Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
A clustered randomized trial in Bangladesh examines alternative strategies to reduce child marriage and teenage childbearing and increase girl's education. Communities were randomized into three treatment and one control group in a 2:1:1:2 ratio. From 2008, girls in treatment communities received ei...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Reshmaan Hussam
The 1994 discovery of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh prompted a massive public health campaign that led 20% of the population to switch from backyard wells to less convenient drinking water sources that had a higher risk of fecal contamination. We find evidence of unintended health consequence...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We experimentally evaluate a financial incentive to delay marriage alongside a girls' empowerment program in Bangladesh. While girls eligible for two years of incentive are 19 percent less likely to ma...
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen et al.
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. We introduce a signaling model in which bride type is imperfectly observed but preferred types have lower returns to delaying marriage. We show that in this environment the market might pool on early m...
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Save the Children et al.
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households
Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Sakib Mahmoud, Nina Buchmann
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Erica Field, Sakib Mahmood, Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster
Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, Reshmaan Hussam
The 1994 discovery of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh prompted a massive public health campaign that led 20% of the population to switch from backyard wells to less convenient drinking water sources that had a higher risk of fecal contamination. We find evidence of unintended health consequence...
Erica Field, Glennerster, Rachel, Nazneen, Shahana, Pimkina, Svetlana et al.
Ado files, dofiles and ready-for-analysis data used in the analysis published in the Final Report to 3ie on the project, "Age at marriage, women's education and mother child outcomes in Bangladesh" (project code OW 1.12). This project was funded as part of the First Open Window round. (2018-06-20)
Erica Glennerster Field, Glennerster, Rachel, Nazneen, Shahana, Buchmann, Nina et al.
This dataset provides baseline information on 281,337 households in 6 sub-districts (upazilas) in rural Southern Bangladesh. Information were collected on household composition, marriage, education and employment as part of a census in 610 villages between January and February 2007. Information was ...