<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-01-31T15:29:50-05:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Owen Ozier / Economics</title><subtitle>personal description</subtitle><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><entry><title type="html">Comparing approaches to breaking the poverty trap by promoting entrepreneurship</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2024/05/microfranchising-kenya-voxdev/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Comparing approaches to breaking the poverty trap by promoting entrepreneurship" /><published>2024-05-09T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2024-05-09T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2024/05/microfranchising-kenya-voxdev</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2024/05/microfranchising-kenya-voxdev/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://voxdev.org/topic/firms/comparing-approaches-breaking-poverty-trap-promoting-entrepreneurship">Comparing approaches to breaking the poverty trap by promoting entrepreneurship</a> Post by Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Maddalena Honorati, Gerald Ipapa, Pamela Jakiela, and Owen Ozier on <a href="https://voxdev.org/">VoxDev</a>.</p>

<p>Other details about the study of <a href="https://owenozier.github.io/working/">microfranchising in Kenya</a></p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="Kenya" /><category term="employment" /><category term="entrepreneurship" /><category term="gender" /><category term="urban" /><category term="women" /><category term="youth" /><category term="cash" /><category term="pay-for-performance" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Can AI Write Your Stata Code?</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2023/02/can-ai-write-stata-code/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Can AI Write Your Stata Code?" /><published>2023-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2023-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2023/02/blog-can-AI-write-stata-code</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2023/02/can-ai-write-stata-code/"><![CDATA[<!--- This post will show up by default. To disable scheduling of future posts, edit `config.yml` and set `future: false`.  --->

<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/can-ai-write-your-stata-code">Can AI Write Your Stata Code?</a> Post on the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="Stata" /><category term="R" /><category term="C" /><category term="Python" /><category term="Matlab" /><category term="ChatGPT" /><category term="AI" /><category term="Fibonacci" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Selection and incentive effects of teacher performance contracts in Rwanda</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2021/07/blog-post-selection-incentive-rwanda/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Selection and incentive effects of teacher performance contracts in Rwanda" /><published>2021-07-16T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2021-07-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2021/07/rwanda-selection-incentive-voxdev</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2021/07/blog-post-selection-incentive-rwanda/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://voxdev.org/topic/health-education/selection-and-incentive-effects-teacher-performance-contracts-rwanda">Selection and incentive effects of teacher performance contracts in Rwanda.</a> Post by Clare Leaver, Owen Ozier, Pieter Serneels, and Andrew Zeitlin on <a href="https://voxdev.org/">VoxDev</a>.</p>

<p>Other details about the study of <a href="https://owenozier.github.io/publication/2021-07-01-rwanda-recruitment">teacher recruitment, effort, and retention in Rwanda</a></p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="Rwanda" /><category term="education" /><category term="pay-for-performance" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Why ex-post power using estimated effect sizes is bad, but an ex-post MDE is not.</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2019/06/blog-post-ex-post-mde/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why ex-post power using estimated effect sizes is bad, but an ex-post MDE is not." /><published>2019-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2019/06/blog-ex-post-mde</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2019/06/blog-post-ex-post-mde/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/why-ex-post-power-using-estimated-effect-sizes-bad-ex-post-mde-not">Why ex-post power using estimated effect sizes is bad, but an ex-post MDE is not.</a>
Post by David McKenzie and Owen Ozier on the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>

<p>With supporting Stata code: <a href="https://owenozier.github.io/files/resource/blogstata/expostpower-blog-1-simulate.do">File 1 (simulation)</a>; <a href="https://owenozier.github.io/files/resource/blogstata/expostpower-blog-2-visualize.do">File 2 (visualization)</a></p>

<p>Via the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="stata" /><category term="power calculations" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Power to the Plan</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2018/12/power-to-the-plan/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Power to the Plan" /><published>2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2018/12/power-to-the-plan</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2018/12/power-to-the-plan/"><![CDATA[<!--- This post will show up by default. To disable scheduling of future posts, edit `config.yml` and set `future: false`.  --->

<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/power-plan-guest-post-clare-leaver-owen-ozier-pieter-serneels-and-andrew-zeitlin">Power to the Plan.</a> Guest post by Clare Leaver, Owen Ozier, Pieter Serneels, and Andrew Zeitlin on the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>

<p>Cross-posted on the <a href="https://www.bitss.org/power-to-the-plan/">UC Berkeley BITSS blog</a></p>

<p>Underlying <a href="https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2565">Trial Registry AEARCTR-0002565</a></p>

<p>Other details about the study of <a href="https://owenozier.github.io/publication/2021-07-01-rwanda-recruitment">teacher recruitment, effort, and retention in Rwanda</a></p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="pre-analysis" /><category term="Rwanda" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Trouble with pre-analysis plans? Try these three weird tricks.</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2017/07/blog-post-pre-analysis/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Trouble with pre-analysis plans? Try these three weird tricks." /><published>2017-07-12T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2017-07-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2017/07/blog-post-pre-analysis</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2017/07/blog-post-pre-analysis/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/trouble-pre-analysis-plans-try-these-three-weird-tricks">Trouble with pre-analysis plans? Try these three weird tricks.</a></p>

<p>With supporting <a href="http://owenozier.github.io/files/resource/blogstata/ozier-blog--fafchamps-labonne-anderson-magruder-20170711.do">Stata code</a></p>

<p>Via the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>

<!--- Headings are cool ====== Aren't headings cool? ------ --->]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="pre-analysis plans" /><category term="power calculations" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Deworming improves child cognition… eventually.</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2014/10/blog-post-deworming/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Deworming improves child cognition… eventually." /><published>2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2014/10/blog-post-deworming</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2014/10/blog-post-deworming/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/deworming-improves-child-cognition-eventually">Deworming improves child cognition… eventually.</a></p>

<p>With accompanying 7-minute <a href="https://vimeo.com/415935928">video presentation</a></p>

<p>Via the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan">Africa Can</a> blog.</p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="deworming" /><category term="education" /><category term="Kenya" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Microfranchising in Nairobi hits the BBC.</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/11/blog-post-microfranchising/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Microfranchising in Nairobi hits the BBC." /><published>2012-11-16T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-16T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/11/blog-post-microfranchising</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/11/blog-post-microfranchising/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/allaboutfinance/microfranchising-in-nairobi-hits-the-bbc">Microfranchising in Nairobi hits the BBC.</a>
Post on the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/allaboutfinance">All About Finance</a> blog.</p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="youth" /><category term="women" /><category term="gender" /><category term="urban" /><category term="entrepreneurship" /><category term="employment" /><category term="Kenya" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Early Childhood Interventions Conference</title><link href="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/05/blog-post-ecd-conference/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Early Childhood Interventions Conference" /><published>2012-05-03T00:00:00-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-03T00:00:00-04:00</updated><id>https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/05/blog-post-ecd-conference</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://owenozier.github.io/posts/2012/05/blog-post-ecd-conference/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/early-childhood-interventions-conference">Early Childhood Interventions Conference</a>
Post on the World Bank <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/">Development Impact</a> blog.</p>]]></content><author><name>Owen Ozier</name></author><category term="ECD" /><category term="child development" /><category term="Heckman" /><category term="PSID" /><category term="INCAP" /><category term="Guatemala" /><category term="Colombia" /><category term="Jamaica" /></entry></feed>