Friday, April 23, 2010

Randomized Control Trials

Since Professor Duflo is known mostly for her innovative field experiments, perhaps a backgrounder is timely. Interested readers might like to check out, "In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments," by Bruhn and McKenzie. The article was published in the AEA Journal in Applied Economics last October. The link will take you to an ungated version.

Here is an excellent contrarian take on RCTs.

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