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Working Papers

2022

1. Women's Empowerment and the Intrinsic Demand for Agency: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. The Three-Gap Model of Health Worker Performance
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2017

3. Gender, Age, and Competition: a Disappearing Gap?
   Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website
   See also Journal Article Gender, age, and competition: A disappearing gap?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2018) View citations (34) (2018)

2016

4. As Good as the Company They Keep?
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
5. Empowering Girls Triggers Their Brothers to Compete
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
6. Women's empowerment, sibling rivalry, and competitiveness: evidence from a lab experiment and a randomized control trial in Uganda
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2015

7. The Systematic Assessment of Health Worker Performance: A Framework for Analysis and its Application in Tanzania
   Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series, The World Bank

2013

8. Evaluating the Impact of Results-Based Financing on Health Worker Performance: Theory, Tools and Variables to Inform an Impact Evaluation
   Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series, The World Bank

2012

9. Sex, competitiveness, and investment in offspring: On the origin of preferences
   Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (10)

2010

10. Do health investments improve agricultural productivity? Lessons from agricultural household and health research
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (11)

2009

11. Gender differences in competition: Evidence from a matrilineal and a patriarchal society
    Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (651)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (73)
    See also Journal Article Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence From a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2009) View citations (685) (2009)

2008

12. Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania
    Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    See also Journal Article Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2007) View citations (1) (2007)
13. Idle Chatter or Learning? Evidence from Rural Tanzania of Social Learning about Clinicians and the Health System
    Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
14. Professionalism, Latent Professionalism and Organizational Demands for Health Care Quality in a Developing Country
    Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (1)
15. Rise and Fall of Competitiveness in Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website
16. The quality of medical advice in low-income countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (99)
    See also Journal Article The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (103) (2008)
17. Using the Hawthorne Effect to Examine the Gap Between a Doctor's Best Possible Practice and Actual Performance
    Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Using the Hawthorne effect to examine the gap between a doctor's best possible practice and actual performance, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (31) (2010)

2007

18. Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website
    See also Journal Article Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2003

19. Outcome Versus Service Based Payment in Health Care: Lessons from African Traditional Healers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Outcome versus service based payments in health care: lessons from African traditional healers, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2005) View citations (7) (2005)

2001

20. African Traditional Healers: The Economics of Healing
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

Journal Articles

2018

1. As Good as the Networks They Keep? Improving Outcomes through Weak Ties in Rural Uganda
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (4), 755 - 792 View citations (17)
2. Gender, age, and competition: A disappearing gap?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 150, (C), 256-276 View citations (34)
   See also Working Paper Gender, Age, and Competition: a Disappearing Gap?, Artefactual Field Experiments (2017) (2017)
3. Giving and promising gifts: Experimental evidence on reciprocity from the field
   Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, (C), 188-201 View citations (9)

2017

4. Changing health care provider performance through measurement
   Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 181, (C), 54-65 View citations (2)

2016

5. Generosity and Prosocial Behavior in Healthcare Provision: Evidence from the Laboratory and Field
   Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51, (1), 133-162 View citations (23)

2015

6. Esteem and social information: On determinants of prosocial behavior of clinicians in Tanzania
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 85-94 View citations (3)

2013

7. Listening while evaluating: examining the benefit of an NGO programme using season extenders (greenhouses) in Bosnia-Herzegovina
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2013, 5, (1), 116-136

2010

8. Professionalism and the know‐do gap: exploring intrinsic motivation among health workers in Tanzania
   Health Economics, 2010, 19, (12), 1461-1477 View citations (28)
9. Using the Hawthorne effect to examine the gap between a doctor's best possible practice and actual performance
   Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93, (2), 226-234 View citations (31)
   See also Working Paper Using the Hawthorne Effect to Examine the Gap Between a Doctor's Best Possible Practice and Actual Performance, Working Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2009

10. Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence From a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society
    Econometrica, 2009, 77, (5), 1637-1664 View citations (685)
    See also Working Paper Gender differences in competition: Evidence from a matrilineal and a patriarchal society, Artefactual Field Experiments (2009) View citations (651) (2009)
11. Idle chatter or learning? Evidence of social learning about clinicians and the health system from rural Tanzania
    Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 69, (2), 183-190 View citations (6)
12. The cost of imperfect agency in health care: Evidence from rural Cameroun
    Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (2), 282-291 View citations (3)

2008

13. AJAE appendix for ‘Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania’*
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics APPENDICES, 2008, 91, (2), 5 View citations (3)
14. Is patient satisfaction sensitive to changes in the quality of care? An exploitation of the Hawthorne effect
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (2), 444-459 View citations (33)
15. Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments
    Economics Letters, 2008, 100, (2), 284-287 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments, Natural Field Experiments (2007) (2007)
16. The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (2), 93-114 View citations (103)
    See also Working Paper The quality of medical advice in low-income countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (99) (2008)

2007

17. Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 91, (2), 347-358 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania, Working Papers (2008) (2008)
18. Getting Doctors to Do Their Best: The Roles of Ability and Motivation in Health Care Quality
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (3) View citations (39)
19. Learning in Health Care: Evidence of Learning about Clinician Quality in Tanzania
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (3), 531-555 View citations (21)

2006

20. Market Institutions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Theory and Evidence. By MARCEL FAFCHAMPS
    Economica, 2006, 73, (291), 552-553
21. Outpatient process quality evaluation and the Hawthorne Effect
    Social Science & Medicine, 2006, 63, (9), 2330-2340 View citations (33)

2005

22. Outcome versus service based payments in health care: lessons from African traditional healers
    Health Economics, 2005, 14, (6), 575-593 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Outcome Versus Service Based Payment in Health Care: Lessons from African Traditional Healers, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
23. The use of direct clinician observation and vignettes for health services quality evaluation in developing countries
    Social Science & Medicine, 2005, 61, (9), 1944-1951 View citations (24)

2004

24. The Political Economy of Improving Health Care for the Poor in Rural Africa: Institutional Solutions to the Principal-Agent Problem
    Journal of Development Studies, 2004, 40, (4), 50-77 View citations (4)

2003

25. African traditional healers and outcome-contingent contracts in health care
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (1), 1-22 View citations (20)

2002

26. Bypassing Health Centres in Tanzania: Revealed Preferences for Quality
    Journal of African Economies, 2002, 11, (4), 441-471 View citations (28)
27. When both states and markets fail: asymmetric information and the role of NGOs in African health care
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2002, 22, (1), 61-80 View citations (27)