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ROODMAN: Hookworms and Malaria and Replications, Oh My!

Posted on 21st December 2018 by replicationnetwork

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About 10 years ago, the economist Hoyt Bleakley published two important papers on the impact of health on wealth—more precisely, on the long-term economic impacts of large-scale disease eradication campaigns. In the Quarterly Journal of Economics, “Disease and Development: Evidence…

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Category: GUEST BLOGS Tags: American Economic Association, David Roodman, GiveWell, Hookworm, Hoyt Bleakley, IREE, Malaria, Re-analysis, replication crisis

Not One, Not Two, Not Three, But Eight Replications?

Posted on 30th September 2017 by replicationnetwork

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In a recent blog at Open Philanthropy Project summarizing some of his research on the effect of incarceration on crime, David Roodman conducted, count them, 8 replications. Here is what he said: “Among three dozen studies I reviewed, I obtained or reconstructed…

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Category: NEWS & EVENTS Tags: Alex Tabarrok, crime, David Roodman, incarceration, Open Philanthropy Project, replication