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Owen W. Ozier

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

1818 H Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20433

United States

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

1818 H. Street, N.W.

MSN3-311

Washington, DC 20433

United States

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Can Education be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-68
Number of pages: 107 Posted: 07 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Anthony Keats, Michael Kremer, Isaac Mbiti and Owen W. Ozier
University of Chicago, Wesleyan University, University of Chicago, University of Virginia and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Gendered Language

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13126
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
Center for Global Development and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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grammatical gender, language, gender, linguistic determinism, labor force participation, educational attainment, gender gaps

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Incentives to Learn

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Incentives to Learn

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

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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The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7384
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Owen W. Ozier
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Educational Sciences, Non Governmental Organizations, Economics and Institutions, Public Sector Management and Reform, Social Protections & Assistance

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A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7977
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
Andrew Peter Brudevold-Newman, Maddalena Honorati, Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland, College Park, World Bank, University of Maryland, College Park and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Employment and Unemployment, Private Sector Economics, Private Sector Development Law, Marketing, Labor Markets, Rural Labor Markets, Inequality

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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7440
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland, College Park and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Social Development & Poverty, Conflict and Fragile States

The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9870
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland, College Park and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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natural experiment, civil conflict, risk preferences

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Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village Economies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6085
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland, College Park and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Economic Theory & Research, Investment and Investment Climate, Emerging Markets, Labor Policies, Debt Markets

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Exploiting Externalities to Estimate the Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Deworming

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7052
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Owen W. Ozier
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Educational Sciences

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Experimental Development Economics: Current Scope and Future Directions

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Dec 2024
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Pamela Jakiela, Pushkar Maitra, Owen W. Ozier, Danila Serra and Angelino Viceisza
Fordham University, Williams College, Monash University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC), Texas A&M University - Department of Economics and Spelman College
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expert opinion, lab-in-the-field experiments

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Recruitment, Effort, and Retention Effects of Performance Contracts for Civil Servants: Experimental Evidence from Rwandan Primary Schools

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Recruitment, Effort, and Retention Effects of Performance Contracts for Civil Servants: Experimental Evidence from Rwandan Primary Schools

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13696
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Clare Leaver, Owen W. Ozier, Pieter M. Serneels and Andrew Zeitlin
University of Oxford, World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC), University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and Georgetown University
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teachers, incentives, selection, pay-for-performance, field experiment

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A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10583
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Maddalena Honorati, Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland, College Park, World Bank, University of Maryland, College Park and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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youth unemployment, microenterprises, entrepreneurship, credit constraints, cash grants, training, Africa, gender

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Perils of Simulation: Parallel Streams and the Case of Stata's Rnormal Command

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6278
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Owen W. Ozier
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Scientific Research & Science Parks, Science Education, Statistical & Mathematical Sciences, Crops and Crop Management Systems, Geographical Information Systems

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Motivating Bureaucrats Through Social Recognition: External Validity — a Tale of Two States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12251
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 May 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Varun Gauri, Julian C. Jamison, Nina Mazar and Owen W. Ozier
World Bank, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics, Boston University - Questrom School of Business and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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behavioral insights, bureaucracy, external validity, RCT, nudges, healthcare