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T1  - Holding back from theory : Limits and methodological alternatives of randomized field experiments in development economics 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/340646 
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A1  - Favereau, Judith; Nagatsu, Michiru 
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Y1  - 2020 
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AB  - In this paper, we critically and constructively examine the methodology of evidence-based development economics, which deploys randomized field experiments (RFEs) as its main tool. We describe the context in which this movement started, and illustrate in detail how RFEs are designed and implemented in practice, drawing on a series of experiments by Pascaline Dupas and her colleagues on the use of bednets, saving and governance in Kenya. We show that this line of experiments have evolved to addre... 
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KW  - DECISION; HEALTH; IMPACT; KENYA; LAB; POOR; Randomized field experiments; SUBSIDIES; VALIDITY; behavioral economics; development economics; experimental economics; external validity; randomized controled trials; 512 Business and Management 
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