I'm in full-scale dissertation writing mode, so all you're getting from me between now and March 16th are links (if that). Enjoy!
1. Kenya has decided to roll-out a nationwide, school-based deworming program. The impetus for this likely came from some now famous experimental research carried out by Poverty Action Lab researchers Edward Miguel and Michael Kremer, showing that deworming (a) has large effects on school attendance and that these impacts are underestimated if one doesn't account for externalities (i.e., worms are infectious) and (b) is a highly cost effective way to improve schooling.
2. Martin Anderson, a former Yale MPHer and now a PhD student in Health Economics at Harvard, has started writing for the Social Science Statistics Blog (linked in the sidebar). His first post, on Medicaid drug procurement and the market for pharmaceuticals, is awesome.
3. Will tax credits stimulate the economy? Evidence from 2008 suggests not.
4. The number or share of bank robberies committed by women: a new leading or coincident indicator?
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