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Rema Hanna
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 99
Citations - 7588
Rema Hanna is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Developing country & Attendance. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 91 publications receiving 6165 citations. Previous affiliations of Rema Hanna include New York University.
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Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Abhijit Banerjee,Rema Hanna,Jordan Kyle,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken,Sudarno Sumarto +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized field experiment was conducted in 572 Indonesian localities in which a procurement process was introduced that allowed citizens to bid to take over the implementation of a subsidized rice distribution program.
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Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
Nur Cahyadi,Rema Hanna,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken,Rizal Adi Prima,Elan Satriawan,Ekki Syamsulhakim +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the impacts of Indonesia's cash transfer program (PKH) six years after the program launched, using data from about 14,000 households in 360 sub-districts across Indonesia, taking advantage of the fact that treatment and control locations remained largely intact throughout the period.
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Measuring Discrimination in Education. NBER Working Paper No. 15057.
Rema Hanna,Linden. Leigh +1 more
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Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
Vivi Alatas,Abhijit Banerjee,Arun G. Chandrasekhar,Rema Hanna,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken,Benjamin A. Olken +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a model of semi-Bayesian learning on networks is proposed to predict how cross-village patterns of learning relate to different network structures, which are borne out in the data.
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Affirmative Action in Education: Evidence from Engineering College Admissions in India
Marianne Bertrand,Marianne Bertrand,Marianne Bertrand,Rema Hanna,Sendhil Mullainathan,Sendhil Mullainathan +5 more
TL;DR: This article examined affirmative action in engineering colleges in India for "lower-caste" groups and found that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the marginal uppercaste applicant comes from a more advantaged background than the marginal lowercaste candidate who displaces him.