Economics has a long tradition of studying causal questions. Over the past few decades causal methods have been widely employed in measuring the impact of government policies.

Incorrect knowledge of the health production function may lead to inefficient household choices, and thereby to the production of suboptimal levels of health. This paper studies the effects of a randomised intervention in rural Malawi which, over a six-month period, provided mothers of young infants with information on child nutrition without supplying any monetary or in-kind resources.

This presentation was given by Monica Costa Dias at the NCRM 2012 Annual Centre Meeting.

This paper examines trends in household consumption and saving behaviour in each of the last three recessions in the UK.

This report analyses the impact that ERA has had on a variety of outcomes experienced by working members of the New Deal for Lone Parents and Working Tax Credit target groups, as well as on the tax year earnings of working members of the New Deal 25 plus target group.

This paper uses administrative data to evaluate a targeted, time-limited policy aimed at getting lone parents off benefits and into work.

This presentation was delivered at the Geary Institute, University College Dublin.

We study the UK Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) and find robust evidence of a behavioural effect of the labelling.

This presentation was delivered at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference and at the SOLE Conference in April 2011.