This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by studying a randomized … experiment in which 1,000 low-income adults in the United States received $1,000 per month for three years, with 2,000 control …-sectional correlation between income and health lies well outside our confidence intervals. We also find that the transfer did not improve …

This paper reports the results from a randomized evaluation of a microcredit program introduced in rural areas of …, microcredit access led to a significant rise in investment in assets used for self-employment activities (mainly animal husbandry … and agriculture), and an increase in profit. But this increase in profit was offset by a reduction in income from casual …

While hypothesis testing is a highly formalized activity, hypothesis generation remains largely informal. We propose a …