There are many different ways to introduce randomization into a program. In this chapter we discuss how to decide which approach is best in a given context. We also cover the process and mechanics of ran- domization.
Module 4.1
PAPERS
School Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program
Latest Findings from Randomized Evaluations of Microfinance
Education, HIV and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
SUMMARIES
The Impact of PROGRESA on Health in Mexico
Module 4.2
PAPERS
Observing Unobservables: Identifying Information Asymmetries With a Consumer Credit Field Experiment
Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?
Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India
List Randomization for Sensitive Behavior: An Application for Measuring Use of Loan Proceeds
Microcredit in Theory and Practice: Using Randomized Credit Scoring for Impact Evaluation
Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities
Module 4.3
PAPERS
Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate
the Impacts
A New Design for Randomized Clinical Trials
Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental Variables
Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
Conducting ethical economic research: complications from the field
LECTURE NOTES
Who is the subject in a clustered randomized evaluation? Rachel Glennerster's presentation to the PRIM&R conference, held in November 2013.
OTHER
Social Security Act. 42 USC 1315 §1115
Office of Family Assistance 2012 information memorandum The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 specified randomized evaluation as the preferred methodology of evaluationg federal entitlement programs.
Module 4.4
Module 4.5
Module 4.6
PAPERS
Microcredit in Theory and Practice: Using Randomized Credit Scoring for Impact Evaluation
Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains
Deworming: A Best Buy for Development
Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
Making Schools Work for Marginalized Children
Do Labor Market Policies Have Displacement Effects? Evidence from a Clustered Randomized Experiment