Comment on Macartan Humphreys’ and Other Recent Discussions of the Miguel and Kremer (2004) Study
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The replication of the Miguel and Kremer 2004 Econometrica paper, “Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health In the Presence of Treatment Externalities”, carried out by Aiken et al. and Davey et al. and our responses to the replication, which can be found here and here, triggered discussions by scholars and media taking an interest in the evidence base for mass deworming policies in regions where intestinal worm infection are endemic.
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