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Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program by BANERJEE, ABHIJIT V., DUFLO, ESTHER

“…This article uses variation in access to a targeted lending program to estimate whether firms are credit constrained. While both constrained and unconstrained…”
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The Economic Lives of the Poor by Banerjee, Abhijit V, Duflo, Esther

“…The 1990 World Development Report from the World Bank defined the “extremely poor” people of the world as those who are currently living on no more than $1 per…”
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What is middle class about the middle classes around the world? by Banerjee, Abhijit V, Duflo, Esther

“…We expect a lot from the middle classes. At least three distinct arguments about the special economic role of the middle class are traditionally made. In one,…”
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Cole, Shawn, Duflo, Esther, Linden, Leigh

“…This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach…”
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Why Does Misallocation Persist? by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Moll, Benjamin

“…Recent papers argue that the misallocation of resources can explain large cross-country TFP differences. This argument is underpinned by empirical evidence…”
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Pitfalls of participatory programs: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in education in India by Banerjee, Abhijit B, Banerji, Rukmini, Duflo, Esther, Glennerster, Rachel, Khemani, Stuti

“…Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their quality. We conducted a randomized…”
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Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say? by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther

“…This paper describes the correlations between inequality and the growth rates in cross-country data. Using nonparametric methods, we show that the growth rate…”
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PUTTING A BAND-AID ON A CORPSE: INCENTIVES FOR NURSES IN THE INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther, Glennerster, Rachel

“…The public Indian health care system is plagued by high staff absence, low effort by providers, and limited use by potential beneficiaries who prefer private…”
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Folate regulation of axonal regeneration in the rodent central nervous system through DNA methylation by Iskandar, Bermans J, Rizk, Elias, Meier, Brenton, Hariharan, Nithya, Bottiglieri, Teodoro, Finnell, Richard H, Jarrard, David F, Banerjee, Ruma V, Skene, J H Pate, Nelson, Aaron, Patel, Nirav, Gherasim, Carmen, Simon, Kathleen, Cook, Thomas D, Hogan, Kirk J

“…The folate pathway plays a crucial role in the regeneration and repair of the adult CNS after injury. Here, we have shown in rodents that such repair occurs at…”
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Reputation Effects and the Limits of Contracting: A Study of the Indian Software Industry by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther

“…This paper examines evidence of the role that reputation plays in determining contractual outcomes. We conduct an empirical analysis of the Indian customized…”
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Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Gertler, Paul J., Ghatak, Maitreesh

“…The paper analyzes the effect of agricultural tenancy laws offering security of tenure to tenants and regulating the share of output that is paid as rent on…”
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A Simple Model of Herd Behavior by Banerjee, Abhijit V.

“…We analyze a sequential decision model in which each decision maker looks at the decisions made by previous decision makers in taking her own decision. This is…”
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A Theory of Misgovernance by Banerjee, Abhijit V.

“…This paper tries to explain why government bureaucracies are often associated with red tape, corruption, and lack of incentives. The paper identifies two…”
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Scaling and self-similarity in Pb1-xFexS nanoparticle films by BANERJEE, V

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(Dis)Organization and Success in an Economics MOOC by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther

“…Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) present the potential to deliver high quality education to a large number of students. But they suffer from low completion…”
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How important are matching frictions in the labor market? Experimental & non-experimental evidence from a large Indian firm by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Chiplunkar, Gaurav

“…This paper provides evidence of matching frictions in the Indian labor market. Using several methods to elicit genuine preferences of job-seekers over jobs, we…”
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The impact of training informal health care providers in India: A randomized controlled trial by Das, Jishnu, Chowdhury, Abhijit, Hussam, Reshmaan, Banerjee, Abhijit V.

“…Health care providers without formal medical qualifications provide more than 70% of all primary care in rural India. Training these informal providers may be…”
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Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Hanna, Rema, Kreindler, Gabriel E., Olken, Benjamin A.

“…Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy-makers and citizens is…”
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Occupational Choice and the Process of Development by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Newman, Andrew F.

“…This paper models economic development as a process of institutional transformation by focusing on the interplay between agents' occupational decisions and the…”
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A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Chassang, Sylvain, Montero, Sergio, Snowberg, Erik

“…This paper studies the problem of experiment design by an ambiguity-averse decision-maker who trades off subjective expected performance against robust…”
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