Publications by Christel Vermeerch
March 1, 2013 • Working Papers • By Arianna Zanolini, Christel Vermeerch, James Heckman, Paul J. Gertler, Rodrigo Pinto, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Susan M. Chang and Susan Walker
Abstract We find large effects on the earnings of participants from a randomized intervention that gave psychosocial stimulation to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour…
Using Performance Incentives to Improve Medical Care Productivity and Health Outcomes
February 1, 2013 • Working Papers • By Christel Vermeerch and Paul J. Gertler
Abstract We nested a large-scale field experiment into the national rollout of the introduction of performance pay for medical care providers in Rwanda to study the effect of incentives for…