Jeremy Shapiro and Johannes Haushofer

Jeremy Shapiro and Johannes Haushofer
GiveDirectly/Harvard University

Jeremy Shapiro holds a PhD in economics from MIT and has authored numerous economic articles, including multiple impact evaluations of poverty alleviation programs. Jeremy is a co-founder and former director of GiveDirectly.

Johannes Haushofer is a Prize Fellow in Economics at Harvard University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University and a PhD in economics from the University of Zurich. Starting in July 2014 he will be Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Articles by Jeremy Shapiro and Johannes Haushofer

Monday
May 19
2014

Jeremy Shapiro and Johannes Haushofer

NexThought Monday – Cash Transfers, Prejudice and Mental Health: MIT researchers discuss some overlooked aspects of their RCT on GiveDirectly

Cash transfers to the poor are often criticized as “handouts,” which dilute incentives to work, instill dependency, and may be wasted on alcohol, tobacco or other potentially harmful activities. But the researchers behind the recent randomized controlled trial on the cash transfer charity GiveDirectly argue that these criticisms are based on prejudice rather than fact, and that the economic impact of cash transfers is only part of the story.

Categories
Health Care, Impact Assessment

Tags
cash transfers, impact measurement, poverty alleviation, research

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