We gratefully acknowledge Bambang Widianto, Elan Satriawan, Suahasil Nazara and Priadi Asmanto at the Indonesian National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics (in particular,Wynandin Imawan and Thoman Pardosi) and the Ministry of Communications and Information (KeMenKomInfo) for their support implementing this project, and thank Talitha Chairunissa, Masyhur Hilmy, Garima Sharma, Sam Solomon, Suhas Vijaykumar, and Poppy Widyasari for research assistance. This research was supported by a grant from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This project was registered in the AEA Social Science Registry with trial number AEARCTR-0001352. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of the institutions or individuals acknowledged here. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Abhijit Banerjee
The Abdul Latif Poverty Action Lab at MIT, of which Banerjee is a Director, received a grant from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (also known as Australian Aid) to support our work on randomized experiments in Indonesia, including this project. However, Banerjee did not receive any salary support directly from that grant. Neither the Indonesian Government, TNP2K, nor the Australian Government had the right of prior review over this paper. However, they were provided with a copy of the paper prior to submission as a courtesy.
Rema Hanna
Disclosure Statement for Rema Hanna
• The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also provides support to JPAL Southeast Asia. I am a board member of JPAL and co Scientific Director of JPAL Southeast Asia.
• I am a board member of J-PAL at MIT. J-PAL has no stake in the outcomes of any given evaluation results. However, J-PAL does have a position on what is considered a rigorous evaluation methodology.
Benjamin A. Olken
• Financial support for this project came from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through a grant to JPAL at MIT. The Government of Indonesia also provided in-kind support for the project through adding questions to the PPLS targeting census of the poor and to the SUSENAS national household welfare survey.
• The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also provides overall support to JPAL Southeast Asia through a grant to MIT. I am a director of JPAL at MIT and co Scientific Director of JPAL Southeast Asia, and receive summer salary support from this grant.
• I am a director of J-PAL at MIT. J-PAL has no stake in the outcomes of any given evaluation results. However, J-PAL does have a position on what is considered a rigorous evaluation methodology.
