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- Publications
- Influence
Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service
- Ernesto Dal Bo, F. Finan, M. Rossi
- Business, Economics
- 1 June 2012
We study a recent recruitment drive for public sector positions in Mexico. Different salaries were announced randomly across recruitment sites, and job offers were subsequently randomized. Screening… Expand
Errors in the measurement of the output gap and the design of monetary policy
- A. Orphanides, R. Porter, D. Reifschneider, R. Tetlow, F. Finan
- Economics
- 26 August 1999
We exploit data on historical revisions to real-time estimates of the output gap to examine the implications of measurement error for the design of monetary policy, using the Federal Reserve's model… Expand
Can conditional cash transfer programs serve as safety nets in keeping children at school and from working when exposed to shocks
- A. D. Janvry, F. Finan, Elisabeth Sadoulet, R. Vakis
- Economics
- 1 April 2006
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, Can Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs serve as safety nets in keeping children at school and from working when exposed to… Expand
Who Becomes a Politician?
- Ernesto Dal Bo, F. Finan, Olle Folke, T. Persson, Johanna Karin Rickne
- Economics, Political Science
- 1 February 2017
Can a democracy attract competent leaders, while attaining broad representation? Economic models suggest that free-riding incentives and lower opportunity costs give the less competent a comparative… Expand
Neighborhood Peer Effects in Secondary School Enrollment Decisions
- Gustavo J. Bobonis, F. Finan
- Economics
- The Review of Economics and Statistics
- 21 October 2009
This paper identifies neighborhood peer effects on children's school enrollment decisions using experimental evidence from the Mexican PROGRESA program. We use exogenous variation in the school… Expand
Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding… Expand
Vote-Buying and Reciprocity
- F. Finan, L. Schechter
- Psychology, Economics
- 1 September 2011
While vote-buying is common, little is known about how politicians determine who to target. We argue that vote-buying can be sustained by an internalized norm of reciprocity. Receiving money… Expand
Measuring the Poverty Reduction Potential of Land in Rural Mexico
- F. Finan, E. Sadoulet, A. D. Janvry
- Economics
- 1 October 2002
While access to land is back high on the policy agenda as an instrument to attack poverty, strong reservations have been expressed as to whether this strategy can indeed be effective. To help shed… Expand
Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil
- Claudio Ferraz, F. Finan, D. Moreira
- Business, Economics
- 1 June 2012
This paper examines if money matters in education by looking at whether missing resources due to corruption affect student outcomes. We use data from the auditing of Brazil's local governments to… Expand
Chapter 6 – The Personnel Economics of the Developing State
Abstract Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development. Yet while economists have long emphasized the importance of government quality, historically they have paid less… Expand