Should the Randomistas Rule?

By M. Ravallion. 2009

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Subfields: Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Safety Research

1. Michael R. Carter
2. Christopher B. Barrett
3. Robert J. Cull
4. Christophe Béné
5. Edward B. Barbier
6. Teevrat Garg
7. Stefan Dercon
8. L. McBride

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Christopher B. Barrett
2. Michael R. Carter
3. Robert J. Cull
4. Christophe Béné
5. Stefan Dercon
6. Teevrat Garg
7. H. Michelson
8. L. McBride

Citations in the corpus

• Financial inclusion and development : recent impact evidence (2014, background): “However, RCTs have their own methodological weaknesses, which are described, e.g., by Ravallion (2009) and Barret and Carter (2010).”
• Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries (2013, unknown): “(See Ravallion 2009 and Barrett and Carter 2010 for reviews of the usefulness of RCTs.)”
• The Power and Pitfalls of Experiments in Development Economics: Some Non‐random Reflections (2010, background): “Heckman (1992; 2010), Deaton and Leamer (1983; 2010) discuss a variety of statistical limitations to the internal validity of RCT estimates that merit brief mention.”