I use anchoring vignettes from surveys of the mid-aged and elderly in Indonesia, the U.S., England, and China to study the extent to which differences in self-reported health across genders and education levels can be explained by the use of different response thresholds across groups. In order...

Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation – resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment – to identify the interaction between early...

Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation - resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment - to identify the interaction between early...