Leseprobe
Content
1 Introduction
2 Short biographical introduction: Esther Duflo
3 Randomized Control Trials
3.1 How do RCTs work?
3.2 Development and history of RCTs and application to social sciences
3.3 Statistical biases in experiments and RCTs as a possible solution
3.3.1 The initial situation: reasons of statistical bias
3.3.2 How RCTs can solve problems of statistical bias
3.4 Further advantages of RCTs: substitute for counterfactuals and observational data
3.5 Criticism and limits of RCTs in social sciences
3.5.1 Lacking external validity
3.5.2 Threats to internal validity
3.5.3 Ethical concerns
3.5.4 Further weaknesses of RCTs
3.6 RCTs as the gold standard?
4 Examples of Esther Duflo’s work
5 Contributions of Esther Duflo to the History of Economic Thought
5.1 Esther Duflo as a figure of female empowerment
5.2 Linking theory and practice
5.3 Extending the scope of development economics
6 Conclusion
7 Bibliography
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- Tarah Ramthun (Autor:in), 2022, Randomized Control Trials. Aligning Theory and Implementation to Fight Poverty, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1252970
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