Browsing by Author "Hanna, Rema"

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    • The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia 

      Banerjee, Abhijit; Finkelstein, Amy; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A.; Ornaghi, Arianna; Sumarto, Sudarno (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2019-10)
      To assess ways to achieve widespread health insurance coverage with financial solvency in developing countries, we designed a randomized experiment involving almost 6,000 households in Indonesia who are subject to a ...

    • Corruption 

      Banerjee, Abhijit; Hanna, Rema N.; Mullainathan, Sendhil (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)
      In this paper, we provide a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies. The standard way to model corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on better monitoring and stricter ...

    • Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient 

      Banerjee, Abhijit; Hanna, Rema; Kreindler, Gabriel; Olken, Benjamin A. (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-10)
      Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy makers - both in developing as well as developed countries - is that such programs ...

    • Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service 

      Hanna, Rema; Wang, Shing-Yi (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-11)
      In this paper, we demonstrate that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service. Importantly, we also show that cheating on this ...

    • Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia 

      Hanna, Rema; Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Olken, Benjamin A.; Purnamasari, Ririn; Wai-Poi, Matthew (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-01)
      This paper investigates the impact of elite capture on the allocation of targeted government welfare programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and non-experimental ...

    • Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City 

      Arceo, Eva; Hanna, Rema N.; Oliva, Paulina (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University., 2012)
      Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data. However, given the lower levels of air pollution in developed countries, these estimates may not be ...

    • Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City 

      Hanna, Rema; Arceo, Eva; Oliva, Paulina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-06)
      Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data. However, given the lower levels of air pollution in developed countries, these estimates may not be ...

    • The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico City 

      Hanna, Rema; Oliva, Paulina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011-08)
      Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. We exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution ...

    • Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India 

      Greenstone, Michael; Hanna, Rema N. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
      Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental ...

    • Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India 

      Greenstone, Michael; Hanna, Rema (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011-07)
      Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental ...

    • Essays at the Intersection of Environment and Development Economics 

      Walker, Elizabeth Ruth (2015-05-11)
      The three essays in this dissertation explore how households in Southern Africa interact with and rely upon environmental resources. The first chapter examines the relationship between irrigation dam placement and local ...

    • Essays in Economic Development and Political Economy 

      Neggers, Yusuf (2016-05-17)
      The three chapters in this dissertation examine aspects of the relationships between transparency, government accountability, and the quality of public services. In the first chapter, I ask how ethnic diversity, or lack ...

    • Essays on Development Economics 

      Islam, Mahnaz (2015-05-18)
      This dissertation studies agricultural technology adoption, child labor and development. Although adoption of fertilizers has been high in South Asia, farmers may fail to use it efficiently. Besides higher costs incurred ...

    • Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming 

      Hanna, Rema N.; Mullainatha, Sendhil; Schwartzstein, Joshua (HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, 2012)
      Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different barrier. Given the large number of dimensions one could focus on when using a technology, people may fail to learn because they ...

    • Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming 

      Hanna, Rema; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Schwartstein, Josh (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-09)
      Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different barrier. Given the large number of dimensions one could focus on when using a technology, people may fail to learn because they ...

    • The Marginal Disutility from Corruption in Social Programs: Evidence from Program Administrators and Beneficiaries 

      Gaduh, Arya; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin (Harvard Kennedy School, 2023-01)
      Concerns about fraud in welfare programs are common arguments worldwide against such programs. We conducted a survey experiment with over 28,000 welfare program administrators and over 19,000 beneficiaries in Indonesia to ...

    • Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 

      Hanna, Rema N.; Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G.; Olken, Benjamin A. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)
      We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link information aggregation in networks to the structure ...

    • Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia 

      Hanna, Rema; Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G.; Olken, Benjamin A. (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-08)
      We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link information aggregation in networks to the structure ...

    • Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World’s Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta 

      Kreindler, Gabriel; Gaduh, Arya; Graff, Tilman; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A. (Harvard Kennedy School, 2023-06)
      Designing public transport networks involves tradeoffs between extensive geographic coverage, frequent service on each route, and relying on interconnections as opposed to direct service. These choices, in turn, depend on ...

    • Ordeal Mechanisms in Targeting: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia 

      Hanna, Rema; Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Olken, Benjamin A.; Purnamasari, Ririn; Wai-Poi, Matthew (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-11)
      This paper explores whether ordeal mechanisms can improve the targeting of aid programs to the poor ("self-targeting"). We first show that theoretically the impact of increasing ordeals is ambiguous: for example, time spent ...