Replication data for: Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia

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Project Citation:

Olken, Benjamin A., Onishi, Junko, and Wong, Susan. Replication data for: Should Aid Reward Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Health and Education in Indonesia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113906V1

Project Description

Summary: 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 nonincentivized areas did not persist with incentives. We find no systematic scoring manipulation nor funding reallocation toward richer areas.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      F35 Foreign Aid
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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