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Working Papers

2023

1. Impact of small farmers’ access to improved seeds on deforestation in DR Congo
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2023)

2022

2. Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2022)
3. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (40)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (42)
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Journal (2022)

2021

4. Agricultural input subsidies, credit constraints and expectations of future transfers: evidence from Haiti
   PSE Working Papers, HAL
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2021)
5. Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years
   PSE Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2021) View citations (1)
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021) View citations (1)
6. Measuring Skills in Developing Countries
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (14)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (21)
   Post-Print, HAL (2021) View citations (14)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2021)

2020

7. Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (23)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (21)
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2019) View citations (4)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2020)
8. Impacts on school entry of exposure since birth to a conditional cash transfer programme in El Salvador
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2020)
9. Reconciling yield gains in agronomic trials with returns under African smallholder conditions
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2020) View citations (5)
10. Social learning in agriculture: does smallholder heterogeneity impede technology diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
11. Texting Parents about Early Child Development: Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2019

12. Adoption of Improved Seeds, Evidence from DRC
    PSE Working Papers, HAL
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2019)
13. Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (11)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (11)
14. Comment on: Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019)
    See also Journal Article in American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2019)
15. Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: Between rhetoric and reality
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (12)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (13)
16. Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (20)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Resource Economics (2019)
17. How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (6)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Agricultural Economics (2019)
18. Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (38)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (3)
    Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (35)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2019)
19. Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2014) View citations (18)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (42)
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2015) View citations (41)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2014) View citations (36)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2015) View citations (26)
    Post-Print, HAL (2015) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2015)
20. Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (1)

2018

21. Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (30)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2013) View citations (44)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2013) View citations (45)
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2013) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2013)
22. Can RCTs help improve the design of CAP
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in CEE-M Working Papers, CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro (2018)
    Working Papers, HAL (2018)
23. Experimental Evidence of Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer During Early Teenage Years: Young Women's Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (9)
24. Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2014)
    Working Papers, HAL (2014)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2018) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2018)
25. Six Years of Comunidades Solidarias Rurales: Impacts on School Entry of an Ongoing Conditional Cash Transfer Program in El Salvador
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
26. Technology Transfer to Small Farmers Program (PTTA) in Haiti: Implementation, Evaluation and Lessons Learned - See more at: https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/9048#sthash.lcrcLmhg.dpuf
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL

2017

27. Are Conditional Cash Transfers Fulfilling Their Promise? Schooling, Learning, and Earnings After 10 Years
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (19)
28. Attrition in Randomized Control Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (15)
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2017) View citations (15)
29. Enhancing Child Development through Changes to Parental Behaviors: Using Conditional Cash Transfers in Nicaragua
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2017)
30. Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (3)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2017) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2017)

2016

31. Long-term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: Review of the Evidence
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (20)
32. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2017)

2015

33. Impact of land administration programs on agricultural productivity and rural development: existing evidence, challenges and new approaches
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2015)
    Working Papers, HAL (2014) View citations (1)
    PSE Working Papers, HAL (2014) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud) (2015)
34. Projet d'appui à la réhabilitation et à la relance du secteur agricole
    Post-Print, HAL

2014

35. Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2014)
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2014)
    See also Journal Article in Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (2014)
36. Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL View citations (65)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2014) View citations (54)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2014) View citations (60)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2014)
37. Food Security and Agriculture in Developing Countries: Measurement and hypotheses for impact evaluations
    FOODSECURE Working papers, LEI Wageningen UR View citations (1)
38. Preschools and early childhood development in a second best world: Evidence from a scaled-up experiment in Cambodia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)

2013

39. Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
40. Impact evaluation of three types of early childhood development interventions in Cambodia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
41. More Schooling and More Learning?: Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (31)

2012

42. Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (88)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2011) View citations (41)
    PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2012) View citations (100)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2012) View citations (89)
    Post-Print, HAL (2012) View citations (107)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2012)
43. Volatility, Risk and Household Poverty: Micro-evidence from Randomized Control Trials
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2011

44. Increasing Inequality and Civil Conflict in Nepal
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2011)
45. Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation and Welfare: Co-ownership in Bulgaria
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (5)
    Also in 104th Seminar, September 5-8, 2007, Budapest, Hungary, European Association of Agricultural Economists (2007) View citations (3)
    LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven (2007) View citations (4)
    Post-Print, HAL (2011) View citations (13)

2010

46. Insecurity of Property Rights and Social Matching in the Tenancy Market
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2010)
47. Leveling the Intra-household Playing Field: Compensation and Specialization in Child Labor Allocation
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (15)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (13)
    See also Chapter (2010)
48. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (46)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2008) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2010)

2009

49. Changing households'investments and aspirations through social interactions: evidence from a randomized transfer program
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (63)
50. Land Titles and Conflicts in Guatemala
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (2)

2007

51. The Impact of Property Rights Imperfections on Resource Allocation: Co-Ownership of Land in Bulgaria
    103rd Seminar, April 23-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists

2006

52. Rural Poverty in Transition Countries
    LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven View citations (6)
53. The Impact of Property Rights Imperfections on Resource Allocation and Welfare: Co-ownership of Land in Bulgaria
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2004

54. Insecurity of Property Rights and Matching in the Tenancy Market
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (11)
    Also in 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) (2002) View citations (10)
    2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists (2002) View citations (5)
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2004) View citations (13)

2001

55. TRANSITION AND AGRICULTURAL LABOUR
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Agricultural Economics (2005)

2000

56. Agrarian Transitions and Productivity Patterns: Synthesis of Experiences in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and East Asia
    2000 Conference, August 13-18, 2000, Berlin, Germany, International Association of Agricultural Economists

1997

57. CAUSES OF OUTPUT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE
    PRG Working Papers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2000)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?
   (Helping children catch up: Early life shocks and the Progresa experiment)
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (647), 2438-2470 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2022)

2021

2. Measuring Skills in Developing Countries
   Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56, (4), 1254-1295 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

3. Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, (C) View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2019

4. Comment on “Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification”
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101, (1), 17-18
   See also Working Paper (2019)
5. Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 483-499 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
6. How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?
   European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 46, (3), 473-493 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
7. Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2019, 34, (1), 119-159 View citations (36)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2018

8. Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment
   Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (2), 474-512 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

9. Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 65, (4), 741 - 766 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2015

10. Impact of land administration programs on agricultural productivity and rural development: existing evidence, challenges and new approaches
    Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud), 2015, 96, (3) View citations (3)
    Also in Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2015, 96, (3), 467-498 (2015) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
11. Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
    Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50, (2), 446-463 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2014

12. Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture
    Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2014, 95, (01), 13-24
    Also in Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2014, 95, (1), 13-24 (2014) View citations (1)
    Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud), 2014, 95, (1) (2014)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
13. Cash ou information ? Changer le comportement parental en faveur du développement infantile précoce au Nicaragua
    INRAE Sciences Sociales, 2014, 2014, 2
14. Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme
    Economic Journal, 2014, (576), 607-633 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
15. Ethnic divisions, contract choice, and search costs in the Guatemalan land rental market
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (1), 1-18 View citations (32)

2013

16. Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 467-71 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper (2018)
17. Volatility, agricultural risk, and household poverty: micro-evidence from randomized control trials
    Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (s1), 79-84 View citations (6)

2012

18. Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (2), 247-73 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

19. Increasing inequality and civil conflict in Nepal
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2011, 63, (1), 1-26 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
20. Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: Co-ownership in Bulgaria
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 39, (2), 159-175 View citations (13)

2010

21. Insecurity of property rights and social matching in the tenancy market
    European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (7), 880-899 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
22. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
    World Development, 2010, 38, (6), 857-869 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2008

23. Rural-Urban Poverty Differences in Transition Countries
    World Development, 2008, 36, (11), 2170-2187 View citations (24)

2005

24. Agricultural Labor Adjustments in Transition Countries: The Role of Migration and Impact on Poverty
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 405-411 View citations (13)
    Also in Review of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 405-411 (2005) View citations (18)
25. Transition and agricultural labor
    Agricultural Economics, 2005, 32, (1), 15-34 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2003

26. Hervormingen, initiële condities en groei.Lessen uit de transitie van de landbouwsector in Centraal en Oost-Europa, de voormalige Soviet-Unie en Oost-Azië
    Review of Business and Economic Literature, 2003, XLVIII, (1), 47-68

2002

27. Patterns of Agrarian Transition
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 50, (2), 365-94 View citations (63)

2001

28. Agrarian Transformations in Transition Economies
    VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 2001, 8

2000

29. Causes of Output Decline in Economic Transition: The Case of Central and Eastern European Agriculture
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (1), 172-206 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
30. Impact of Initial Conditions and Reform Policies on Agricultural Performance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East Asia
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (5), 1149-1155 View citations (30)

Chapters

2017

1. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children
   A chapter in The Economics of Poverty Traps, 2017, pp 325-355 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2010

2. Leveling the intra-household playing field: compensation and specialization in child labor allocation
   A chapter in Child Labor and the Transition between School and Work, 2010, pp 259-295 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2010)