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Working Papers

2024

1. How Managers Can Use Purchaser Performance Information to Improve Procurement Efficiency
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Essential Role of Altruism in Medical Decision Making
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

3. Does Combating Corruption Reduce Clientelism?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Encouraging Preventative Care to Manage Chronic Disease at Scale
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Using Lotteries to Attract Deposits
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

6. Road Maintenance and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Indonesia’s Highways
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
7. The Sweet Life: The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2021

8. Another brick on the Wall: On the Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
9. Digital Collateral
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
10. Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
11. Making Entrepreneurs: Returns to Training Youth in Hard Versus Soft Business Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2020

12. Financing Municipal Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. How Spillovers from Appointment Reminders Improve Health Clinic Efficiency
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
14. Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence From Two Randomized Experiments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
15. Trust and Saving in Financial Institutions by the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2019

16. Effect of Inquiry and Problem Based Pedagogy on Learning: Evidence from 10 Field Experiments in Four Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2018

17. Aspiration Adaptation in Resource-Constrained Environments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
18. Mortality from Nestlé’s Marketing of Infant Formula in Low and Middle-Income Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2017

19. How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
20. Incentives for Replication in Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
21. Living Up to Expectations: How Job Training Made Women Better Off and Men Worse Off
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
22. Vulnerability and Clientelism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2016

23. Books or Laptops? The Cost-Effectiveness of Shifting from Printed to Digital Delivery of Educational Content
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
24. Nudging Medical Providers to Adopt and Sustain Better Quality Care Practices
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website
25. The Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2015

26. How Does Health Promotion Work? Evidence From The Dirty Business of Eliminating Open Defecation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
27. Long Run Effects of Temporary Incentives on Medical Care Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015) View citations (11)
28. The Half-Life of Happiness: Hedonic Adaptation in the Subjective Well-Being of Poor Slum Dwellers to a Large Improvement in Housing
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (11)

2014

29. Non-Contributory Pensions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Non-contributory pensions, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (38) (2016)
30. Rewarding provider performance to enable a healthy start to life: evidence from Argentina's Plan Nacer
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
31. Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (5)

2013

32. A randomized, controlled study of a rural sanitation behavior change program in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
33. How Pro-Poor Growth Affects the Demand for Energy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
34. Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation: A 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (30)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (37)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (35)
35. Moral Hazard and Economies of Scope in Physician Ownership of Complementary Medical Services
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
36. Poverty, Growth and the Demand for Energy-Using Assets
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
37. Using Performance Incentives to Improve Medical Care Productivity and Health Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2013) View citations (25)
38. Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (24) (2015)

2012

39. Cash for Coolers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
40. How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (167)
    See also Journal Article How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (166) (2012)
41. Oh Brother! Testing the Etiology of Sibling Effects Using External Cash Transfers
    Working Papers, Towson University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
42. Promoting handwashing behavior in Peru: the effect of large-scale mass-media and community level interventions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
43. Using performance incentives to improve health outcomes
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (34)
44. Wealthy, healthy, and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?
    Working Papers, Towson University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Wealthy, healthy and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2008

45. Empowering parents to improve education: evidence from rural Mexico
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Empowering parents to improve education: Evidence from rural Mexico, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (24) (2012)
46. Housing, Health and Happiness
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Housing, Health, and Happiness, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (69) (2009)

2006

47. Investing cash transfers to raise long term living standards
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (59)
    See also Journal Article Investing Cash Transfers to Raise Long-Term Living Standards, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (182) (2012)
48. The Effect of Pre-Primary Education on Primary School Performance
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (19)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (52)
    See also Journal Article The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (184) (2009)

2005

49. Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations (352)
    See also Journal Article Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2005) View citations (391) (2005)

2004

50. Did Industrialization Destroy Social Capital in Indonesia?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (10)
    Also in Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2003) View citations (4)

2003

51. Do Microfinance Programs Help Families Insure Consumption Against Illness?
    Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (12)
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (11)
52. Schooling and Parental Death
    Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (3)
    Also in HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Schooling and Parental Death, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2004) View citations (99) (2004)
53. The Costs and Benefits of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomic Analysis
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (23)

2002

54. The Benefits and Costs of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomics Analysis
    Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations (17)

1999

55. Economic Analysis of Health Sector Projects -A Review of Issues Methods, and Approaches
    Papers, Asian Development Bank

1998

56. Empowerment and Efficiency: The Economics of Agrarian Reform
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (8)
57. Insuring Consumption Against Illness
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Insuring Consumption Against Illness, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (349) (2002)

1996

58. Moral hazard and Risk Speading in Partnerships
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Moral Hazard and Risk Spreading in Partnerships, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1995) View citations (122) (1995)

1994

59. Information and the Demand for Supplemental Medicare Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

1990

60. Moral Hazard in Partnerships
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
61. Quality Adjusted Cost Functions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1989

62. Medicaid and the Cost of Improving Access to Nursing Home Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
63. THE SUBSTITUTABILITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTH CARE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (6)
64. THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (8)

1988

65. HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND THE DEMAND FOR MEDICAL CARE
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (5)
66. MEASURING THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (6)

1987

67. Are User Fees Regressive? The Welfare Implications of Health Care Financing Proposals in Peru
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (159)
    See also Journal Article Are user fees regressive?: The welfare implications of health care financing proposals in Peru, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (1987) View citations (155) (1987)
68. Regulation and the Provision of Quality to Heterogenous Consumers: The Case of Prospective Pricing of Medical Services
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
69. The Effect of Mental Distress on Income: Results from a Community Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

1985

70. A Decomposition of the Elasticity of Medicaid Nursing Home Expenditures Into Price, Quality, and Quantity Effects
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
71. A Latent Variable Model of Quality Determination
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
72. Regulated Price Discrimination and Quality: The Implications of Medicaid Reimbursement Policy for the Nursing Home Industry
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
73. Subsidies, Quality, and Regulation in the Nursing Home Industry
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Non-contributory pensions
   Labour Economics, 2016, 38, (C), 47-58 View citations (38)
   See also Working Paper Non-Contributory Pensions, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
2. Physician ownership of complementary medical services
   Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 144, (C), 27-39 View citations (4)
3. The Demand for Energy-Using Assets among the World's Rising Middle Classes
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (6), 1366-1401 View citations (49)

2015

4. Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 40, (C), 1-9 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
5. Wealthy, healthy and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?
   Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (2), 121-126 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Wealthy, healthy, and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?, Working Papers (2012) (2012)

2014

6. Cash for Coolers: Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (4), 207-38 View citations (136)
7. Financial Crisis and Productivity Evolution: Evidence from Indonesia
   The World Economy, 2014, 37, (5), 705-731 View citations (6)
8. Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico
   The European Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 15, (1), 41-55 View citations (4)

2012

9. Empowering parents to improve education: Evidence from rural Mexico
   Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (1), 68-79 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Empowering parents to improve education: evidence from rural Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (17) (2008)
10. How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26, (1), 119-38 View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (167) (2012)
11. Investing Cash Transfers to Raise Long-Term Living Standards
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 164-92 View citations (182)
    See also Working Paper Investing cash transfers to raise long term living standards, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (59) (2006)

2011

12. Sex Work and Infection: What's Law Enforcement Got to Do with It?
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (4), 811 - 840 View citations (21)

2010

13. Empowering women: how Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme raised prenatal care quality and birth weight
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2010, 2, (1), 51-73 View citations (35)

2009

14. Does It Matter Who Your Buyer Is? The Role of Nonprofit Mission in the Market for Corporate Control of Hospitals
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52, (2), 295-306 View citations (13)
15. Housing, Health, and Happiness
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1, (1), 75-105 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper Housing, Health and Happiness, CEDLAS, Working Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
16. The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 219-234 View citations (184)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Pre-Primary Education on Primary School Performance, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2006) View citations (19) (2006)

2008

17. School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (10-11), 2106-2120 View citations (144)

2006

18. Is Social Capital the Capital of the Poor? The Role of Family and Community in Helping Insure Living Standards against Health Shocks
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2006, 52, (3), 455-499 View citations (16)

2005

19. Does Social Capital Promote Industrialization? Evidence from a Rapid Industrializer
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (4), 754-762 View citations (45)
20. Risky Business: The Market for Unprotected Commercial Sex
    Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (3), 518-550 View citations (109)
21. Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality
    Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (1), 83-120 View citations (391)
    See also Working Paper Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality, Working Papers (2005) View citations (352) (2005)

2004

22. Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESA's Control Randomized Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 336-341 View citations (260)
23. Regulation, Local Monopolies and Spatial Competition
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2004, 25, (2), 115-141 View citations (11)
24. Schooling and Parental Death
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 211-225 View citations (99)
    See also Working Paper Schooling and Parental Death, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2002

25. Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (2), 239-280 View citations (272)
26. Insuring Consumption Against Illness
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 51-70 View citations (349)
    See also Working Paper Insuring Consumption Against Illness, JCPR Working Papers (1998) (1998)

1997

27. Private health insurance and public expenditures in Jamaica
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 77, (1), 237-257 View citations (13)

1995

28. Moral Hazard and Risk Spreading in Partnerships
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (4), 591-613 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Moral hazard and Risk Speading in Partnerships, Working Papers (1996) View citations (1) (1996)

1994

29. Erratum to: How Economic Development and Family Planning Programs Combined to Reduce Indonesian Fertility
    Demography, 1994, 31, (2), nil1-nil1 View citations (78)
30. Family Productivity, Labor Supply, and Welfare in a Low Income Country
    Journal of Human Resources, 1994, 29, (4) View citations (37)
31. How economic development and family planning programs combined to reduce indonesian fertility
    Demography, 1994, 31, (1), 33-63 View citations (76)
32. Using Randomized Control Designs in Evaluating Social Sector Programs in Developing Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1994, 9, (2), 181-201 View citations (22)

1993

33. Determinants of pregnancy outcomes and targeting of maternal health services in Jamaica
    Social Science & Medicine, 1993, 37, (2), 199-211 View citations (5)
34. Gender and Life-Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult Health
    Journal of Human Resources, 1993, 28, (4), 791-837 View citations (72)

1992

35. Consumer information and biased selection in the demand for coverage supplementing medicare
    Social Science & Medicine, 1992, 34, (9), 1023-1034 View citations (13)
36. The Willingness to Pay for Education for Daughters in Contrast to Sons: Evidence from Rural Peru
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1992, 6, (1), 171-88 View citations (31)

1991

37. An Assessment of Measurement Error Bias for Estimating the Effect of Mental Distress on Income
    Journal of Human Resources, 1991, 26, (1), 154-164 View citations (40)

1990

38. The willingness to pay for education in developing countries: Evidence from rural Peru
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 42, (3), 251-275 View citations (79)

1987

39. Are user fees regressive?: The welfare implications of health care financing proposals in Peru
    Journal of Econometrics, 1987, 36, (1-2), 67-88 View citations (155)
    See also Working Paper Are User Fees Regressive? The Welfare Implications of Health Care Financing Proposals in Peru, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (159) (1987)
40. Non-price rationing and the choice of medical care providers in rural Cote d'Ivoire
    Journal of Health Economics, 1987, 6, (4), 291-304 View citations (29)

Books

2016

1. Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (104)