Experiments, Social Science, and Development
The following is a link to the findings of the “Poverty Action Lab,” a U.N. program intended to discover the most efficient methods of reducing poverty. It is an example of how the tools of economics can succeed where the best of intentions can fail.
http://povertyactionlab.org/MDG/
More specifically, the program demonstrates the usefulness of experimental methods in social science. On a related note, the most recent issue of Science has an article titled “Lab Experiments Are a Major Source of Knowledge in the Social Sciences” bu Falk and Heckman:
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