Handbook of experimental development economics / edited by Utteeyo Dasgupta (Associate Professor of Economics, Fordham University, USA) and Pushkar Maitra (Professor of Economics, Monash University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dasgupta, Utteeyo, editor.

Maitra, Pushkar, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental economics.

Development economics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction / Utteeyo Dasgupta and Pushkar Maitra

Part I. Preferences in developing countries

2. Non-weird preferences / Smriti Sharma and Abu Siddique

3. An overview of risk preferences in developing countries / Mary L. Rigdon, Farah Said and Joe Vecci

4. Dishonesty in developing countries - what can we learn from experiments? / Shuguang Jiang and Marie Claire Villeval

5. Measuring social preferences in developing economies / Vojtěch Bartos and Ian Levely

Part II. Gender and discrimination in developing countries

6. Gender and natural experiments in developing countries / Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer

7. Role models in developing countries / Danila Serra

8. Intra-household experiments / Alistair Munro

9. Domestic violence: A partial survey of the economics literature / Sonia Bhalotra, George Ferridge and Marissa Hindelang

10. Discrimination in developing countries / 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 / Masha Bertling, Abhijeet Singh and Karthik Muralidharan

12. New evidence on vocational and apprenticeship training programs in developing countries / 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 / Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan and Andrew Souther

14. Experimental development economics: Current scope and future directions / Utteeyo Dasgupta, Pamela Jakiela, Pushkar Maitra, Owen Ozier, Danila Serra and Angelino Viceisza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800885370 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.