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Working Papers

2024

1. Frosty Climate, Icy Relationships: Frosts and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Peru
   Working Papers, Wake Forest University, Economics Department View citations (1)
2. The Effects of Expanding Worker Rights to Children
   Working Papers, Wake Forest University, Economics Department
   See also Journal Article The effects of expanding worker rights to children, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)
3. When the Temperature Drops, Perceptions Worsen: Effects of Extreme Cold on Perceptions of Government and Civic Participation in Peruvian Highlands
   Working Papers, Wake Forest University, Economics Department

2023

4. The Impact of Expanding Worker Rights to Informal Workers Evidence from Child Labor Legislation
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)

2019

5. Impact of Internet Access on Student Learning in Peruvian Schools
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)

2016

6. PERVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF WELL-INTENTIONED REGULATION: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA’S CHILD LABOR BAN
   Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Perverse Consequences of Well Intentioned Regulation: Evidence from India’s Child Labor Ban, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
7. The Intergenerational Consequences of Tobacco Policy
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. The effects of expanding worker rights to children
   Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172, (C)
   See also Working Paper The Effects of Expanding Worker Rights to Children, Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2023

2. Dynamic Impacts of School-Based Internet Access on Student Learning: Evidence from Peruvian Public Primary Schools
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15, (4), 222-54 View citations (1)
3. Effects of Parental Disability on Children's Schooling: The Surprising Role of Parental Education
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 477-81

2022

4. The relationship between parental disability and child outcomes: Evidence from veteran Families
   PLOS ONE, 2022, 17, (11), 1-24 View citations (1)

2020

5. Perverse Consequences of Well Intentioned Regulation: Evidence from India’s Child Labor Ban
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (3), 1158-1195 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper PERVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF WELL-INTENTIONED REGULATION: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA’S CHILD LABOR BAN, Discussion paper series (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2017

6. The Intergenerational Consequences of Tobacco Policy: A Review of Policy's Influence on Maternal Smoking and Child Health
   Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 84, (1), 229-274 View citations (1)

2013

7. Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments
   Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (1), 71-113 View citations (78)