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Working Papers

2025

1. Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in Sub-Saharan Africa
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

2. Diffusion and targeting centrality
   Post-Print, HAL
3. Pack-Crack-Pack: Gerrymandering with Differential Turnout
   Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
4. Upward Mobility in Developing Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

5. Gerrymandering with Differential Turnout
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2022

6. Measuring Upward Mobility
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Measuring Upward Mobility, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2021

7. Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions
   ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2020) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (1)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
8. Political Reservations as Term-Limits
   Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
9. Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks
   Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
   See also Journal Article Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
10. Women's Land Rights and Village Institutions in Tanzania
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Women’s land rights and village institutions in Tanzania, World Development, Elsevier (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2018

11. Diffusion Centrality: Foundations and Extensions
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (7)
    AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France (2018) View citations (8)

2016

12. The Impact of Migration on Child Labor: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2015

13. Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2014) View citations (6)
    Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (2014)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (6)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2019) View citations (7) (2019)
14. Two-sided Altruism and Signaling
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
    See also Journal Article Two-sided altruism and signaling, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2014

15. Aspirations and Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Aspirations and Inequality, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2017) View citations (116) (2017)
16. Suicide and Property Rights in India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Suicide and property rights in India, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (62) (2015)

2013

17. Risk and the Extent of Insurance
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2011

18. Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2009) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (112) (2012)

2008

19. Informal Risk Sharing in an Infinite-horizon Experiment
    University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Informal Risk Sharing in an Infinite-Horizon Experiment, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2009) View citations (68) (2009)

2007

20. Risk Sharing, Commitment and Information: An experimental analysis
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Risk Sharing, Commitment, and Information: An Experimental Analysis, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2008) View citations (92) (2008)

2005

21. Bargaining Power and Enforcement in Credit Markets
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Bargaining power and enforcement in credit markets, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (20) (2006)
22. Informal Insurance in Social Networks
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics (2004) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Informal insurance in social networks, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2008) View citations (131) (2008)

2004

23. An Experimental Test of Risk-Sharing Arrangements
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (11)
    Also in 2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (10)
24. Informal Insurance, Enforcement Constraints, and Group Formation
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2003

25. Contracts and Externalities: How Things Fall Apart
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2003) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Contracts and externalities: How things fall apart, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2006) View citations (43) (2006)

2000

26. Investing in Confict Management
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Investing in Conflict Management, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International) (2002) View citations (27) (2002)
27. Risk-Sharing, Patronage and Private Accumulation
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society
28. Unemployment and Wage Rigidity When Labor Supply Is a Household Decision
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences (2000) View citations (8)

1999

29. Household labor supply, unemployment, and minimum wage legislation
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Measuring Upward Mobility
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (11), 3044-89 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Measuring Upward Mobility, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

2. Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks
   Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130, (1), 94 - 120 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks, Working Papers (2021) (2021)
3. Women’s land rights and village institutions in Tanzania
   World Development, 2022, 153, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Women's Land Rights and Village Institutions in Tanzania, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

4. Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions
   (Distributive Politics and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Seven US State Legislatures)
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19, (6), 3154-3206 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions, ULB Institutional Repository (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2020

5. Aspirations and Economic Behavior
   Annual Review of Economics, 2020, 12, (1), 715-746 View citations (38)

2019

6. Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks
   Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54, (1), 225-254 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2017

7. Aspirations and Inequality
   Econometrica, 2017, 85, 489-519 View citations (116)
   See also Working Paper Aspirations and Inequality, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (26) (2014)

2016

8. Two-sided altruism and signaling
   Economics Letters, 2016, 145, (C), 92-97 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Two-sided Altruism and Signaling, Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2015

9. Suicide and property rights in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 114, (C), 64-78 View citations (62)
   See also Working Paper Suicide and Property Rights in India, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2012

10. Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (2), 134-67 View citations (112)
    See also Working Paper Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks, Working Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2010

11. What Do Networks Do? The Role of Networks on Migration and “Coyote” Use
    Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14, (2), 343-359 View citations (66)

2009

12. Informal Risk Sharing in an Infinite-Horizon Experiment
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (537), 796-825 View citations (68)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (537), 796-825 (2009) View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Informal Risk Sharing in an Infinite-horizon Experiment, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2008

13. Informal insurance in social networks
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2008, 143, (1), 36-58 View citations (131)
    See also Working Paper Informal Insurance in Social Networks, 2005 Meeting Papers (2005) View citations (9) (2005)
14. Risk Sharing, Commitment, and Information: An Experimental Analysis
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (6), 1151-1185 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper Risk Sharing, Commitment and Information: An experimental analysis, CSAE Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (21) (2007)

2007

15. Reciprocity in Groups and the Limits to Social Capital
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 65-69 View citations (12)

2006

16. Bargaining power and enforcement in credit markets
    Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79, (2), 398-412 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Bargaining Power and Enforcement in Credit Markets, Working Papers (2005) (2005)
17. Contracts and externalities: How things fall apart
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2006, 131, (1), 71-100 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Contracts and Externalities: How Things Fall Apart, Working Papers (2003) View citations (2) (2003)

2005

18. Malnutrition and Child Labor
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107, (1), 83-102 View citations (9)

2003

19. Group Formation in Risk-Sharing Arrangements
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (1), 87-113 View citations (154)
20. The Demand for Health Care Services in Rural Tanzania
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 65, (2), 241-260 View citations (40)

2002

21. Bonded labor and serfdom: a paradox of voluntary choice
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 67, (1), 101-127 View citations (54)
22. Investing in Conflict Management
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2002, 46, (1), 154-170 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Investing in Confict Management, Working Papers (2000) View citations (19) (2000)

1997

23. Echelles d'équivalence et allocations familiales
    Brussels Economic Review, 1997, 155, 231-238