Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram
2016
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate
In this paper, we summarize the results of a recent household appliance survey conducted in Western Kenya to provide descriptive evidence on how rural households with and without
Experimental Evidence on the Economics of Rural Electrification
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram
2020
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimateResearch Methodology
We present results from an experiment that randomized the expansion of electric grid infrastructure in rural Kenya. Electricity distribution is a canonical example of a natural monopoly. Experimenta
Impacts and Determinants of Health Levels in Low-Income Countries
Pascaline Dupas, Edward Miguel
2017
Published Paper
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The last decade has seen a surge in field experiments designed to understand the ba
Analysis of statistical power reconciles drought-conflict results in Africa
Solomon M. Hsiang, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, Kyle C. Meng, Mark A. Cane
2016
Working Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimateResearch Methodology
Whether changes in climate substantially shape human conflict is a question of considerable recent interest to both academics and policymakers. Despite a substantial body of evidence for a stro
Methodologies to Evaluate Early Childhood Development Programs
Jere Behrman, Paul Glewwe and Edward Miguel
2007
Published Paper
HealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
This chapter is devoted to discussions of how assessments of early childhood development (ECD) interventions in developing countries can be improved and extended. There are estimates
Willingness to pay for cleaner water in less developed countries: systematic review of experimental evidence
Clair Null, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Jorge Garcia Hombrados, Robyn Meeks, and Alix Petersen Zwane
2012
Published Paper
Environment and ClimateHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
Diarrheal diseases kill two million children every year despite the availability of effective and inexpensive technologies to improve water quality and limit the spread of pathogens. There
Tracking, Attrition and Data Quality in the Kenyan Life Panel Survey Round 1 (KLPS-1)
Sarah Baird, Joan Hamory Hicks, and Edward Miguel
2008
Working Paper
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
Understanding the possible pitfalls of survey data is critical for empirical research. Among other things, poor data quality can lead to biased regression estimates, potentially resulting
Ethnically biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Simon Galle, Edward Miguel, Daniel Posner, Bertil Tungodden and Kelly Zhang
2019
Published Paper
African DevelopmentPolitical Economy and Conflict
Ethnicity has been shown to shape political, social, and economic behavior in Africa, but the underlying mechanisms remain contested. We utilize lab experiments to isolate one mechanism—an ind
The case for mass treatment of intestinal helminths in endemic areas
Joan Hamory Hicks, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel
2015
Published Paper
African DevelopmentHealthEducation and Human CapitalResearch Methodology
Two articles published earlier this year in the International Journal of Epidemiology have re-ignited the debate over the World Health Organization’s long-held recommendation of mass-treatment
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang, and Edward Miguel
2015
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate
We show that overall economic productivity is nonlinear in temperature for all countries, with productivity peaking at an annual average temperature of 13 C and declining strongly at higher temperat
War and Deforestation in Sierra Leone
Robin Burgess, Edward Miguel, and Charlotte Stanton
2015
Published Paper
African DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict
The impact of armed conflict on the environment is of major public policy importance. We use a geographically disaggregated dataset of civil war violence together with satellite imagery of land cove
Estimating spillover effects in a causal inference framework: a systematic review and methods synthesis
Edward Miguel, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Benjamin F Arnold, David Berger, Ashley Clark, Lauren Falcao, Veronica Jimenez, Diana Tran, Eugene Konagaya, Alan Hubbard, Stephen P Luby, John M Colford, Jr
2015
Research Methodology