David McKenzie
David McKenzie is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit. He received his B.Com.(Hons)/B.A. from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Prior to joining the World Bank, he spent four years as an assistant professor of Economics at Stanford University. His main research is on migration, microenterprises, and methodology for use with developing country data. He has published over 100 articles in journals such as Science, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Journal: Applied Micro, Journal of Econometrics, and all leading development journals. He has worked on impact evaluations in a wide range of countries, covering microenterprise programs, improving management, facilitating migration, active labor market policy, and several other topics.
- Should we require balance t-tests of baseline observables in randomized experiments?
- Weekly links June 23: VoxDev launches, uncountable Nigerians, a challenge to prospect theory, and more…
- Weekly links June 16: why women earn less, teaching fintech, now class size doesn’t matter, and more…
- Weekly links June 9: the dangers of out-dangering, debating how to provide health care for the poor, fighting corruption, and more…
- Weekly links June 2: do you need to correct your p-values for all the tests you run in your life?, nimble RCTs, the elusive entrepreneur, and more…
- Weekly links May 26: the Chetty production function, collect priors before you work, small samples bring trouble, and more…
- Weekly links May 19: another list experiment, P&P highlights, government nudges, and more…
- Building Grit in the Classroom and Measuring Changes in it
- Weekly links May 12: the ‘stans, how publishing might hurt you, list experiment discussion, and more…
- Weekly links May 5: an econometrics bonanza, charter schools, Chinese inequality, and more…
- A cynic’s take on papers with novel methods to improve transparency
- Weekly links April 28: how many qual interviews are needed, enterprise-academic collaboration, work for me, and more…
- Can government subsidies spur science-industry collaboration and innovation?
- Weekly links April 21: hostile attitudes to random assignment, scaling up, we make it easier to search the blog, contagious exercise, and more…
- A cheap way for governments to help firms: pay vendors on time
- Development Impact turns 6: six questions for our sixth birthday
- Weekly links March 31: inequality across firms and within households, measuring farm labor, should we fund research by lottery, and more…
- Weekly links March 24: why those of us in our 40s matter so much, an ALMP program that may be working, more CSAE round-ups, and more…
- The Iron Law of ALMPs: Offer a Program to 100 People, maybe 2 get jobs
- Weekly links March 17: Irish insights, non-working rural women, changes afoot in IRBs, and more…
- Weekly links March 10: Ex post power calcs ok? Indian reforms, good and bad policies, and more…
- Can you help some firms without hurting others? Yes, in a new Kenyan business training evaluation
- Weekly links March 3: financial literacy done right, e-voting, private vs public schooling, and more…
- Weekly links Feb 24: school spending matters, nudging financial health, cash transfers bring giant snakes and blood magic, and more…
- The State of Development Journals 2017: Quality, Acceptance Rates, and Review Times
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