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Working Papers

2025

1. Contraceptive Concordance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2025)
2. Son Preference and Women’s Mental Health and Well-Being in India
   2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2023

3. Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence, Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. (2024) (2024)
4. Liberian Women Count: Evidence from a Macrosimulation of the Gender Dividend
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

5. Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2020

6. Curse of the Mummy-ji: The Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Women in India
   Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (25)

2015

7. A Simulation Model of the Effect of Fertility Reduction on Economic Growth in Africa
   Working Papers, University of South Florida, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Undated

8. Curse of the Mummy-ji: The Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Women's Social Networks, Mobility, and Reproductive Health in India
   2020 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2020, San Diego, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Journal Articles

2024

1. Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence
   Population and Development Review, 2024, 50, (S2), 539-569
   See also Working Paper Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) (2023)
2. “Supply‐Side Versus Demand‐Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs”: A Comment
   Population and Development Review, 2024, 50, (4), 1465-1475

2023

3. Exploring the Relationship between Anemia and Postpartum Depression: Evidence from Malawi
   IJERPH, 2023, 20, (4), 1-12

2022

4. Convincing the Mummy-ji: Improving Mother-in-Law Approval of Family Planning in India
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 568-72 View citations (3)

2020

5. Adding measurement error to location data to protect subject confidentiality while allowing for consistent estimation of exposure effects
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 2020, 69, (5), 1251-1268 View citations (1)
6. Birth Spacing and Child Health Trajectories
   Population and Development Review, 2020, 46, (2), 347-371 View citations (6)
7. Curse of the Mummy‐ji: The Influence of Mothers‐in‐Law on Women in India†
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 102, (5), 1328-1351 View citations (14)

2019

8. Reframing the Measurement of Women’s Work in the Sub-Saharan African Context
   Work, Employment & Society, 2019, 33, (3), 518-528

2017

9. The Effect of Fertility Decline on Economic Growth in Africa: A Macrosimulation Model
   Population and Development Review, 2017, 43, 237-263 View citations (18)