Data and Code for: THE PSYCHOSOCIAL VALUE OF EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM A REFUGEE CAMP
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Reshmaan Hussam, Harvard Business School; Erin Kelley, World Bank; Gregory Lane, University of Chicago; Fatima Zahra, New York University
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Project Citation:
Hussam, Reshmaan, Kelley, Erin, Lane, Gregory, and Zahra, Fatima. Data and Code for: THE PSYCHOSOCIAL VALUE OF EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM A REFUGEE CAMP. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-10-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E174781V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Paper Abstract: Employment may be an important source of wellbeing beyond its role as a source of
income. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment
in refugee camps in Bangladesh. We engage 745 individuals in a field experiment with
three arms: a control arm, a weekly cash arm, and an employment arm of equal
value. We find that employment generates improvements in psychosocial wellbeing
substantially larger than cash alone. Consistent with these findings, 66% of those in
our work treatment are willing to forego cash payments to instead work for free.
This repository contains data and code used in the paper.
This repository contains data and code used in the paper.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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RCT;
Employment;
Refugees
JEL Classification:
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D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Geographic Coverage:
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Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar
Time Period(s):
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2019 – 2020
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