Listen "Does Microfinance Work? Dr. Rachael Meager"
Episode Synopsis
Does microfinance work?
How can we investigate its impact?
What about pooling Randomised Control Trials?
Dr. Rachael Meager (Assistant Professor at the LSE) presents an innovative research methodology:
"Aggregating Distributional Treatment Effects: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of the Microcredit Literature".
You can read the full paper here: https://economics.mit.edu/files/12292
How can we investigate its impact?
What about pooling Randomised Control Trials?
Dr. Rachael Meager (Assistant Professor at the LSE) presents an innovative research methodology:
"Aggregating Distributional Treatment Effects: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of the Microcredit Literature".
You can read the full paper here: https://economics.mit.edu/files/12292
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