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Working Papers

2024

1. Informing Mothers about the Benefits of Conversing with Infants: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies.
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1)
2. Moving to Opportunity, Together
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2024)
3. Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies.
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
4. Redesigning Payments for Ecosystem Services to Increase Cost-Effectiveness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2024)
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2024)
   See also Journal Article Redesigning payments for ecosystem services to increase cost-effectiveness, Nature Communications, Nature (2024) (2024)
5. Ten Facts About Son Preference in India
   NCAER Working Papers, National Council of Applied Economic Research
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. (2023)
   See also Journal Article Ten Facts About Son Preference in India, India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research (2024) (2024)

2023

6. A Mother’s Voice: Impacts of Spousal Communication Training on Child Health Investments
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies.
   Also in Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. (2023)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023)
7. A Mother’s Voice: Impacts of Spousal Communication Training on Child Health Investments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Misum Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) (2023)
   See also Journal Article A mother’s voice: Impacts of spousal communication training on child health investments, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
8. Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department.
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (8)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Environmental externalities and free-riding in the household, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
9. Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department.
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2023)
   See also Journal Article Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2025) (2025)
10. The Mortality Effects of Winter Heating Prices
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Mortality Effects of Winter Heating Prices, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2024) (2024)
11. Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (7) (2023)

2022

12. Dads and Daughters: Disentangling Altruism and Investment Motives for Spending on Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
13. Detecting Crop Burning in India using Satellite Data
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
14. Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
15. The Inherent Trade-Off Between the Environmental and Anti-Poverty Goals of Payments for Ecosystem Services
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2022)
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2022)

2021

16. How Economic Development Influences the Environment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article How Economic Development Influences the Environment, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2022) View citations (18) (2022)
17. Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality
    Monash Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (13)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (13)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (12)
18. Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (12)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (13)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (15)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (15)

2020

19. Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (23)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (22)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (23)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (23)
20. Social Norms as a Barrier to Women's Employment in Developing Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2019) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment in Developing Countries, IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan (2021) View citations (64) (2021)

2018

21. Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (79)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (86)
    See also Journal Article Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (90) (2022)

2016

22. Cash for Carbon: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Deforestation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (64)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (12)
23. The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (15)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (19)

2015

24. Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (55) (2016)
25. Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (42) (2019)
26. The price effects of cash versus in-kind transfers
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (39)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2019) View citations (39) (2019)
27. Why Are Indian Children So Short
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (22)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (22)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (22)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2015) View citations (21)

2014

28. Fertility Decline and Missing Women
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (16)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (16)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Fertility Decline and Missing Women, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (69) (2017)
29. The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (11)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2015) View citations (326) (2015)

2013

30. Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (28)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2013) View citations (33)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (31)

2009

31. Modern Medicine and the 20th Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
32. Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (17)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (17)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (250) (2011)

2008

33. Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia's Wildfires
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia’s Wildfires, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2009) View citations (197) (2009)
34. Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence From Maternal Mortality Declines
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009) View citations (278) (2009)

2005

35. Air Quality and Infant Mortality During Indonesia's Massive Wildfires in 1997
    UCLA Economics Online Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (2)
36. Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries
    UCLA Economics Online Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2006) View citations (315) (2006)

2004

37. Odious Debt
    UCLA Economics Online Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (14)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Odious Debt, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (26) (2006)
38. The Jeffords Effect
    UCLA Economics Online Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Jeffords Effect, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2006) View citations (145) (2006)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2025, 7, (1), 39-55
   See also Working Paper Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning, Working Papers (2023) (2023)

2024

2. A mother’s voice: Impacts of spousal communication training on child health investments
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper A Mother’s Voice: Impacts of Spousal Communication Training on Child Health Investments, NBER Working Papers (2023) (2023)
3. Environmental externalities and free-riding in the household
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 170, (C)
   See also Working Paper Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household, Working Papers (2023) (2023)
4. Redesigning payments for ecosystem services to increase cost-effectiveness
   Nature Communications, 2024, 15, (1), 1-11
   See also Working Paper Redesigning Payments for Ecosystem Services to Increase Cost-Effectiveness, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)
5. Ten Facts About Son Preference in India
   India Policy Forum, 2024, 20, (1), 159-192
   See also Working Paper Ten Facts About Son Preference in India, NCAER Working Papers (2024) (2024)
6. The Mortality Effects of Winter Heating Prices
   The Economic Journal, 2024, 134, (657), 402-417
   Also in The Economic Journal, 2023, 134, (657), 402-417 (2023)
   See also Working Paper The Mortality Effects of Winter Heating Prices, Working Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2023

7. Detecting Mother-Father Differences in Spending on Children: A New Approach Using Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2023, 5, (4), 445-59 View citations (4)
8. Greater than the Sum of the Parts? Evidence on Mechanisms Operating in Women's Groups
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2023, 38, (1), 1-35 View citations (2)
9. Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023, 37, (3), 111-36 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Working Papers (2023) View citations (7) (2023)
10. Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question survey module for women’s agency
    World Development, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (4)

2022

11. How Economic Development Influences the Environment
    Annual Review of Economics, 2022, 14, (1), 229-252 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper How Economic Development Influences the Environment, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
12. Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 551-55 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
13. Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India
    American Economic Review, 2022, 112, (3), 899-927 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (79) (2018)

2021

14. Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment in Developing Countries
    IMF Economic Review, 2021, 69, (3), 576-595 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Social Norms as a Barrier to Women's Employment in Developing Countries, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2019

15. Changing Family Attitudes to Promote Female Employment
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 138-42 View citations (20)
16. Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam
    The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (618), 651-677 View citations (47)
17. Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India
    Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (12), 2572-2592 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
18. Self-selection into payments for ecosystem services programs
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116, (12), 5326-5333 View citations (9)
19. The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86, (1), 240-281 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper The price effects of cash versus in-kind transfers, Staff Reports (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2017

20. Fertility Decline and Missing Women
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9, (1), 118-39 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper Fertility Decline and Missing Women, Working Papers (2014) View citations (16) (2014)
21. Mothers Care More, but Fathers Decide: Educating Parents about Child Health in Uganda
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 496-500 View citations (16)
22. Why Are Indian Children So Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (9), 2600-2629 View citations (174)

2016

23. Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8, (2), 125-53 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2015

24. The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
    Annual Review of Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 63-88 View citations (326)
    See also Working Paper The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries, Working Papers (2014) View citations (11) (2014)

2014

25. Does Contraceptive Use Always Reduce Breast-feeding?
    Demography, 2014, 51, (3), 917-937 View citations (3)
26. Incentives to teach badly: After-school tutoring in developing countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 108, (C), 190-205 View citations (36)

2013

27. Liquidity Constraints and Deforestation: The Limitations of Payments for Ecosystem Services
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 309-13 View citations (45)

2012

28. Introduction to Issue on Malnutrition
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2012, 58, (2), 253-255 View citations (1)

2011

29. Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (3), 1485-1538 View citations (250)
    See also Working Paper Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India, Working Papers (2009) View citations (17) (2009)

2010

30. Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 125-29 View citations (214)
31. Modern Medicine and the Twentieth Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (2), 118-46 View citations (122)

2009

32. Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia’s Wildfires
    Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44, (4) View citations (197)
    See also Working Paper Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia's Wildfires, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (11) (2008)
33. Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (1), 349-397 View citations (278)
    See also Working Paper Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence From Maternal Mortality Declines, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (47) (2008)

2006

34. Odious Debt
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 82-92 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Odious Debt, UCLA Economics Online Papers (2004) View citations (14) (2004)
35. Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries
    Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 114, (3), 538-575 View citations (315)
    See also Working Paper Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries, UCLA Economics Online Papers (2005) View citations (4) (2005)
36. The Jeffords Effect
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49, (2), 397-425 View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper The Jeffords Effect, UCLA Economics Online Papers (2004) View citations (3) (2004)