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Working Papers

2021

1. Impact Evaluation in Settings of Fragility and Humanitarian Emergency
   Innocenti Discussion Papers

2019

2. Risk Preferences and Development Interventions: evidence from Lesotho
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2017

3. Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
   Innocenti Working Papers View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2018) View citations (38) (2018)
4. Myth-busting? How research is refuting common perceptions about unconditional cash transfers
   Innocenti Research Briefs

2016

5. Cadre analytique pour l’évaluation des effets productifs des programmes de transferts monétaires sur le comportement des ménages
   One Pager French, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
6. Does "soft conditionality" increase the impact of cash transfers on desired outcomes? Evidence from a randomized control trial in Lesotho
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari" View citations (2)
7. Gender differences in child investment behaviour among agricultural households: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
8. Quadro Analítico para a Avaliação do Impacto Produtivo dos Programas de Transferência de Renda sobre o Comportamento das Famílias
   One Pager Portuguese, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

2015

9. Efectos Productivos del Programa de Subsidios para Niños de Zambia
   One Pager Spanish, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
10. Efectos del Programa de Subsidios Infantiles en Lesoto
    One Pager Spanish, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
11. Impact productif du Programme de bourse pour l’enfance en Zambie
    One Pager French, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
12. Impactos Produtivos do Child Grant Programme na Zâmbia
    One Pager Portuguese, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
13. L’impact du programme de bourse pour l’enfance au Lesotho
    One Pager French, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
14. Os Impactos do Child Grants Programme no Lesoto
    One Pager Portuguese, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth View citations (1)
15. Productive Impacts of the Child Grant Programme in Zambia
    One Pager, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth View citations (2)
16. Social Networks and Risk Management in Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (1)
17. The Impacts of the Child Grants Programme in Lesotho
    One Pager, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth View citations (3)

2014

18. Efectos del programa LEAP en Ghana
    One Pager Spanish, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
19. L’impact du programme LEAP au Ghana
    One Pager French, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
20. O Impacto do Programa LEAP de Gana
    One Pager Portuguese, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
21. The Impact of Ghana’s LEAP Programme
    One Pager, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

2012

22. Analysing Hospital Variation in Health Outcome at the Level of EQ-5D Dimensions
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (1)
23. Analytical Framework for Evaluating the Productive Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Household Behaviour
    One Pager, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth View citations (10)
24. Analytical Framework for Evaluating the Productive Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Household Behaviour – Methodological Guidelines for the From Protection to Production Project
    Working Papers, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
25. Cost-containment policies and hospital efficiency: evidence from a panel of Italian hospitals
    CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (5)
26. Stochastic frontier analysis using Stata
    CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (75)
    See also Journal Article Stochastic frontier analysis using Stata, Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC (2013) View citations (155) (2013)

2011

27. An extended cross-country database for agricultural investment and capital
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (2)
28. Estimating the Costs of Specialised Care: Updated Analysis Using Data for 2009/10
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (5)
29. Estimating the costs of specialised care
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (11)
30. Truly inefficient or providing better quality of care? Analysing the relationship between riskadjusted hospital costs and patients’ health outcomes
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article TRULY INEFFICIENT OR PROVIDING BETTER QUALITY OF CARE? ANALYSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK‐ADJUSTED HOSPITAL COSTS AND PATIENTS' HEALTH OUTCOMES, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2013) View citations (18) (2013)

2010

31. Measuring dietary energy deficiency and the impact of food price variations at the household level: A methodological note on the micro-analysis of undernourishment
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (2)
32. Rising food prices and undernourishment: A cross-country inquiry
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Rising food prices and undernourishment: A cross-country inquiry, Food Policy, Elsevier (2013) View citations (49) (2013)

2009

33. Frequentist and Bayesian stochastic frontier models in Stata
    Italian Stata Users' Group Meetings 2009, Stata Users Group
34. Technical Efficiency, Specialization and Ownership Form: Evidences from a Pooling of Italian Hospitals
    CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article Technical efficiency, specialization and ownership form: evidences from a pooling of Italian hospitals, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2009) View citations (50) (2009)

2008

35. Linkages between Farm and Non-Farm Sectors at the Household Level in Rural Ghana A consistent stochastic distance function approach
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA)
    Also in ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2008) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Linkages between the farm and nonfarm sectors at the household level in rural Ghana: a consistent stochastic distance function approach, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2010) View citations (18) (2010)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Impact of development interventions on individual risk preferences: Evidence from a field-lab experiment and survey data
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2024, 111, (C)

2023

2. Evaluating spillovers and cost-effectiveness of complementary agricultural and social protection interventions: evidence from Lesotho
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2023, 15, (1), 124-144
3. Social Protection and Rural Transformation in Africa
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 305-327
4. The role of social protection in mitigating the effects of rainfall shocks. Evidence from Ethiopia
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2023, 60, (3), 315-332

2022

5. A local general‐equilibrium emergency response modeling approach for sub‐Saharan Africa
   Agricultural Economics, 2022, 53, (1), 72-89 View citations (2)
6. Cash transfers’ role in improving livelihood diversification strategies and well-being: short- and medium-term evidence from Zimbabwe
   World Development, 2022, 154, (C) View citations (1)
7. Mediation analysis of the impact of the Zimbabwe Harmonized Social Cash Transfer Programme on food security and nutrition
   Food Policy, 2022, 106, (C) View citations (3)

2021

8. Government Transfers and Time Allocation Decisions: The Case of Child Labour in Ethiopia
   Journal of International Development, 2021, 33, (1), 16-40 View citations (1)

2020

9. Heterogeneous impacts of cash transfers on farm profitability. Evidence from a randomised study in Lesotho
   European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 47, (4), 1531-1558 View citations (5)
10. Stuck exchange: Can cash transfers push smallholders out of autarky?
    The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2020, 29, (5), 495-509 View citations (2)

2019

11. Cash Transfers and Gender Differentials in Child Schooling and Labor: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme
    Population and Development Review, 2019, 45, (S1), 181-208 View citations (5)
12. Causal pathways of the productive impacts of cash transfers: Experimental evidence from Lesotho
    World Development, 2019, 115, (C), 258-268 View citations (11)
13. How much is too much: Does the size of income support transfers affect labor supply?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2019, 41, (1), 179-196 View citations (6)
14. Shaping Cash Transfer Impacts Through ‘Soft-Conditions’: Evidence from Lesotho
    Journal of African Economies, 2019, 28, (1), 39-69 View citations (2)
15. The Household and Individual-Level Productive Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101, (5), 1401-1431 View citations (34)
16. Unconditional cash transfers, risk attitudes and modern inputs demand
    Applied Econometrics, 2019, 53, 100-118 View citations (3)

2018

17. How Differences in Cash Transfer Sizes Affect Work Allocation Decisions: Evidence from Cross‐Country Comparisons in SSA
    LABOUR, 2018, 32, (3), 395-426 View citations (1)
18. Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33, (2), 259-298 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa, Innocenti Working Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
19. One Plus One can be Greater than Two: Evaluating Synergies of Development Programmes in Malawi
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (11), 2023-2060 View citations (7)

2017

20. Impact of increases in food prices on consumer welfare in Lesotho
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017, 12, (01) View citations (3)
21. Learning About Labour Impacts of Cash Transfers in Zambia
    Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26, (4), 433-442 View citations (6)

2015

22. Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa
    IDS Bulletin, 2015, 46, (2), 93-102 View citations (16)

2013

23. Hospital Variation in Patient-Reported Outcomes at the Level of EQ-5D Dimensions
    Medical Decision Making, 2013, 33, (6), 804-818 View citations (8)
24. How much should be paid for specialised treatment?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 84, (C), 110-118 View citations (6)
25. Rising food prices and undernourishment: A cross-country inquiry
    Food Policy, 2013, 38, (C), 190-202 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Rising food prices and undernourishment: A cross-country inquiry, ESA Working Papers (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
26. Stochastic frontier analysis using Stata
    Stata Journal, 2013, 13, (4), 718-758 View citations (155)
    See also Working Paper Stochastic frontier analysis using Stata, CEIS Research Paper (2012) View citations (75) (2012)
27. TRULY INEFFICIENT OR PROVIDING BETTER QUALITY OF CARE? ANALYSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK‐ADJUSTED HOSPITAL COSTS AND PATIENTS' HEALTH OUTCOMES
    Health Economics, 2013, 22, (8), 931-947 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Truly inefficient or providing better quality of care? Analysing the relationship between riskadjusted hospital costs and patients’ health outcomes, Working Papers (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2010

28. Linkages between the farm and nonfarm sectors at the household level in rural Ghana: a consistent stochastic distance function approach
    Agricultural Economics, 2010, 41, (1), 51-66 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Linkages between Farm and Non-Farm Sectors at the Household Level in Rural Ghana A consistent stochastic distance function approach, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2009

29. Technical efficiency, specialization and ownership form: evidences from a pooling of Italian hospitals
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009, 32, (3), 203-216 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Technical Efficiency, Specialization and Ownership Form: Evidences from a Pooling of Italian Hospitals, CEIS Research Paper (2009) View citations (56) (2009)

Software Items

2015

1. SFPANEL: Stata module for panel data stochastic frontier models estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2013

2. SFCROSS: Stata module for cross-sectional stochastic frontier models estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2010

3. RUNNINGPROD: Stata Mata module to obtain the running product of a vector
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics