Experimental Conversations by Timothy N. Ogden - ISBN: 9780262551540
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Economists debate trials: Finding truth and changing the world.

Experimental Conversations

Perspectives on Randomized Trials in Development Economics

  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    19 March 2024

Summary

Discussions of the use and limits of randomized control trials, considering the power of theory, external validity, gaps in knowledge, and what issues matter.

The practice of development economics has undergone something of a revolution as many economists have adopted new methods to answer perennial questions about the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs. In this book, prominent development economists discuss the use and impact of one of the most significant of these new methods, r…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262551540
ISBN-10:0262551543
Author:Timothy N. Ogden
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:19 March 2024
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

In his new book Experimental Conversations: Perspectives on Randomized Trials in Development Economics, Tim Ogden has assembled interviews with a distinguished group that interacts with RCTs in every imaginable way…. [T]his collection provides great insight into many of the great minds of those producing and using development economics in our time.–The World Bank Development Impact Blog–

About The Author

Timothy N. Ogden

Timothy N. Ogden is Managing Director of the Financial Access Initiative at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.

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