4 papers
Treatment Geometry and Causal Identification with Earth Observation Data
Jeffrey D. Michler, Anna Josephson, Elinor Benami +7
A central task in conducting impact evaluations is determining who or what was exposed to a treatment, when, and to what degree. These questions can be especially complex in geospa…
The uses (and misuses) of Earth Observation data for weather and vegetation analysis
Elinor Benami, Mike Cecil, Anna Josephson +2
Integrating gridded Earth observation and weather data into impact evaluations holds great promise. These data allow researchers to capture environmental context, external shocks,…
Impact Evaluations in Data Poor Settings: The Case of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
Jeffrey D. Michler, Dewan Abdullah Al Rafi, Jonathan Giezendanner +3
New technologies are sometimes introduced at times or in places that lack the necessary data to conduct a well-identified impact evaluation. We develop a methodology that combines…
Food Without Fire: Nutritional and Environmental Impacts from a Solar Stove Field Experiment
Laura E. McCann, Jeffrey D. Michler, Maybin Mwangala +2
Population pressure is speeding the rate of deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa, increasing the cost of biomass cooking fuel, which over 80 percent of the population relies upon. H…