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Working Papers

2024

1. See It Grow: A randomized evaluation of digital innovations in crop insurance to increase insurance and fertilizer demand in Kenya
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2022

2. IFAD Research Series 82: Contributions of information and communication technologies to food systems transformation
   IFAD Research Series, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

2021

3. A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
4. Climate-smart crop insurance to promote adoption of stress-tolerant seeds: Midterm findings from a cluster randomized trial
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2019

5. Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya
   Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
6. Promoting seed systems for stress-tolerant varieties at scale: Potential for bundling with insurance-advisory services
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The invisible family load and the gender earnings gap in Kenya
   European Economic Review, 2025, 172, (C)

2024

2. Ambiguity attitudes and demand for weather index insurance with and without a credit bundle: experimental evidence from Kenya
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2024, 41, (C) View citations (1)
3. Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi
   Journal of African Economies, 2024, 33, (4), 411-434

2023

4. Overconfidence, Trust, and Information-Seeking among Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 72, (1), 79 - 122
5. The Origins of Optimism: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment among Microfinance Clients in Bolivia
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 72, (1), 389 - 421

2022

6. Aspirational hope, dairy farming practices, and milk production: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Bolivia
   World Development, 2022, 160, (C) View citations (1)
7. The Plus in Credit-Plus-Technical Assistance: Evidence from a Rural Microcredit Programme in Bolivia
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (2), 275-291
8. The effect of siblings’ sex ratio on physical capital, human capital, and gendered time use among adolescents in Ethiopia
   Economics & Human Biology, 2022, 47, (C)

2021

9. A Public Bad Game Method to Study Dynamics in Socio-Ecological Systems (Part II): Results of Testing Musa-Game in Rwanda and Adding Emergence and Spatiality to the Analysis
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (16), 1-27
10. Adding Emergence and Spatiality to a Public Bad Game for Studying Dynamics in Socio-Ecological Systems (Part I): The Design of Musa-Game for Integrative Analysis of Collective Action in Banana Disease Management
    Sustainability, 2021, 13, (16), 1-21 View citations (1)
11. Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia
    Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2021, 13, (2), 255-271 View citations (1)
12. Liquidity defaults and progressive lending in microfinance: A lab‐in‐the field experiment in Bolivia
    Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25, (4), 2013-2030
13. The role of ICT in collective management of public bads: The case of potato late blight in Ethiopia
    World Development, 2021, 140, (C) View citations (2)

2020

14. Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, (C), 744-757 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy (2019) View citations (4) (2019)

2019

15. Do incentives matter when working for god? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda
    World Development, 2019, 113, (C), 309-319 View citations (3)
16. Liquidity constraints, informal institutions, and the adoption of weather insurance: A randomized controlled Trial in Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, (C), 269-278 View citations (27)

2018

17. Microcredit and Food Security: Evidence from Rural Households in Uganda
    Journal of African Economies, 2018, 27, (4), 457-482 View citations (3)
18. The effect of prenatal stress on cooperation: Evidence from violent conflict in Uganda
    European Economic Review, 2018, 101, (C), 35-56 View citations (10)

2017

19. Does Market Experience Attenuate Risk Aversion? Evidence from Landed Farm Households in Ethiopia
    World Development, 2017, 98, (C), 447-466 View citations (12)

2016

20. Conflict Exposure and Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence from the Football Field in Sierra Leone
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64, (3), 405 - 435 View citations (21)
21. Formal Insurance and the Dynamics of Social Capital: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
    Journal of African Economies, 2016, 25, (3), 418-438 View citations (24)
22. Formal law and customary change: A lab-in-field experiment in Ethiopia
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, (C), 67-85 View citations (9)

2013

23. Does Market Experience Promote Rational Choice? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 407 - 429 View citations (8)