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View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However, in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns ma…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are criticalfor assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However,in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns make…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are criticalfor assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However,in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns make…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However, in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns ma…
View article: On the Role of the Zero Conditional Mean Assumption for Causal Inference in Linear Models
On the Role of the Zero Conditional Mean Assumption for Causal Inference in Linear Models Open
Many econometrics textbooks imply that under mean independence of the regressors and the error term, the OLS parameters have a causal interpretation. We show that even when this assumption is satisfied, OLS might identify a pseudo-paramete…
View article: Did Risk-based or Age-based Vaccine Prioritization for Covid-19 Save More Lives?
Did Risk-based or Age-based Vaccine Prioritization for Covid-19 Save More Lives? Open
Importance All U.S. states provided Covid-19 vaccine access to frontline healthcare workers first, but after that, states varied in whether they gave earlier access to the elderly, versus the vulnerable with comorbidities, or school employ…
View article: Encouragement and distortionary effects of conditional cash transfers
Encouragement and distortionary effects of conditional cash transfers Open
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become increasingly popular as a development strategy. These programs aim to reduce poverty or achieve other social goals by making the transfers conditional upon the receivers' actions. Condit…
View article: Contract Structure, Time Preference, and Technology Adoption
Contract Structure, Time Preference, and Technology Adoption Open
Do constraints to technology adoption vary by behavioral traits? We randomize 150 villages in Bangladesh into being offered standard microcredit, loans with a grace period, the choice between those two contracts, and control. No discernibl…
View article: Does Access to Microcredit Lead to Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers? Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Does Access to Microcredit Lead to Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers? Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh Open
Agricultural productivity in many developing countries remains low owing mostly to the low adoption of readily available modern technologies such as modern seeds, chemical fertilisers and mechanized irrigation. To understand if relaxing cr…
View article: The inequality-resource curse of conflict: Heterogeneous effects of mineral deposit discoveries
The inequality-resource curse of conflict: Heterogeneous effects of mineral deposit discoveries Open
Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict …