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Working Papers

2025

1. On the political economy of urbanization: experimental evidence from Mozambique
   Nova SBE Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics

2024

2. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Using Mass Media to Fight Intolerance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2023)
   LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) (2023)

2023

3. Broadcasting Equality: Media Narratives and the Rise of Civil Rights
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
4. Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities: Theory and Experimental Evidence from India
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2023) View citations (1)
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2023) View citations (1)
5. Social proximity and misinformation: Experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
6. Windows of peace: the effect of ceasefires on economic recovery
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2022

7. Public Service Delivery and Free Riding: Experimental Evidence from India
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
8. The Effect of Nature's Wealth on Economic Development: Evidence from Wildlife
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

2021

9. Coordination and the poor maintenance trap: an experiment on public infrastructure in India
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021)
10. Countering misinformation with targeted messages: Experimental evidence using mobile phones
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
11. Let s call! Using the phone to increase acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (1)
12. Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
    See also Journal Article Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (7) (2023)

2020

13. Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Working Papers, Banco de España (2020) View citations (1)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
14. The Ocean and Early-Childhood Mortality
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2020)

2019

15. Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2019) View citations (4)
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2019) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (39) (2020)

2018

16. The effect of gender-targeted conditional cash transfers on household expenditures: evidence from a randomized experiment
    CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (10)
    Also in NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2016) View citations (16)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (16)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (16)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Gender-Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2020) View citations (52) (2020)

2017

17. Demand Drops and Innovation Investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
    See also Journal Article Demand drops and innovation investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain, Research Policy, Elsevier (2018) View citations (14) (2018)
18. Demand Fluctuations and Innovation Investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
19. The Reach of Radio: Defection Messaging and Armed Group Behavior
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra View citations (4)
    Also in HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2017) View citations (4)

2016

20. Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
    CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (20)
    CeMMAP working papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (27)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (7)
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2015) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2018) View citations (17) (2018)

2015

21. Are Parental Perceived Returns to Schooling predicting Future Schooling Decisions? Evidence from Macedonia
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
22. Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments ? Malaria control policies in Eritrea
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
23. Who wears the trousers in the family? Intra-household resource control, subjective expectations and human capital investment
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Let's call! Using the phone to increase vaccine acceptance
   Health Economics, 2024, 33, (1), 82-106
2. Religious proximity and misinformation: Experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
   Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 96, (C)

2023

3. Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games
   Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, (C) View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games, NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series (2021) (2021)

2021

4. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries
   EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, 27, - View citations (30)

2020

5. Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
   American Economic Review, 2020, 110, (11), 3431-53 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique, IFS Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
6. The Effect of Gender-Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
   The Economic Journal, 2020, 130, (631), 1875-1897 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper The effect of gender-targeted conditional cash transfers on household expenditures: evidence from a randomized experiment, CeMMAP working papers (2018) View citations (10) (2018)
7. The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization
   American Economic Review, 2020, 110, (5), 1395-1429 View citations (32)

2018

8. Demand drops and innovation investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain
   Research Policy, 2018, 47, (7), 1321-1333 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Demand Drops and Innovation Investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain, NCID Working Papers (2017) (2017)
9. Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F609-F639 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers, CeMMAP working papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2017

10. Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea
    Labour Economics, 2017, 45, (C), 107-115 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments ? Malaria control policies in Eritrea, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) (2015)