Beyond Experimentation
Overview
We use experiments to understand whether a policy would work. We usually care about whether said policy works outside of the experimental setting. Experiments alone do not answer that question. Which opens a conversation on the scope and limitations of using experiments to inform policy-making.
The lab illustrates these ideas by trying to compare experiments in different contexts.
Reading
Deaton, Angus, and Nancy Cartwright. 2018. “Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials.” Social Science & Medicine 210: 2-21
Slough, Tara, Daniel Rubenson, Ro’ee Levy, et al. 2021. “Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (29): e2015367118
Slides
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