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Benjamin Olken ";

Working Papers

How to Target the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
with Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, and Julia Tobias. September 2009.

Informal Taxation
with Monica Singhal. July 2009. NBER Working Paper #15221. Appendices here.

Climate Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
with Melissa Dell and Benjamin F. Jones. April 2009. NBER Working Paper #14132. Appendices here.

Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
October 2009. Previous version: NBER Working Paper #14123.
Revise and resubmit, American Political Science Review.