Bio

My passion is using field experiments to explore economic questions. I view field experiments as representing a unique manner in which to obtain data because they force the researcher to understand everyday phenomena, many of which we stumble upon frequently. Merely grasping the interrelationships of factors in field settings is not enough, however, as the field experimenter must then seek to understand i) the mechanisms underlying those relationships, and ii) more distant phenomena that have the same underlying structure. Until these dual goals are achieved, one cannot reap the true rewards of field experimentation. For a bunch of publications in the area of field experiments and behavioral economics please see http://www.fieldexperiments.com/. Some studies of interest: Why women are paid less than men for Gig jobs: https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura/00634.html Why do people discriminate: https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura/00299.html Why do inner city schools continue to fail: https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/framed/00719.html Why do people give to charity: https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura/00472.html Why we should run field experiments: https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa/00089.html The Science of Using Science (for policymaking): https://ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa/00670.html