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Working Papers

2025

1. A Chip Off the Old Block? Genetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Education and Dementia Risk
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
3. Psychological Barriers to Participation in the Labor Market: Evidence from Rural Ghana
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

4. Early Education, Preferences, and Decision-Making Abilities
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
5. The Alignment of Household Preferences and Financial Decisions Leading up to Retirement
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2021

6. The Effect of Education on the Relationship between Genetics, Early-Life Disadvantages, and Later-Life SES
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2019

7. Complexity and Sophistication
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Complexity and Sophistication, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2024) (2024)
8. Distributional Effects of Education on Health
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Distributional Effects of Education on Health, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
9. Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of High-cost Loan Borrowers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-Making Ability of High-Cost Loan Borrowers, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2024) View citations (3) (2024)

2013

10. Cognitive Ability, Expectations, and Beliefs about the Future: Psychological Influences on Retirement Decisions
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (3)
11. Living on the Edge: Youth Entry, Career and Exit in Drug-Selling Gangs
    Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2013) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Living on the edge: Youth entry, career and exit in drug-selling gangs, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (20) (2016)

2012

12. Barriers to Immigrant Use of Financial Services The Role of Language Skills, U.S. Experience, and Return Migration Expectations
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (4)
13. Child Gender And Parental Investments In India: Are Boys And Girls Treated Differently?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    Also in Working Papers, RAND Corporation (2010) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Child Gender and Parental Investments in India: Are Boys and Girls Treated Differently?, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (208) (2014)

2010

14. Financial Constraints, Endogenous Educational Choices and Self-Selection of Migrants
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
    See also Journal Article Financial Constraints, Endogenous Educational Choices and Self-Selection of Migrants, Brazilian Review of Econometrics, Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria - SBE (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
15. Poverty and Time Preference
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (12)

2005

16. Financial constraints, migration and inequality
    Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2026

1. The decision-makers we become: Early education and the decision-making of boys and girls
   Journal of Development Economics, 2026, 179, (C)

2025

2. Genetics and Socioeconomic Status: Some Preliminary Evidence on Mechanisms
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2025, 3, (3), 429 - 476

2024

3. Complexity and Sophistication
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024, 2, (1), 43 - 76
   See also Working Paper Complexity and Sophistication, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (17) (2019)
4. Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-Making Ability of High-Cost Loan Borrowers
   Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132, (9), 3173 - 3213 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Misfortune and Mistake: The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of High-cost Loan Borrowers, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (7) (2019)

2023

5. Distributional Effects of Education on Health
   Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58, (4), 1273-1306 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Distributional Effects of Education on Health, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2019

6. Education, Decision Making, and Economic Rationality
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (3), 428-441 View citations (12)

2016

7. Financial Education Interventions Targeting Immigrants and Children of Immigrants: Results from a Randomized Control Trial
   Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2016, 50, (2), 263-285 View citations (6)
8. Living on the edge: Youth entry, career and exit in drug-selling gangs
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 121, (C), 77-98 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Living on the Edge: Youth Entry, Career and Exit in Drug-Selling Gangs, Textos para discussão (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
9. Poverty and Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from Changes in Financial Resources at Payday
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (2), 260-84 View citations (261)
10. The effect of saving on risk attitudes and intertemporal choices
    Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 120, (C), 41-52 View citations (38)

2014

11. Child Gender and Parental Investments in India: Are Boys and Girls Treated Differently?
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 157-89 View citations (208)
    See also Working Paper Child Gender And Parental Investments In India: Are Boys And Girls Treated Differently?, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (19) (2012)

2013

12. Financial Constraints, Endogenous Educational Choices and Self-Selection of Migrants
    Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2013, 33, (2) View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Financial Constraints, Endogenous Educational Choices and Self-Selection of Migrants, Working Papers (2010) (2010)

2012

13. Childhood Circumstances and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status
    Demography, 2012, 49, (3), 913-938 View citations (19)