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Working Papers

2023

  1. Water Treatment And Child Mortality: A Meta-Analysis And Cost-effectiveness Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2022

  1. Blue Spoons: Sparking Communication About Appropriate Technology Use
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Expanding Capacity for Vaccines Against Covid-19 and Future Pandemics: A Review of Economic Issues
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (4)
  3. The Endowment Effect and Collateralized Loans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)

2021

  1. Converging to Convergence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Chapter (2021)
  2. Could Vaccine Dose Stretching Reduce COVID-19 Deaths?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2021) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article in AEA Papers and Proceedings (2021)
  4. Testing Fractional doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  5. The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (17)
  6. Twenty-year economic impacts of deworming
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) Downloads View citations (1)
  7. Water Treatment and Child Mortality: Evidence from Kenya
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)

2020

  1. Advance Market Commitments: Insights from Theory and Experience
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in AEA Papers and Proceedings (2020)
  2. Designing Advance Market Commitments for New Vaccines
    Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) Downloads View citations (5)
  3. Optimal Subsidies for Prevention of Infectious Disease
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Optimal Vaccine Subsidies for Endemic and Epidemic Diseases
    Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) Downloads View citations (6)

2019

  1. Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics
    Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee Downloads
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2020)
  2. School Vouchers, Labor Markets and Vocational Education
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica de Colombia Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2019) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Using RCTs to Estimate Long-Run Impacts in Development Economics
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2018) Downloads View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) Downloads View citations (8)

2018

  1. Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global D
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global Demand for HIV Pharmaceuticals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Industrial Organization (2018)
  3. Worst-Case Bounds on R&D and Pricing Distortions: Theory and Disturbing Conclusions if Consumer Values Follow the World Income
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (7)
  4. Worst-Case Bounds on R&D and Pricing Distortions: Theory with an Application Assuming Consumer Values Follow the World Income Distribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)

2017

  1. Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science Downloads
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2008) Downloads View citations (1)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) Downloads View citations (64)

    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2009)
  2. Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017)

2016

  1. Borrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from Kenya
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Does Mass Deworming Affect Child Nutrition? Meta-analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, and Statistical Power
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (19)
  3. Guns, Latrines, and Land Reform: Private Expectations and Public Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
  4. Meta-Analysis and Public Policy: Reconciling the Evidence on Deworming
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (14)

2015

  1. Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (158)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) Downloads View citations (19)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2015)
  2. Preventives Versus Treatments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2015)
  3. The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2015)
  4. Vaccines vs. Preventives
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads
  5. When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2014) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2015)
  6. Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of a Child Health Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2015) Downloads View citations (7)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2015) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2016)

2014

  1. Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?
    Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar Downloads
  2. Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities, Data User's Guide
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley Downloads View citations (2)

2013

  1. When Is Prevention More Profitable than Cure? The Impact of Time-Varying Consumer Heterogeneity
    Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. When is Prevention More Profitable than Cure?
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (3)

2012

  1. School Governance, Teacher Incentives, and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (46)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2015)

2011

  1. Breaking Gender Barriers
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Education as Liberation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (64)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (2016)

2009

  1. Lessons from Randomized Evaluations in Education and Health
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development Downloads View citations (24)
  2. Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (80)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2011)
  3. Nudging Farmers to Utilize Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (48)
  4. Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation and Property Rights Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2011)
  5. Water and Human Well Being: An Executive Session on Grand Challenges of the Sustainability Transition
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads

2008

  1. Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (51)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) Downloads View citations (43)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2011)

2007

  1. Cost-Effective Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases: A Critical Review
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development Downloads View citations (9)
  2. Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (20)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) Downloads View citations (20)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009)
  3. Mosquitoes: The Long-TermEffects of Malaria Eradication in India
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) Downloads View citations (14)
  4. Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (301)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2006) Downloads View citations (62)
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) Downloads View citations (95)

    See also Chapter (2008)
  5. What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (62)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2007) Downloads View citations (59)

2006

  1. Advance Market Commitments for Vaccines Against Neglected Diseases: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Economic Transformation, Population Growth and the Long-Run World Income Distribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2009)
  3. Education and HIV/AIDS prevention: evidence from a randomized evaluation in Western Kenya
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (27)
    Also in Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006) Downloads View citations (18)

2005

  1. Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Incentives to learn
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2004) Downloads View citations (20)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) Downloads View citations (73)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2004) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2009)
  3. Schools meals, educational achievement and school competition: evidence from a randomized evaluation
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (37)
  4. Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (2006)

2004

  1. Empathy or antipathy? The impact of diversity
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
  2. Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (25)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2004) Downloads View citations (18)
  3. Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: The case of flip charts in kenya
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (98)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) Downloads View citations (24)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2004)
  4. The Illusion of Sustainability
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2004) Downloads View citations (12)
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2004) Downloads View citations (8)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) Downloads View citations (11)

    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007)
  5. The rockefeller effect
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (1)
  6. Why is There No AIDS Vaccine?
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University Downloads View citations (3)
  7. Worms: Education and health externalities in kenya
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) Downloads View citations (19)

2003

  1. Decentralization: A cautionary tale
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (27)
  2. Incentives in Markets, Firms and Governments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (23)
  3. Networks, social learning, and technology adoption: The case of deworming drugs in kenya
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (22)
  4. Peer Effects and Alcohol Use Among College Students
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (51)
    Also in Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research Downloads View citations (194)
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2003) Downloads View citations (47)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2008)
  5. Teacher Incentives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (51)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2003) Downloads View citations (21)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2010)
  6. Why Are Drugs More Profitable Than Vaccines?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)

2002

  1. Odious Debt
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
  2. Vouchers for private schooling in colombia: Evidence from a randomized natural experiment
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (236)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) Downloads View citations (83)

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2002)

2001

  1. A Biological Model of Unions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009)
  2. Searching for Prosperity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (101)
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (2001)

2000

  1. Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part I: Rationale
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (34)
    See also Chapter (2001)
  2. Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part II: Design Issues
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Chapter (2001)
  3. Globalization and International Public Finance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (20)
  4. Income-distribution Dynamics with Endogenous Fertility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (59)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2002)
  5. Outside Funding of Community Organizations: Benefiting or Displacing the Poor?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)

1998

  1. Textbooks and test scores: Evidence from a prospective evaluation in kenya
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website Downloads View citations (11)

1997

  1. Disorganization
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Downloads View citations (78)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations (42)

    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1997)
  2. Does Favorable Tax-Treatment of Housing Reduce Equipment Investment?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  3. Patent Buy-Outs: A Mechanism for Encouraging Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)
  4. Why are Worker Cooperatives So Rare?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (50)

1996

  1. Elephants
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
  2. How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations (10)

    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1997)
  3. Integrating Behavioral Choice into Epidemiological Models of the AIDS Epidemic
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (190)
  4. Wage Inequality and Segregation
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (82)
  5. Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (270)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) Downloads View citations (293)

1994

  1. Can Having Fewer Partners Increase Prevalence of Aids?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)
  2. Young Workers, Old Workers, and Convergence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)

1993

  1. Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (480)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1993)

Journal Articles

2021

  1. Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 331-35 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

  1. Advance Market Commitments: Insights from Theory and Experience
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 269-73 Downloads View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2020)
  2. Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics
    American Economic Review, 2020, 110, (7), 1974-94 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2019

  1. Economic and political effects on currency clustering dynamics
    Quantitative Finance, 2019, 19, (5), 705-716 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate Long-Run Impacts in Development Economics
    Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 523-561 Downloads View citations (7)

2018

  1. Preventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in Innovation Incentives with an Application to the Global Demand for HIV Pharmaceuticals
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, 53, (1), 235-273 Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

  1. Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?
    PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017, 11, (6), 1-3 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

  1. Education as Liberation?
    Economica, 2016, 83, (329), 1-30 Downloads View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
  2. Guns, Latrines, and Land Reform: Dynamic Pigouvian Taxation
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 83-88 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. The New Role for the World Bank
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (1), 53-76 Downloads View citations (22)
  4. Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of a Child Health Investment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (4), 1637-1680 Downloads View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

  1. Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (9), 2757-97 Downloads View citations (159)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  2. Preventives Versus Treatments
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (3), 1167-1239 Downloads View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  3. School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil–teacher ratios: Experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 123, (C), 92-110 Downloads View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
  4. Self-Control at Work
    Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (6), 1227 - 1277 Downloads View citations (105)
  5. The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas
    PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, 9, (10), 1-5 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
  6. When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2015, 29, (suppl_1), S9-S24 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2013

  1. Behavioral Biases and Firm Behavior: Evidence from Kenyan Retail Shops
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 362-68 Downloads View citations (30)

2011

  1. Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (6), 2350-90 Downloads View citations (620)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
  2. Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (5), 1739-74 Downloads View citations (506)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
  3. Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Property Rights Institutions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (1), 145-205 Downloads View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
  4. The Economics of International Refugee Law
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2011, 40, (2), 367 - 404 Downloads View citations (11)

2010

  1. Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive?
    Economic Journal, 2010, 120, (546), F204-F228 View citations (31)
  2. Early-Life Malaria Exposure and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Malaria Eradication in India
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (2), 72-94 Downloads View citations (184)
  3. Incentivizing Innovation: Adding to the Tool Kit
    Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2010, 10, (1), 1 - 17 Downloads View citations (31)
    See also Chapter (2010)
  4. Providing Safe Water: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 237-256 Downloads View citations (34)
  5. Self-Control and the Development of Work Arrangements
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 624-28 Downloads View citations (55)
  6. Teacher Incentives
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (3), 205-27 Downloads View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2009

  1. A Biological Model of Unions
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (2), 150-75 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
  2. Deworming and Development: Asking the Right Questions, Asking the Questions Right
    PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009, 3, (1), 1-3 Downloads View citations (9)
  3. Economic transformation, population growth and the long-run world income distribution
    Journal of International Economics, 2009, 79, (1), 20-30 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
  4. Estimating the Impact of The Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (3), 1133-1170 Downloads View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
  5. Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations?
    Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 513-545 Downloads View citations (71)
  6. Incentives to Learn
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91, (3), 437-456 Downloads View citations (193)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
  7. Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 112-35 Downloads View citations (157)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

  1. How High Are Rates of Return to Fertilizer? Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 482-88 Downloads View citations (274)
  2. Outside Funding and the Dynamics of Participation in Community Associations
    American Journal of Political Science, 2008, 52, (3), 585-602 Downloads View citations (27)
  3. Peer Effects and Alcohol Use among College Students
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (3), 189-206 Downloads View citations (158)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2007

  1. The Illusion of Sustainability
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (3), 1007-1065 Downloads View citations (252)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

  1. Advance Market Commitments: A Policy to Stimulate Investment in Vaccines for Neglected Diseases
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (3), 1-6 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Creating Markets for Vaccines (Innovations Case Discussion: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative)
    Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2006, 1, (1), 67-79 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (5), 1890-1905 Downloads View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
  4. Long-Term Educational Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (3), 847-862 Downloads View citations (260)
  5. Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20, (1), 91-116 Downloads View citations (430)
  6. Odious Debt
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 82-92 Downloads View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2005

  1. "Measuring Poverty": Discussion
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (1), 23-25 Downloads
  2. Encouraging Private Sector Research for Tropical Agriculture
    World Development, 2005, 33, (1), 87-105 Downloads View citations (11)
  3. Motivation matters: merit scholarships and student achievement
    Proceedings, 2005, 61-64 Downloads
  4. Teacher Absence in India: A Snapshot
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 658-667 Downloads View citations (122)

2004

  1. Rejoinder to De Alessi
    Econ Journal Watch, 2004, 1, (2), 277-278 Downloads
  2. Response to De Alessi
    Econ Journal Watch, 2004, 1, (1), 55-57 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Retrospective vs. prospective analyses of school inputs: the case of flip charts in Kenya
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 74, (1), 251-268 Downloads View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
  4. Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities
    Econometrica, 2004, 72, (1), 159-217 Downloads View citations (1026)

2003

  1. Elephants: Reply
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1446-1448 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Randomized Evaluations of Educational Programs in Developing Countries: Some Lessons
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 102-106 Downloads View citations (123)

2002

  1. Income Distribution Dynamics with Endogenous Fertility
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2002, 7, (3), 227-58 Downloads View citations (103)
    Also in American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 155-160 (1999) Downloads View citations (85)

    See also Working Paper (2000)
  2. Pharmaceuticals and the Developing World
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (4), 67-90 Downloads View citations (105)
  3. Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (5), 1535-1558 Downloads View citations (341)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

  1. Does favorable tax-treatment of housing reduce non-housing investment?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 81, (3), 369-391 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Searching for prosperity
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2001, 55, (1), 275-303 Downloads View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

  1. Elephants
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 212-234 Downloads View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1998

  1. Patent Buyouts: A Mechanism for Encouraging Innovation
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 1137-1167 Downloads View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
  2. Why Isn't Convergence Instantaneous? Young Workers, Old Workers, and Gradual Adjustment
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1998, 3, (1), 5-28 Downloads View citations (34)

1997

  1. Disorganization
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (4), 1091-1126 Downloads View citations (109)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
  2. How Much does Sorting Increase Inequality?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (1), 115-139 Downloads View citations (153)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

  1. Integrating Behavioral Choice into Epidemiological Models of AIDS
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (2), 549-573 Downloads View citations (236)

1995

  1. A teoria "anel em O" de desenvolvimento econômico
    Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, 1995, 49, (2) Downloads
  2. Research on Schooling: What We Know and What We Don't: A Comment
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1995, 10, (2), 247-54 View citations (57)

1994

  1. Paper by Carroll and Weil: A comment
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1994, 40, (1), 193-197 Downloads

1993

  1. Good policy or good luck?: Country growth performance and temporary shocks
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1993, 32, (3), 459-483 Downloads View citations (487)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
  2. Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million B.C. to 1990
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 681-716 Downloads View citations (491)
  3. The O-Ring Theory of Economic Development
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 551-575 Downloads View citations (858)

Books

2003

  1. Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice
    IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (1)

Chapters

2021

  1. Converging to Convergence
    A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2021, volume 36, 2021, pp 337-412 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2021)

2014

  1. Contract Farming and Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya
    A chapter in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth, 2014, pp 137-160 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Success in Entrepreneurship: Doing the Math
    A chapter in African Successes, Volume II: Human Capital, 2014, pp 281-303 Downloads

2011

  1. Improving Health in Developing Countries
    Elsevier Downloads View citations (20)

2010

  1. Incentivizing Innovation: Adding to the Tool Kit
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 10, 2010, pp 1-17 Downloads View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2010)

2008

  1. Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit
    Elsevier Downloads View citations (193)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

  1. Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
    Elsevier Downloads View citations (197)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2001

  1. Creating Markets for New Vaccines - Part I: Rationale
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, 2001, pp 35-72 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
  2. Creating Markets for New Vaccines - Part II: Design Issues
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, 2001, pp 73-118 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
 
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