments with Firms Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Baranky and Imran Rasul
July 2011
Paper No' EOPP 028:
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JEL Classification: C5, M5

Tags: field experiments; firms; organizations

DECENTRALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE Jean-Paul Faguet
June 2011
Paper No' EOPP 027:
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Tags: decentralization; governance; local government; political competition; accountability; instability

Nation-Building and Conflict in Modern Africa Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Elliott Green
June 2011
Paper No' EOPP 026:
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Tags: conflict; nation building; africa; sub-saharan africa

IMPLEMENTING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE POOR: THE ROLLOUT OF RSBY IN KARNATAKA D Rajasekhar, Erlend Berg, Maitreesh Ghatak, R Manjula and Sanchari Roy March 2011
Paper No' EOPP 025:
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Contractual Structure and Endogenous Matching in Partnershipso Maitreesh Ghatak and Alexander Karaivanov
February 2011
Paper No' EOPP 024:
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JEL Classification: D21, D23, D82, D12, Q15

Tags: endogenous matching; partnerships; contractual structure

Contract Structure, Risk Sharing and Investment Choice Greg Fischer
February 2011
Paper No' EOPP 023:
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JEL Classification: O12, D81, C91, C92, G21

Tags: investment choice; informal insurance; risk sharing; contract design; microfinance; experiment.

Fragile States and Development Policy Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson
January 2011
Paper No' EOPP 022:
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JEL Classification: O10, 019, P45

Tags: state fragility; development

Repayment Frequency in Microfinance Contracts with Present-Biased Borrowers Greg Fischer and Maitreesh Ghatak
July 2010
Paper No' EOPP 021:
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JEL Classification: O12, O16, D03

Tags: microfinance; repayment frequency; present-bias

Trade and the Skill Premium Puzzle with Capital Market Imperfections Roberto Bonfatti and Maitreesh Ghatak
November 2010
Paper No' EOPP 020:
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JEL Classification: F16, O15, O16

Tags: trade liberalization; skill premium; credit market frictions; latin america

Incentive and crowding out effects of food assistance: Evidence from randomized evaluation of food-for-training project in Southern Sudan Munshi Sulaiman December 2010
Paper No' EOPP 019:
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JEL Classification: J22, O12, Q18.l

Tags: food assistance; incentive; crowding-out; southern sudan

Diversity and the Power of the Elites in Democratic Societies: A Model and a Test. Oriana Bandiera and Gilat Levy
August 2010
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Thinness and Obesity: A Model of Food Consumption, Health Concerns, and Social Pressure Davide Dragone and Luca Savorelli
June 2010
Paper No' EOPP 017:
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JEL Classification: D91;I18

Tags: body weight; diet; obesity; social pressure; underweight.

The Reversal of Fortune Thesis Reconsidered Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Elliott Green
April 2010
Paper No' EOPP 016:
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Tags: income distribution; population density; reversal of fortune; urbanization.

Community Networks and Poverty Reduction Programmes: Evidence from Bangladesh Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and December 2009
Paper No' EOPP 015:
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JEL Classification: D85; O12; O15.

Tags: asset transfers; social networks; ultra-poor programme.

Thanks for Nothing? Not-for-Profits and Motivated Agents Maitreesh Ghatak and Hannes Mueller
November 2009
Paper No' EOPP 014:
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JEL Classification: L31, J32, L33, J42

Tags: not-for-profits; intrinsic motivation; labor donation; free riding

Bad Apples: Political Paralysis and the Quality of Politicians Gabriel Leon
August 2009
Paper No' EOPP 013:
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JEL Classification: H1, H54, D7, O10

Tags: political agency; corruption; elections; term limits; economic reform; politician quality

Soldiers or Bureaucrats? Conflict and the Military’s Role in Policy-Making Gabriel Leon
July 2009
Paper No' EOPP 012:
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JEL Classification: O38; O17; H11; H56; D72

Tags: institutions; conflict; political economy; military; war; coups

Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland Timothy Besley and Hannes Mueller
May 2009
Paper No' EOPP 011:
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JEL Classification: D74; 016; P16

Tags: peace dividend; northern ireland; conflict; housing price; markov chain

State Capacity, Conflict and Development Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson
June 2009
Paper No' EOPP 010:
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JEL Classification: O10; H10; P16

Tags: state capacity; development

Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune
May 2009
Paper No' EOPP 009:
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The de Soto Effect Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
April 2009
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Do Small States Get More Federal Monies? Myth and Reality About the US Senate Malapportionment Valentino Larcinese, Leonzio Rizzo and Cecilia Testa April 2009
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JEL Classification: D72; H61; H77

Tags: federal budget; malapportionment; small state advantage; overrepresentation

Property Rights and Economic Development Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
February 2009
Paper No' EOPP 006:
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JEL Classification: K11;O17; P14

Tags: property rights; economic development.

The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson
February 2009
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The Flypaper Effect Revisited Fernando Aragon
January 2009
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JEL Classification: H71; H77

Tags: flypaper effect; intergovernmental transfers; public finance; fiscal decentralization

Candidate nomination procedures and political selection: evidence from Latin American parties Fernando Aragon
January 2009
Paper No' EOPP 003:
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JEL Classification: D72; D73; H39; O12

Tags: primaries; political selection; political competition; quality of politicians.

Pandering Judges Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Clare Leaver
September 2008
Paper No' EOPP 002:
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JEL Classification: H11; J44; J45; J70

Tags: electoral accountability; judges; promotion decisions

Decolonization: the Role of Changing World Factor Endowments Roberto Bonfatti
September 2008
Paper No' EOPP 001:
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JEL Classification: D74;H77;F13;019

Tags: colonial extraction; trade; decolonization

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