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1.

Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-022
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 13 May 2008
David Clingingsmith, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Michael Kremer
Case Western Reserve University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Religion, Institutions, Social Interaction, Identity, Beliefs, Economics, Microeconomics, International Affairs/Globalization

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Education and Hiv/Aids Prevention: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4024
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer and Samuel Sinei
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
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Tertiary Education, Primary Education, Education For All, Population Policies, Teaching and Learning

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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-36
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 15 Dec 2006
Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Randomized evaluations, Experiments, Development, Program Evaluation

Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

NBER Working Paper No. t0333
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 24 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2010
Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6059
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Experiments, development, program evaluation

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School Meals, Educational Achievement, and School Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3523
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Feb 2005
Christel Vermeersch and Michael Kremer
World Bank and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Pricing and Access: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations in Education and Health

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 158
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Apr 2009
Alaka Holla and Michael Kremer
World Bank and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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access to health, access to education, human capital investment

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Incentives to Learn

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Incentives to Learn

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3546
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jun 2005
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton and Owen W. Ozier
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Incentives to Learn

NBER Working Paper No. w10971
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2010
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Rebecca Thornton
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Incentives to Learn

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3546
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Rebecca Thornton and Owen W. Ozier
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Primary Education, Gender and Development, Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, Education Finance, Access & Equity in Basic Education

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Cost-Effective Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases: A Critical Review

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 117
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jul 2007
Michael Kremer and Alix Peterson Zwane
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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diarrhea, diarrheal diseases, prevention

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Economic Transformation, Population Growth, and the Long-Run World Income Distribution

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Economic Transformation, Population Growth, and the Long-Run World Income Distribution

IMF Working Paper No. 06/21
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Marcos Chamon and Michael Kremer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Population, growth, economic development, international trade

Economic Transformation, Population Growth and the Long-Run World Income Distribution

NBER Working Paper No. w12038
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Jun 2006
Marcos Chamon and Michael Kremer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Ernst R. Berndt, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, Georg Weizsacker and Heidi L. Williams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Center for Global Development, Humboldt University Berlin and MIT Department of Economics
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Advance purchase commitment, R&D, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, malaria

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Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill

NBER Working Paper No. w5718
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 08 Jan 1997 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer and Eric Maskin
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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The Illusion of Sustainability

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The Illusion of Sustainability

NBER Working Paper No. w10324
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2010
Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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The Illusion of Sustainability

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 35
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jul 2008
Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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sustainable development, economic development, foreign aid

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Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

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Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-19
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Jul 2009
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Jonathan Robinson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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technology adoption, hyperbolic discounting

Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w15131
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Jonathan Robinson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Mosquitoes: The Long-term Effects of Malaria Eradication in India

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Mosquitoes: The Long-term Effects of Malaria Eradication in India

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-051
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Nov 2007
David M. Cutler, Winnie Fung, Michael Kremer and Monica Singhal
Harvard University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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malaria, health, education, Economics - Microeconomics, Human Resources¸ Labor and Education, International Development, Welfare / Health Care/ Social Policy

Mosquitoes: The Long-Term Effects of Malaria Eradication in India

NBER Working Paper No. w13539
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2010
David M. Cutler, Winnie Fung, Michael Kremer, Monica Singhal and Tom S. Vogl
Harvard University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Disorganization

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Disorganization

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 96-30
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 May 1997 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2008
Olivier J. Blanchard and Michael Kremer
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Disorganization

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Vol CXII Issue 4, November 1997
Posted: 10 Jun 1998
Olivier J. Blanchard and Michael Kremer
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Peer Effects and Alcohol Use Among College Students

NBER Working Paper No. w9876
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
Michael Kremer and Dan M. Levy
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Joint Center for Poverty Research
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School Governance, Teacher Incentives, and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-07
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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contract teachers, PTA, School-Based Management, teacher effort, test score gain, nepotism

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Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks

NBER Working Paper No. w4474
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 May 2004
William Easterly, Michael Kremer, Lant Pritchett and Lawrence H. Summers
New York University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University
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Advance Market Commitments for Vaccines Working Paper and Spread Sheet

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 98
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 May 2007
Ernst R. Berndt, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, Georg Weizsacker and Heidi L. Williams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Center for Global Development, Humboldt University Berlin and MIT Department of Economics
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advance market commitment, vaccine, disease, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, cost-effective

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Patent Buy-Outs: A Mechanism for Encouraging Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w6304
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 19 Jul 2000
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Why are Worker Cooperatives so Rare?

NBER Working Paper No. w6118
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 May 1998 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part I: Rationale

NBER Working Paper No. w7716
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Success in Entrepreneurship: Doing the Math

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Apr 2014
Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson and Olga Rostapshova
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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entrepreneurship, success, firm, owner, inventories, math, profits

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Teacher Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w9671
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2015
Paul Glewwe, Nauman Ilias and Michael Kremer
University of Minnesota - College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Department of Applied Economics, Competition Economics, Inc. and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Odious Debt

NBER Working Paper No. w8953
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2002
Michael Kremer and Seema Jayachandran
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Worms: Education and Health Externalities in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w8481
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2010
Edward Miguel and Michael Kremer
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w8343
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2001
Joshua D. Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth King and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, Research Triangle Institute - Center for International Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Why are Drugs More Profitable than Vaccines?

NBER Working Paper No. w9833
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

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Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w14475
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

American Economic Review, Vol. 101, No. 5, 2011
Posted: 24 Aug 2011
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Globalization and International Public Finance

NBER Working Paper No. w7575
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer and Paras Mehta
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Income-Distribution Dynamics with Endogenous Fertility

NBER Working Paper No. w7530
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer and Daniel L. Chen
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
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Incentives in Markets, Firms and Governments

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Incentives in Markets, Firms and Governments

NBER Working Paper No. w9802
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Jun 2003 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2003
Daron Acemoglu, Michael Kremer and Atif R. Mian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Incentives in Markets, Firms, and Governments

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 273-306, 2008
Posted: 16 Sep 2008
Daron Acemoglu, Michael Kremer and Atif R. Mian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Department of Economics

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Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part Ii: Design Issues

NBER Working Paper No. w7717
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Schools Meals, Educational Achievement and School Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3523
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Christel Vermeersch and Michael Kremer
World Bank and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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School Health, Public Health Promotion, Teaching and Learning, Primary Education, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Primary Education, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning, Gender and Education, Adolescent Health

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Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

NBER Working Paper No. w10713
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Sep 2004
Joshua D. Angrist, Eric Bettinger and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Searching for Prosperity

NBER Working Paper No. w8250
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer, Alexei Onatski and James H. Stock
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP02
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Ernst R. Berndt, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, GEORG WEIZSÄCKER and Heidi L. Williams
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Center for Global Development, affiliation not provided to SSRN and MIT Department of Economics
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review

NBER Working Paper No. w12987
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2010
Alix Peterson Zwane and Michael Kremer
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Outside Funding of Community Organizations: Benefiting or Displacing the Poor?

NBER Working Paper No. w7896
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
Mary Kay Gugerty and Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Elephants

NBER Working Paper No. w5674
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Oct 1996 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer and Charles Morcom
Harvard University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Education as Liberation?

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Education as Liberation?

NBER Working Paper No. w16939
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2011
Willa Friedman, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Houston - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Education as Liberation?

Economica, Vol. 83, Issue 329, pp. 1-30, 2016
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Willa Friedman, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Rebecca L. Thornton
University of Houston - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics, Students
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Integrating Behavioral Choice into Epidemiological Models of the Aids Epidemic

NBER Working Paper No. w5428
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2010
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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A Biological Model of Unions

NBER Working Paper No. w8257
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 May 2001 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer and Benjamin A. Olken
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w13300
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2007
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer and Sylvie Moulin
University of Minnesota - College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Department of Applied Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Young Workers, Old Workers, and Convergence

NBER Working Paper No. w4827
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2010
Michael Kremer and Jim Thomson
Harvard University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The New Role of the World Bank

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Michael A. Clemens and Michael Kremer
Center for Global Development and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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World Bank, extreme poverty, multilateralism, evaluation

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Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

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Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w20784
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 29 Dec 2014
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10338
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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education, fertility, HIV, Kenya, pregnancy

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Retrospective vs. Prospective Analyses of School Inputs: The Case of Flip Charts in Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w8018
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Nov 2000 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2001
Paul Glewwe, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin and Eric Zitzewitz
University of Minnesota - College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Department of Applied Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, World Bank and Dartmouth College
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Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation and Property Rights Institutions

NBER Working Paper No. w15280
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2009
Michael Kremer, Jessica Leino, Edward Miguel and Alix P. Zwane
Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?

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How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?

NBER Working Paper No. w5566
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Nov 1996 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2010
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Vol. 112, No. 1, February 1997
Posted: 03 Aug 1998
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Does Favorable Tax-Treatment of Housing Reduce Equipment Investment?

NBER Working Paper No. w6161
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2008
Ben Broadbent and Michael Kremer
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness

NBER Working Paper No. w11288
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2014
Ernst R. Berndt, Rachel Glennerster, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, Georg Weizsacker and Heidi L. Williams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Center for Global Development, Humboldt University Berlin and MIT Department of Economics
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Can Having Fewer Partners Increase Prevalence of Aids?

NBER Working Paper No. w4942
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Worms at Work: Long-Run Impacts of a Child Health Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w21428
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Aug 2015
Sarah Baird, Joan Hicks, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
George Washington University - School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), University of California, Berkeley - Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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When is Prevention More Profitable than Cure? The Impact of Time-Varying Consumer Heterogeneity

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When is Prevention More Profitable than Cure? The Impact of Time-Varying Consumer Heterogeneity

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 334
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Dec 2013
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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consumer heterogeneity, disease risk, prevention, vaccines

When is Prevention More Profitable than Cure? The Impact of Time-Varying Consumer Heterogeneity

NBER Working Paper No. w18862
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2013
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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School Governance, Teacher Incentives, and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools

NBER Working Paper No. w17939
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Mar 2012
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming

NBER Working Paper No. w21148
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 May 2015
Amrita Ahuja, Sarah Baird, Joan Hicks, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel and Shawn Powers
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), George Washington University - School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), University of California, Berkeley - Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and GSU
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Preventives Versus Treatments

NBER Working Paper No. w21012
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global Demand for HIV Pharmaceuticals

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Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global Demand for HIV Pharmaceuticals

NBER Working Paper No. w24206
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Jan 2018
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global Demand for HIV Pharmaceuticals

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12751
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Feb 2018
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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deadweight loss, pharmaceuticals, product development

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Borrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from Kenya

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Borrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w22686
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Oct 2016
William Jack, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat and Tavneet Suri
World Bank, Harvard University - Department of Economics, The World Bank - Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Borrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from Kenya

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11523
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2019
William Jack, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat and Tavneet Suri
World Bank, Harvard University - Department of Economics, The World Bank - Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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agriculture, asymmetric information, borrowing requirements, collateralization, credit, down-payment, Kenya

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Does Mass Deworming Affect Child Nutrition? Meta-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, and Statistical Power

NBER Working Paper No. w22382
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Jul 2016
Kevin Croke, Joan Hicks, Eric Hsu, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
World Bank, University of California, Berkeley - Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Nudging Farmers to Utilize Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7402
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2009
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Jonathan Robinson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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hyperbolic discounting, technology adoption

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Guns, Latrines, and Land Reform: Private Expectations and Public Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w21915
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2016
Michael Kremer and Jack Willis
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Peer Effects and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7043
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Development Economics, Education Economics, Primary School Tracking

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Using Rcts to Estimate Long-Run Impacts in Development Economics

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13443
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Jan 2019
Adrien Bougen, Yue Huang, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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cash transfers, child health, development economics, long-run impacts, panel (longitudinal) data, randomized controlled trials

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Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive?

The Economic Journal, Vol. 120, Issue 546, pp. F204-F228, August 2010
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jul 2010
Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer and Juan Saaverda
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate Long-Run Impacts in Development Economics

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 11, pp. 523-561, 2019
Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Adrien Bouguen, Yue Huang, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel
Paris School of Economics (PSE), University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics

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Worst-Case Bounds on R&D and Pricing Distortions: Theory and Disturbing Conclusions If Consumer Values Follow the World Income Distribution

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13241
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2018
Michael Kremer
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Firm behavior, Incentives for Invention, Innovation and Invention, market structure, Monopoly, Pricing

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Worst-Case Bounds on R&D and Pricing Distortions: Theory with an Application Assuming Consumer Values Follow the World Income Distribution

NBER Working Paper No. w25119
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Vaccines vs. Preventives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10474
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2015
Michael Kremer and Christopher M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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drugs, pharmaceuticals, vaccines

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Providing Safe Water: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 237-256, 2010
Posted: 19 Oct 2010
Amrita Ahuja, Michael Kremer and Alix Peterson Zwane
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?

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Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 1, pp. 513-545, 2009
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Michael Kremer and Alaka Holla
Harvard University - Department of Economics and World Bank

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Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 1, pp. 513-545, 2009
Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Michael Kremer and Alaka Holla
Harvard University - Department of Economics and World Bank

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A Better Way to Spur Medical Research and Development

Regulation, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2000
Posted: 28 Aug 2000
Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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