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Working Papers

2025

1. Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2025)
   See also Journal Article Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2025) (2025)
2. Second generation effects of an experimental conditional cash transfer program on early childhood human capital in Nicaragua
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2025)

2024

3. Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, learning, fertility and labor market outcomes after 10 years
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2024) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, Learning, Fertility, and Labor Market Outcomes after 10 Years, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
4. Menstrual Stigma, Hygiene, and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Madagascar
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2024)
5. Studying inclusive innovation with the right data: An empirical illustration from Ethiopia
   Post-Print, HAL
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2024)
   See also Journal Article Studying inclusive innovation with the right data: An empirical illustration from Ethiopia, Agricultural Systems, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
6. The Complexity of Multidimensional Learning in Agriculture
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2023

7. Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (4)
   Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2023) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo, Nature Communications, Nature (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
8. 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 (2023)
   See also Journal Article Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons (2023) (2023)
9. Piloting, testing and scaling parental training: a multi-partnership approach in Côte d’Ivoire
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2023)
10. The Rigor Revolution: New Standards of Evidence for Impact Assessment of International Agricultural Research
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (2)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2023) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Rigor Revolution: New Standards of Evidence for Impact Assessment of International Agricultural Research, Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews (2023) (2023)

2022

11. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (15)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (45)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (44)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2022) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (15) (2022)

2021

12. Agricultural input subsidies, credit constraints and expectations of future transfers: evidence from Haiti
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2021)
13. Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (4)
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2021) View citations (4)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021) View citations (8)
14. Measuring Skills in Developing Countries
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (14)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (25)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (6)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2021) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Skills in Developing Countries, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2021) View citations (16) (2021)

2020

15. 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 (39)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2019) View citations (4)
    Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (43)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (46) (2020)
16. Impacts on school entry of exposure since birth to a conditional cash transfer programme in El Salvador
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (1)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (1)
17. Reconciling yield gains in agronomic trials with returns under African smallholder conditions
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (12)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2020) View citations (12)
18. 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 (5)
19. Texting Parents about Early Child Development: Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)

2019

20. Adoption of Improved Seeds, Evidence from DRC
    Working Papers, HAL
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (3)
21. Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (18)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (16)
22. 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 Comment on “Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2019) (2019)
23. Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: Between rhetoric and reality
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (18)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (17)
24. Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (19)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries, Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews (2019) View citations (17) (2019)
25. How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (11)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
26. Long-term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: review of the evidence
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (19)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2019) View citations (46)
    See also Journal Article Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2019) View citations (55) (2019)
27. The Long-Term Impacts of Honduras’ CCT Program: Higher Education and International Migration
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
28. 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 Post-Print, HAL (2015) View citations (44)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2014) View citations (38)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (44)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2015) View citations (42)
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2014) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2015) View citations (64) (2015)
29. Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2019)

2018

30. Can RCTs help improve the design of CAP
    CEE-M Working Papers, CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2018)
    Working Papers, HAL (2018)
31. Experimental Evidence of Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer During Early Teenage Years: Young Women’s Fertility and Labo
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
32. Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (5)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2018) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, HAL (2014)
    PSE Working Papers, HAL (2014)
    See also Journal Article Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2018) View citations (9) (2018)
33. 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 View citations (2)
34. 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

35. 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)
36. Attrition in Randomized Control Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (18)
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2017) View citations (18)
37. Enhancing Child Development through Changes to Parental Behaviors: Using Conditional Cash Transfers in Nicaragua
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2017)
38. 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 Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (5) (2017)

2016

39. Long-term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: Review of the Evidence
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (21)
40. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
41. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2015

42. Impact of land administration programs on agricultural productivity and rural development: existing evidence, challenges and new approaches
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2015) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, HAL (2014) View citations (1)
    PSE Working Papers, HAL (2014) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article 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), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
43. Projet d'appui à la réhabilitation et à la relance du secteur agricole
    Post-Print, HAL

2014

44. Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2014)
    See also Journal Article Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture, Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, INRA Department of Economics (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
45. Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (63)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2014) View citations (64)
    See also Journal Article Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (84) (2014)
46. Food Security and Agriculture in Developing Countries: Measurement and hypotheses for impact evaluations
    FOODSECURE Working papers, LEI Wageningen UR View citations (1)
47. 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

48. Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (48)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2013) View citations (37)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2013) View citations (49)
    See also Journal Article Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (60) (2013)
49. Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
50. Impact evaluation of three types of early childhood development interventions in Cambodia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
51. 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 (33)

2012

52. 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 (105)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2012) View citations (94)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2011) View citations (41)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (20)
    Post-Print, HAL (2012) View citations (112)
    See also Journal Article Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (147) (2012)
53. 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 View citations (1)

2011

54. Increasing Inequality and Civil Conflict in Nepal
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Increasing inequality and civil conflict in Nepal, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2011) View citations (50) (2011)
55. Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation and Welfare: Co-ownership in Bulgaria
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (5)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2011) View citations (13)
    104th Seminar, September 5-8, 2007, Budapest, Hungary, European Association of Agricultural Economists (2007) View citations (3)

2010

56. Insecurity of Property Rights and Social Matching in the Tenancy Market
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (59)
    See also Journal Article Insecurity of property rights and social matching in the tenancy market, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2010) View citations (68) (2010)
57. 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 Leveling the intra-household playing field: compensation and specialization in child labor allocation, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
58. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (51)
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2008) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development, World Development, Elsevier (2010) View citations (71) (2010)

2009

59. Changing households'investments and aspirations through social interactions: evidence from a randomized transfer program
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (64)
60. Land Titles and Conflicts in Guatemala
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (2)

2007

61. 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 View citations (1)

2006

62. 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

63. Insecurity of Property Rights and Matching in the Tenancy Market
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (15)
    Also in 2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists (2002) View citations (5)
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2004) View citations (13)
    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)

2001

64. 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 Transition and agricultural labor, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2005) View citations (53) (2005)

2000

65. 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

66. 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 Causes of Output Decline in Economic Transition: The Case of Central and Eastern European Agriculture, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (76) (2000)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025, 73, (2), 811 - 834
   See also Working Paper Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2025) (2025)

2024

2. Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, Learning, Fertility, and Labor Market Outcomes after 10 Years
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (4), 1844-1883 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Experimental Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Schooling, learning, fertility and labor market outcomes after 10 years, Post-Print (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
3. Studying inclusive innovation with the right data: An empirical illustration from Ethiopia
   Agricultural Systems, 2024, 219, (C)
   See also Working Paper Studying inclusive innovation with the right data: An empirical illustration from Ethiopia, Post-Print (2024) (2024)

2023

4. Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo
   Nature Communications, 2023, 14, (1), 1-14 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo, Post-Print (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
5. Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 105, (3), 809-835
   See also Working Paper Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2023) (2023)
6. The Rigor Revolution: New Standards of Evidence for Impact Assessment of International Agricultural Research
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 495-515
   See also Working Paper The Rigor Revolution: New Standards of Evidence for Impact Assessment of International Agricultural Research, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2022

7. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (647), 2438-2470 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Can Productive Safety Nets Help Households Manage Climatic Variability?, Post-Print (2022) View citations (15) (2022)

2021

8. Measuring Skills in Developing Countries
   Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56, (4), 1254-1295 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Measuring Skills in Developing Countries, Post-Print (2021) View citations (14) (2021)

2020

9. 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 (46)
   See also Working Paper Experimental long-term effects of early-childhood and school-age exposure to a conditional cash transfer program, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2020) View citations (39) (2020)

2019

10. 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 Comment on: Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification, Post-Print (2019) (2019)
11. 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 (17)
    See also Working Paper Farmers’ Demand and the Traits and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2019) View citations (19) (2019)
12. 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 (12)
    See also Working Paper How can randomised controlled trials help improve the design of the common agricultural policy?, Post-Print (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
13. Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2019, 34, (1), 119-159 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Long-term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: review of the evidence, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2019) View citations (19) (2019)

2018

14. 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 (9)
    See also Working Paper Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2017

15. 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 Women’s Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India, Post-Print (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2015

16. 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 (3)
    See also Working Paper Impact of land administration programs on agricultural productivity and rural development: existing evidence, challenges and new approaches, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2015) (2015)
17. Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
    Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50, (2), 446-463 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (7) (2019)

2014

18. Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture
    Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2014, 95, (1), 13-24 View citations (1)
    Also in Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2014, 95, (01), 13-24 (2014)
    Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud), 2014, 95, (01) (2014)
    See also Working Paper Adoption and adaptation in developing country agriculture, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2014) (2014)
19. Cash ou information ? Changer le comportement parental en faveur du développement infantile précoce au Nicaragua
    INRAE Sciences Sociales, 2014, 2014, 2
20. Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme
    Economic Journal, 2014, (576), 607-633 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper Changing Households' Investment Behaviour through Social Interactions with Local Leaders: Evidence from a Randomised Transfer Programme, Post-Print (2014) View citations (63) (2014)
21. Ethnic divisions, contract choice, and search costs in the Guatemalan land rental market
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42, (1), 1-18 View citations (37)

2013

22. 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 (60)
    See also Working Paper Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-Term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions, Post-Print (2013) View citations (48) (2013)
23. Volatility, agricultural risk, and household poverty: micro-evidence from randomized control trials
    Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (s1), 79-84 View citations (8)

2012

24. 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 (147)
    See also Working Paper Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2012) View citations (105) (2012)

2011

25. Increasing inequality and civil conflict in Nepal
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2011, 63, (1), 1-26 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Increasing Inequality and Civil Conflict in Nepal, Post-Print (2011) View citations (33) (2011)
26. Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: Co-ownership in Bulgaria
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 39, (2), 159-175 View citations (14)

2010

27. Insecurity of property rights and social matching in the tenancy market
    European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (7), 880-899 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Insecurity of Property Rights and Social Matching in the Tenancy Market, Post-Print (2010) View citations (59) (2010)
28. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
    World Development, 2010, 38, (6), 857-869 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development, Post-Print (2010) View citations (51) (2010)

2008

29. Rural-Urban Poverty Differences in Transition Countries
    World Development, 2008, 36, (11), 2170-2187 View citations (27)

2005

30. 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 (14)
    Also in Review of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 405-411 (2005) View citations (19)
31. Transition and agricultural labor
    Agricultural Economics, 2005, 32, (1), 15-34 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper TRANSITION AND AGRICULTURAL LABOUR, 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL (2001) View citations (18) (2001)

2003

32. 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

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

2001

34. Agrarian Transformations in Transition Economies
    Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2001, 8

2000

35. 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 (76)
    See also Working Paper CAUSES OF OUTPUT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE, PRG Working Papers (1997) View citations (11) (1997)
36. 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 (32)

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 (3)
   See also Working Paper Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (4) (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 Leveling the Intra-household Playing Field: Compensation and Specialization in Child Labor Allocation, HAL (2010) View citations (15) (2010)