Publication:
Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia
dc.contributor.author | Olken, Benjamin A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Onishi, Junko | |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, Susan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-13T20:41:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-13T20:41:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report an experiment in 3,000 villages that tested whether incentives improve aid efficacy. Villages received block grants for maternal and child health and education that incorporated relative performance incentives. Subdistricts were randomized into incentives, an otherwise identical program without incentives, or control. Incentives initially improved preventative health indicators, particularly in underdeveloped areas, and spending efficiency increased. While school enrollments improved overall, incentives had no differential impact on education, and incentive health effects diminished over time. Reductions in neonatal mortality in non-incentivized areas did not persist with incentives. We find no systematic scoring manipulation nor funding reallocation toward richer areas. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20533 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Economic Association | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | American Economic Association | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
dc.subject | foreign aid | |
dc.subject | health policy | |
dc.subject | education policy | |
dc.subject | maternal health | |
dc.subject | gender | |
dc.subject | discrimination | |
dc.title | Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
dc.type | Artículo de revista | es |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea | Gender | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2014-09-19 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Journal Article | |
okr.externalcontent | External Content | |
okr.globalpractice | Education | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1257/app.6.4.1 | |
okr.journal.nbpages | 1-34 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
okr.region.country | Indonesia | |
okr.relation.associatedurl | https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.6.4.1 | |
okr.topic | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Foreign Aid | |
okr.topic | Education | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population | |
okr.unit | GSPDR - Social Protect & Labor - GP; GSURR - Urban, Rural & Soc Dev - GP | |
okr.volume | 6(4) |