Handbook of Field Experiments (Volume 1) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444633243 ISBN 13: 9780444633248

Publisher: North Holland, 2017

Synopsis

Handbook of Field Experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a comprehensive catalog on new results from research and areas that remain to be explored. This updated addition to the series includes an entire chapters on field experiments, the politics and practice of social experiments, the methodology and practice of RCTs, and the econometrics of randomized experiments. These topics apply to a wide variety of fields, from politics, to education, and firm productivity, providing readers with a resource that sheds light on timely issues, such as robustness and external validity.

Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses in usefulness the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books written by practitioners.

• Balances methodological insights with analyses of principal findings and suggestions for further research
• Appeals broadly to social scientists seeking to develop an expertise in field experiments
• Strives to be analytically rigorous
• Written in language that is accessible to graduate students and non-specialist economists

About this title

About the Authors

Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, and a founder and Director of the Abudl Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. She is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Ford Foundation Professor of Economics, MIT.

From the Back Cover

Advances in the theory and practice of field experiments have created demand for expert evaluation of their findings. As field experiments become increasingly ambitious and creative, many seek accessible insights that a comprehensive, critical review can offer. Contributors to this extraordinary volume explain how to conduct experimental research, present a catalog of what the research has found thus far, and describe which areas remain to be explored. The section on methodology should be of particular interest to scholars working with experimental methods. Among substantive findings, contributors report on a body of results in areas from politics to education to firm productivity, demonstrating the power of these methods while shedding light on issues such as robustness and external validity. Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses in usefulness the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books written by practitioners.

Edition details

• Publisher: North Holland
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444633243
• ISBN 13: 9780444633248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Duflo Esther, Banerjee Abhijit