This Handbook explores both established and emerging developments in experimental development economics. It reviews recent developments and conventions of the experimental tools of research and highlights key topics of ongoing scholarly interest such as the measurement of social preferences in developing countries, the impact of vocational and apprenticeship training programs, and novel measures of learning outcomes.
Chapters present findings from developing countries, grouped under themes such as Preferences, Gender and Discrimination, and Human Capital Formation. The chapters offer insights into areas like dishonest preferences, role model effects as behavioral interventions, and the economic consequences of domestic violence. The Handbook also features thoughtful analysis of lab-in-the-field experimental approaches in developing country contexts, concluding with reflections by leading scholars on core methodological questions in the design of experiments for development research.
Blending depth with methodological insight, this Handbook serves as a valuable resource for both early-career and experienced researchers in development economics, behavioral economics, and experimental research.
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A great foundation for scholars interested in understanding the behaviours at the centre of some of the more pernicious and persistent development problems in developing countries in particular. Written by scholars with valuable fieldwork and experimental experience in these contexts, this text provides a refreshing alternative to WEIRD science. -- Justine Burns, University of Cape Town, South Africa The Handbook of Experimental Development Economics utilizes the entire machinery of behavioral economics to provide insights and often suggests low-cost solutions to problems of developing countries. The Handbook provides a one-stop shop: from a comprehensive overview to what is happening at the research frontier can be found here. I am certain that everyone from practitioners to academics, will find this volume to be a handy reference and guide. -- Sudipta Sarangi, Virginia Tech, USA and Co-Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization This volume fills a huge void by introducing us to recent developments in the burgeoning field of behavioural development economics. It is a valuable addition to the knowledge base in the area. I expect that, just as I did, students and researchers will find this to be the go-to resource for obtaining a comprehensive overview of research findings in the area. -- Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Contents
1 Introduction 1
Utteeyo Dasgupta and Pushkar Maitra
Part I. Preferences in developing countries
2 Non-WEIRD preferences 10
Smriti Sharma and Abu Siddique
3 An overview of risk preferences in developing countries 27
Mary L. Rigdon, Farah Said and Joe Vecci
4 Dishonesty in developing countries What can we learn from experiments?
50
Shuguang Jiang and Marie Claire Villeval
5 Measuring social preferences in developing economies 74
Vojtch Barto and Ian Levely
Part II. Gender and discrimination in developing countries
6 Gender and natural experiments in developing countries 105
Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer
7 Role models in developing countries 122
Danila Serra
8 Intra-household experiments 135
Alistair Munro
9 Domestic violence: a partial survey of the economics literature 166
Sonia Bhalotra, George Ferridge and Marissa Hindelang
10 Discrimination in developing countries 220
Pushkar Maitra and Ananta Neelim
Part III. Human capital in developing countries
11 Psychometric quality of measures of learning outcomes in low- and
middle-income countries 249
Masha Bertling, Abhijeet Singh and Karthik Muralidharan
12 New evidence on vocational and apprenticeship training programs in
developing countries 281
Neha Agarwal and Subha Mani
Part IV. Tools, methods, and conventions in experimental development
economics
13 Lab-in-the-field methods in development economics: a review of current
practices 310
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan and Andrew Souther
14 Experimental development economics: current scope and future directions
358
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Pamela Jakiela, Pushkar Maitra, Owen Ozier, Danila Serra
and Angelino Viceisza
Edited by Utteeyo Dasgupta, Associate Professor of Economics, Fordham University, USA and Pushkar Maitra, Professor of Economics, Monash University, Australia
