While household well-being derives from long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely on shorter-duration survey measurements. We develop a new strategy to identify the distribution of these long-term rates by leveraging a large-scale randomization in Iraq that...

Regulatory data are the backbone of effective financial sector supervision, but regulatory reporting is a complex and costly process. Different types of innovations try to make the regulatory reporting process more efficient and effective. This paper covers regulatory reporting initiatives at 10...

Data collected in Mobile Health Data Collections Systems (MHDCS) are diverse, both in terms of type and value. This calls for different data protection measures to meet security goals of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The majority of commonly used open-source MHDCS track and...

Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely on shorter-duration survey measurements. This paper develops a new strategy to identify the distribution of these long-term rates by leveraging a large-scale randomization that...

Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period and the interview modality (in person or over the phone) affect how people respond in labor surveys, with impacts varying markedly by job type. Survey participants report...