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Working Papers

2025

1. The Economic Returns to Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from Indonesia
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
2. The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
   HEC Research Papers Series, HEC Paris
   Also in I4R Discussion Paper Series, The Institute for Replication (I4R) (2025)
3. Toxic Lead Paint Pigment Exports from Rich to Poor Countries
   Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2024

4. Improving School Leadership in Rwanda
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
5. Sexist Textbooks
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2023

6. How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
7. Improving School Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023) View citations (5)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2023) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Improving school management in low and middle income countries: A systematic review, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
8. Live Tutoring Calls Did Not Improve Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (8) (2023)

2022

9. Contracting Out Schools at Scale: Evidence from Pakistan
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Contracting out schools at scale: evidence from Pakistan, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) (2023)

2021

10. The Impact of Private Schools, School Chains, and Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
11. Understanding Education Policy Preferences: Survey Experiments with Policymakers in 35 Developing Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2020

12. COVID-19 in Pakistan: A Phone Survey to Assess Education, Economic, and Health-Related Outcomes
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
13. Contact and Commitment to Development: Evidence from Quasi-random Missionary Assignments
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
    See also Journal Article Contact and Commitment to Development: Evidence from quasi‐random missionary assignments, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
14. Discrimination by Politicians against Religious Minorities: Experimental Evidence from the UK
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)
15. Teacher Labor Markets in Developing Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
    Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (5)

2019

16. Does temporary migration from rich to poor countries cause commitment to development? Evidence from quasi-random Mormon mission assignments
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2017

17. Beyond Brexit: Four Steps to Make Britain a Global Leader on Trade for Development
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
18. School Management and Public-Private Partnerships in Uganda
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article School Management and Public–Private Partnerships in Uganda, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2017) View citations (9) (2017)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Feasibility first: Expanding access before fixing learning
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, 104, (C) View citations (3)
2. Sexist textbooks: Automated analysis of gender bias in 1,255 books from 34 countries
   PLOS ONE, 2024, 19, (10), 1-27
3. The Impact of Private Schools, School Chains and PPPs in Developing Countries
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2024, 39, (1), 97-123

2023

4. Contracting out schools at scale: evidence from Pakistan
   Education Economics, 2023, 31, (5), 555-571
   See also Working Paper Contracting Out Schools at Scale: Evidence from Pakistan, Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
5. Improving school management in low and middle income countries: A systematic review
   Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Improving School Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
6. Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164, (C) View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Live Tutoring Calls Did Not Improve Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone, Working Papers (2023) View citations (8) (2023)

2021

7. Accounting for repetition and dropout in contemporaneous cross-section learning profiles: Evidence from Rwanda
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 85, (C) View citations (5)
8. Contact and Commitment to Development: Evidence from quasi‐random missionary assignments
   Kyklos, 2021, 74, (1), 3-18 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Contact and Commitment to Development: Evidence from Quasi-random Missionary Assignments, Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

9. Long‐run effects of teachers in developing countries
   Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (4), 1279-1299

2019

10. Testing the feasibility of a value‐added model of school quality in a low‐income country
    Development Policy Review, 2019, 37, (4), 470-485 View citations (1)

2017

11. School Management and Public–Private Partnerships in Uganda
    Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26, (5), 539-560 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper School Management and Public-Private Partnerships in Uganda, MPRA Paper (2017) View citations (9) (2017)