Publications
2023
Scholarly publications
de Laat, J., Radner, J., Holding, P., van der Haar, L., Slemming, W., Krapels, J., van der Harst, M., Raikes, A., Sanou, A. S., & Dusabe, C. (2023). Measurement for Change: Reflections from innovators' experiences with monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for Early Childhood Development. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1021790
Jack, W., Kremer, M., de Laat, J., & Suri, T. (2023). Credit Access, Selection, and Incentives in a Market for Asset Collateralized Loans: Evidence from Kenya. Review of Economic Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdad026
Vorlaufer, T., de Laat, J., & Engel, S. (2023). Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Access and Social Preferences in the Long Run? Experimental Evidence from Uganda. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10(2), 389-412. https://doi.org/10.1086/721440
de Laat, J., Radner, J., Holding, P., van der Haar, L., Slemming, W., Krapels, J., van der Harst, M., Raikes, A., Sanou, A. S., & Dusabe, C. (2023). Measurement for Change: Reflections from innovators' experiences with monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for Early Childhood Development. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, [1021790]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1021790
Vorlaufer, T., Engel, S., de Laat, J., & Vollan, B. (2023). Payments for ecosystem services did not crowd out pro-environmental behavior: Long-term experimental evidence from Uganda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(118), [e2215465120]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215465120
2021
Scholarly publications
Koch, D. J., Vis, Y., van der Harst, M., Tendron, E., & de Laat, J. (2021). Assessing International Development Cooperation: Becoming Intentional about Unintended Effects. Sustainability, 13(21), 1-26. [11571]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111571
Gheorghiu, M., Hawke, L., de Laat, J., & Papari, C. (2021). Using evidence and coalitions to scale up a national early education initiative - The case of Law 248/2015 in Romania. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 1-10. [591421]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.591421
Volen, E., & de Laat, J. (2021). Building Evidence for Preschool Policy Change in Bulgaria. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1-8. [594029]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.594029
Professional publications
Hou, D., Acevedo, K., De Laat, J., & Larrison, J. (2021). Use of Skills in the Workplace. In Building the Right Skills for Human Capital: Education, Skills, and Productivity in the Kyrgyz Republic (pp. 43-52). (Building the Right Skills for Human Capital: Education, Skills, and Productivity in the Kyrgyz Republic). The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1636-9_ch4
Brinkman, L., de Haan, J. J., van Hemert, D., de Laat, J., Rijshouwer, D., Thomaes, S., & van Veelen, R. (2021). Open Science Monitor 2020 Utrecht University: Commissioned by the Utrecht University Open Science Programme. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5725178
2020
Scholarly publications
Archambault, C., Kalenscher, T., & de Laat, J. (2020). Generosity and livelihoods: Dictator game evidence on the multidimensional nature of sharing among the Kenyan Maasai. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 33(2), 196-207. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2153
van der Haar, L., Holding, P., Krapels, J., de Laat, J., & Slemming, W. (2020). Measurement for Change: From Idea to Approach. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, [581756]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.581756
Krapels, J., van der Haar, L., Slemming, W., de Laat, J., Radner, J., Sanou, S., & Holding, P. (2020). The Aspirations of Measurement for Change. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, [568677]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.568677
2019
Scholarly publications
de Laat, J. (2019). Geld zonder kennis is niet veel meer waard: De Wereldbank van kapitaalverstrekker tot kennisverstrekker. In R. Claassen, & J. van Erp (Eds.), Ondernemen in de Open Samenleving (pp. 39-54). Boom bestuurskunde. http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/384184
2017
Scholarly publications
Jayachandran, S., De Laat, J., Lambin, E. F., Stanton, C. Y., Audy, R., & Thomas, N. E. (2017). Cash for carbon: A randomized trial of payments for ecosystem services to reduce deforestation. Science, 357(6348), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan0568
2016
Scholarly publications
Archambault, C., Chemin, M., & de Laat, J. (2016). Can peers increase the voluntary contributions in community driven projects? Evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 132, 62-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.10.002
2014
Scholarly publications
De Laat, J. (2014). Household allocations and endogenous information: The case of split migrants in Kenya. Journal of Development Economics, 106, 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.003
2013
Scholarly publications
Chemin, M., de Laat, J., & Haushofer, J. (2013). Negative Rainfall Shocks Increase Levels of the Stress Hormone Cortisol Among Poor Farmers in Kenya. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2294171
Chemin, M., & De Laat, J. (2013). Can warm glow alleviate credit market failures? Evidence from online peer-to-peer lenders. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61(4), 825-858. https://doi.org/10.1086/670374
2012
Scholarly publications
Archambault, C. S., de Laat, J., & Zulu, E. M. (2012). Urban Services and Child Migration to the Slums of Nairobi. World Development, 40(9), 1854-1869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.03.006
2011
Scholarly publications
de Laat, J., & Sevilla-Sanz, A. (2011). The Fertility and Women's Labor Force Participation puzzle in OECD Countries: The Role of Men's Home Production. Feminist Economics, 17(2), 87-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2011.573484
2010
Scholarly publications
Archambault, C., & de Laat, J. (2010). Social Mobility in Children’s Mobility? An Investigation into Child Circulation among the Maasai of Kenya. In M. O. Ensor, & E. M. Gozdziak (Eds.), Children and Migration: At the Crossroads of Resiliency and Vulnerability (pp. 187-208). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297098_10
Archambault, C., & de Laat, J. (2010). Social mobility in children's mobility? An investigation into child circulation among the Maasai of Kenya. In Children and Migration: At the Crossroads of Resiliency and Vulnerability (pp. 187-206). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297098
2003
Scholarly publications
Vegas, E., & Laat, J. D. (2003). Do differences in teacher contracts affect student performance? Evidence from Togo. World Bank, (OCTOBER 2003).