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Working Papers

2024

1. Soft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discrimination
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2024)

2022

2. Can Mobile Technology Improve Female Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Nepal
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
3. Can agricultural development projects empower women? A synthesis of mixed methods evaluations using pro-WEAI in the gender, agriculture, and assets project (phase 2) portfolio
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

4. Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers
   2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
5. Training and Shifting Gender Norms: Evidence from a training intervention in rural Nepal
   2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2020

6. Ulysses' Pact or Ulysses' Raft: Using Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental and Non-Experimental Research
   MetaArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Ulysses' pact or Ulysses' raft: Using pre‐analysis plans in experimental and nonexperimental research, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2017

7. Household Migration and Expenditure Decisions
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
8. Resilience to an acute covariate shock: The Nepal earthquake of 2015 and offsetting NGO treatment effects
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
9. Short-term impacts of a livestock transfer and training program in rural Nepal
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2016

10. Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (5) (2017)

2015

11. Social Drivers of Aspirations Formation and Failure in Rural Nepal
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
12. Social protection in the face of climate change: targeting principles and financing mechanisms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Social protection in the face of climate change: targeting principles and financing mechanisms, Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (10) (2018)

2013

13. After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2019) View citations (51) (2019)
14. The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection: Evidence from a Drought in Kenya
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (34)

2012

15. Valuing Asset Insurance in the Presence of Poverty Traps: A Dynamic Approach
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (16)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Going the distance: Hybrid vocational training for women in Nepal
   Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 174, (C)

2022

2. Anti-poverty programmes build resilience
   Nature Climate Change, 2022, 12, (7), 612-613
3. Demand for Weather Index Insurance among Smallholder Farmers under Prospect Theory
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202, (C), 82-104 View citations (3)

2021

4. Can Experiential Games and Improved Risk Coverage Raise Demand for Index Insurance? Evidence from Kenya
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (1), 338-361 View citations (7)
5. Can insurance alter poverty dynamics and reduce the cost of social protection in developing countries?
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2021, 88, (2), 293-324 View citations (9)
6. Temporary migration as a mechanism for lasting cultural change: evidence from Nepal
   IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2021, 12, (1), 55
7. Ulysses' pact or Ulysses' raft: Using pre‐analysis plans in experimental and nonexperimental research
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (4), 1286-1304 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Ulysses' Pact or Ulysses' Raft: Using Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental and Non-Experimental Research, MetaArXiv (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2020

8. Constructing a summary index using the standardized inverse-covariance weighted average of indicators
   Stata Journal, 2020, 20, (4), 952-964 View citations (4)

2019

9. After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101, (3), 651-671 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (42) (2013)

2018

10. Child labour measurement: Whom should we ask?
    International Labour Review, 2018, 157, (2), 169-191 View citations (8)
11. Short-Term Impacts of a Pay-It-Forward Livestock Transfer and Training Program in Nepal
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 422-25 View citations (7)
12. Social protection in the face of climate change: targeting principles and financing mechanisms
    Environment and Development Economics, 2018, 23, (3), 369-389 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Social protection in the face of climate change: targeting principles and financing mechanisms, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2017

13. Aspirations failure and formation in rural Nepal
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 139, (C), 1-25 View citations (51)

Chapters

2018

1. Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity? Evidence from the Pastoral Regions of East Africa
   Springer View citations (7)

2017

2. Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox
   A chapter in The Economics of Poverty Traps, 2017, pp 223-256 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

Software Items

2021

1. SWINDEX: Stata module to create a standardized weighted index of multiple indicator variables
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics