Benjamin Olken

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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Economics Department
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author of:

• Climate Shocks and Exports
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:2:p:454-59)
• Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Julia Tobias
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:4:p:1206-40)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:7:p:1663-1704)
• Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2019)
  by Adnan Q. Khan & Asim Ijaz Khwaja & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:109:y:2019:i:1:p:237-70)
• Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:99:y:2009:i:2:p:198-204)
• A Biological Model of Unions
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009)
  by Michael Kremer & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:1:y:2009:i:2:p:150-75)
• Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:1:y:2009:i:4:p:1-33)
• Informal Taxation
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Monica Singhal
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejapp:v:3:y:2011:i:4:p:1-28)
• Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War
  American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2009)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejmac:v:1:y:2009:i:2:p:55-87)
• Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
  American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejmac:v:4:y:2012:i:3:p:66-95)
• Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2020)
  by Nur Cahyadi & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Rizal Adi Prima & Elan Satriawan & Ekki Syamsulhakim
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejpol:v:12:y:2020:i:4:p:88-110)
• Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2016)
  by Sean Lewis-Faupel & Yusuf Neggers & Benjamin A. Olken & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejpol:v:8:y:2016:i:3:p:258-83)
• Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
  AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2019)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi
  (ReDIF-article, aea:apandp:v:109:y:2019:p:334-39)
• What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature
  Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jeclit:v:52:y:2014:i:3:p:740-98)
• The Missing "Missing Middle"
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Chang-Tai Hsieh & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:28:y:2014:i:3:p:89-108)
• Promises and Perils of Pre-analysis Plans
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2015)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:29:y:2015:i:3:p:61-80)
• Universal Basic Incomes versus Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2018)
  by Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:32:y:2018:i:4:p:201-26)
• Corruption in Developing Countries
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2012)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:4:y:2012:p:479-509)
• Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer, and the Rise of Modern Development Economics
  Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2020)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, bla:scandj:v:122:y:2020:i:3:p:853-878)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:stieop:037)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2012)
  by Rema Hanna & Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:246)
• Ordeal Mechanisms in Targeting: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2012)
  by Rema Hanna & Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi & Christian Daude
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:254)
• Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013)
  by Rema Hanna & Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:255)
• The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2015)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Jordan C. Kyle & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:290)
• Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2015)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Gabriel Kreindler & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:308)
• Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2019)
  by Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:361)
• The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2019)
  by Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:362)
• Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
  by Olken, Benjamin & Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Kyle, Jordan & Sumarto, Sudarno
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:11857)
• Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007)
  by Olken, Benjamin
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:6272)
• Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007)
  by Jones, Benjamin & Olken, Benjamin
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:6298)
• The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007)
  by Olken, Benjamin & Barron, Patrick
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:6332)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012)
  by Olken, Benjamin & Sieber, Stefanie & Hansen, Matthew & Potapov, Peter
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9020)
• Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013)
  by Jayachandran, Seema & Olken, Benjamin & Bai, Jie & Malesky, Edmund J.
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:9677)
• Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press (2010)
  by Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:apsrev:v:104:y:2010:i:02:p:243-267_00)
• Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Kreindler, Gabriel & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:15-076)
• Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2016)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Kyle, Jordan C. & Olken, Benjamin A. & Sumarto, Sudarno
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:16-001)
• Informal Taxation
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009)
  by Olken, Benjamin A. & Singhal, Monica
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp09-033)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012)
  by Alatas, Vivi & Banerjee, Abhijit & Chandrasekhar, Arun G. & Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp12-043)
• Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2013)
  by Alatas, Vivi & Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin A. & Purnamasari, Ririn & Wai-Poi, Matthew
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp13-008)
• The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards, and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Kyle, Jordan C. & Olken, Benjamin A. & Sumarto, Sudarno
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp15-010)
• Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Transfers
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2016)
  by Khan, Adnan Q. & Khwaja, Asim Ijaz & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp17-006)
• Citywide Effects of High-Occupancy Vehicle Restrictions: Evidence from the Elimination of "3-in-1" in Jakarta
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2016)
  by Hanna, Rema & Kreindler, Gabriel & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp17-008)
• Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2018)
  by Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp18-024)
• The (Lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2018)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin A. & Sumarto, Sudarno
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp18-041)
• Revealed community equivalence scales
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2005)
  by Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:89:y:2005:i:2-3:p:545-566)
• Corruption and the costs of redistribution: Micro evidence from Indonesia
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006)
  by Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:90:y:2006:i:4-5:p:853-870)
• Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2009)
  by Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:93:y:2009:i:7-8:p:950-964)
• Making moves matter: experimental evidence on incentivizing bureaucrats through performance-based postings
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019)
  by Khan, Adnan Q. & Khwaja, Asim Ijaz & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:100339)
• Tax farming redux: experimental evidence on performance pay for tax collectors
  LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016)
  by Khan, Adnan Q. & Khwaja, Asim I. & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, ehl:lserod:66265)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:4963)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G Chandrasekhar & Rema Hanna & BENJAMIN A Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:5106)
• Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2006)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:642)
• Monitoring corruption: Evidence from a field experiment in indonesia
  Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2005)
  by Benjamin Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, feb:natura:00317)
• Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality
  Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006)
  by Benjamin Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, feb:natura:00318)
• Informal Taxation
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009)
  by Singhal, Monica & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:hksfac:4449108)
• Informal Taxation
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011)
  by Olken, Benjamin A. & Singhal, Monica
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:hksfac:5689166)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2012)
  by Hanna, Rema N. & Alatas, Vivi & Banerjee, Abhijit & Chandrasekhar, Arun G. & Olken, Benjamin A.
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:hksfac:9804490)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  GRI Working Papers, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, lsg:lsgwps:wp79)
• The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11528)
• Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11753)
• Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12428)
• Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12561)
• Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13102)
• The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Patrick Barron
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13145)
• Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14123)
• Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14132)
• Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14680)
• Informal Taxation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Monica Singhal
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15221)
• Climate Shocks and Exports
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15711)
• Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Julia Tobias
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15980)
• Corruption in Developing Countries
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17398)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin A. Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17417)
• Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Junko Onishi & Susan Wong
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:17892)
• Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18351)
• Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18798)
• Ordeal Mechanisms In Targeting: Theory And Evidence From A Field Experiment In Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19127)
• Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Jie Bai & Seema Jayachandran & Edmund J. Malesky & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19483)
• What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19578)
• The Missing "Missing Middle"
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Chang-Tai Hsieh & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19966)
• Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence From Public Works in India and Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Sean Lewis-Faupel & Yusuf Neggers & Benjamin A. Olken & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20344)
• Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Adnan Q. Khan & Asim I. Khwaja & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20627)
• The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Jordan C. Kyle & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:20923)
• The Personnel Economics of the State
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Frederico Finan & Benjamin A. Olken & Rohini Pande
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21825)
• Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Jordan C. Kyle & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21837)
• Citywide Effects of High-Occupancy Vehicle Restrictions: Evidence from the Elimination of ‘3-in-1’ in Jakarta
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Rema Hanna & Gabriel Kreindler & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23295)
• The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24009)
• Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Adnan Q. Khan & Asim Ijaz Khwaja & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24383)
• Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Nur Cahyadi & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Rizal Adi Prima & Elan Satriawan & Ekki Syamsulhakim
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24670)
• Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Robin Burgess & Francisco J.M. Costa & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24861)
• Universal Basic Incomes vs. Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24939)
• The (lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25362)
• When Celebrities Speak: A Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination In Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Vivi Alatas & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Markus Mobius & Benjamin A. Olken & Cindy Paladines
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25589)
• Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by M. Chatib Basri & Mayara Felix & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26150)
• The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Amy Finkelstein & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Arianna Ornaghi & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26204)
• In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Amy Finkelstein & Lawrence F. Katz & Benjamin A. Olken & Anja Sautmann
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26993)
• Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communiti
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Marcella Alsan & Emily Breza & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Abhijit Chowdhury & Esther Duflo & Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27496)
• Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Elan Satriawan & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28641)
• Doctors' and Nurses' Social Media Ads Reduced Holiday Travel and COVID-19 Infections: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Emily Breza & Fatima Cody Stanford & Marcella Alsan & Burak Alsan & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Sarah Eichmeyer & Traci Glushko & Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Kelly Holland & Emily Hoppe &
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29021)
• The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Lisa Y. Ho & Emily Breza & Marcella Alsan & Abhijit Banerjee & Arun G. Chandrasekhar & Fatima Cody Stanford & Renato Fior & Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Kelly Holland & Emily Hoppe & Louis-Maël Jean & Luc
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30618)
• The Marginal Disutility from Corruption in Social Programs: Evidence from Program Administrators and Beneficiaries
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Arya Gaduh & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30905)
• Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Gabriel Kreindler & Arya Gaduh & Tilman Graff & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31369)
• The Economics of Tropical Deforestation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Clare A. Balboni & Aaron Berman & Robin Burgess & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31410)
• Social Protection in the Developing World
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Diana Sverdlin Lisker
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32382)
• Willingness-To-Pay vs Administrative Hurdles: Understanding Barriers to Social Insurance Enrollment in Thailand
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Rema Hanna & Phitawat Poonpolkul & Nada Wasi
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:33096)
• Community Targeting at Scale
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025)
  by Sudarno Sumarto & Elan Satriawan & Benjamin A. Olken & Abhijit Banerjee & Achmad Tohari & Vivi Alatas & Rema Hanna
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:33322)
• A Biological Model of Unions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
  by Michael Kremer & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8257)
• Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam
  The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019)
  by Jie Bai & Seema Jayachandran & Edmund J Malesky & Benjamin A Olken
  (ReDIF-article, oup:econjl:v:129:y:2019:i:618:p:651-677.)
• Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:120:y:2005:i:3:p:835-864.)
• The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2012)
  by Robin Burgess & Matthew Hansen & Benjamin A. Olken & Peter Potapov & Stefanie Sieber
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:127:y:2012:i:4:p:1707-1754)
• Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2016)
  by Adnan Q. Khan & Asim I. Khwaja & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:131:y:2016:i:1:p:219-271.)
• The Development Effects of the Extractive Colonial Economy: The Dutch Cultivation System in Java
  The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2020)
  by Melissa Dell & Benjamin A Olken
  (ReDIF-article, oup:restud:v:87:y:2020:i:1:p:164-203.)
• Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs
  The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2017)
  by Abhijit V. Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Gabriel E. Kreindler & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, oup:wbrobs:v:32:y:2017:i:2:p:155-184.)
• Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies in the 21st Century: Lessons from Indonesia for the World
  Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, taf:bindes:v:55:y:2019:i:3:p:319-339)
• The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2008)
  by Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:90:y:2008:i:3:p:582-587)
• Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2016)
  by Vivi Alatas & Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Ririn Purnamasari & Matthew Wai-Poi
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/685299)
• Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2018)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Jordan Kyle & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/696226)
• Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Jordan Kyle & Benjamin A. Olken & Sudarno Sumarto
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/700734)
• Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2007)
  by Benjamin A. Olken
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:115:y:2007:p:200-249)
• The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2009)
  by Benjamin A. Olken & Patrick Barron
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:117:y:2009:i:3:p:417-452)
• The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries: Evidence from a large-scale randomized experiment in Indonesia
  The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Finkelstein, Amy & Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin & Ornaghi, Arianna & Sumarto, Sudarno
  (ReDIF-paper, wrk:warwec:1241)