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Working Papers

2023

1. Bayesian Impact Evaluation with Informative Priors: An Application to a Colombian Management and Export Improvement Program
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce "Backway" Migration from The Gambia?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2022) View citations (1)
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2023)
3. Capacity building as a route to export market expansion: A six-country experiment in the Western Balkans
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2023)
4. Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2022

5. COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia
   Post-Print, HAL
6. Capacity Building as a Route to Export Market Expansion: A Six-Country Experiment in the Western Balkans∗
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
7. Fears and Tears: Should More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops This Movement ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
8. Field and Natural Experiments in Migration
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2022)

2021

9. Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2021) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2022)
10. How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
11. How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe and to a Neighboring African Country? Survey Evidence and a Salience Experiment in the Gambia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021) View citations (2)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2021) View citations (2)
12. Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021) View citations (7)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2021) View citations (7)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
13. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in border closures in many countries and a sharp reduction in overall international mobility. However, this disruption of legal pathways to migration has raised concerns that potential migrants may turn to irregular migration routes as a substitute. This paper examines how the pandemic has changed intentions to migrate from The Gambia, the country with the highest pre-pandemic per-capita irregular migration rates in Africa. A large-scale panel survey conducted in 2019 and 2020 is used to compare changes in intentions to migrate to Europe and to neighboring Senegal. The data show that the pandemic has reduced the intention to migrate to both destinations, with approximately one-third of young males expressing less intention to migrate. The largest reductions in migration intentions are for individuals who were unsure of their intent pre- pandemic, and for poorer individuals who are no longer able to afford the costs of migrating at a time when these costs have increased and their remittance income has fallen. This paper also introduces the methodology of priming experiments to the study of migration intentions, by randomly varying the salience of the COVID-19 pandemic before eliciting intentions to migrate. There is no impact of this added salience, which appears to be because knowledge of the virus, while imperfect, was already enough to inform migration decisions. Nevertheless, despite these decreases in intentions, the overall desire to migrate the backway to Europe remains high, highlighting the need for legal migration path- ways to support migrants and divert them from the risks of backway migration
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
14. What Prevents More Small Firms from Using Professional Business Services ? An Information and Quality-Rating Experiment in Nigeria
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2020

15. Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? A randomized experiment in the Western Balkans
    Working Paper Series, European Central Bank View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (1)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2021)
16. Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2023)
17. How Should Business Training be Priced? A Demand Experiment in Jamaica
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
18. Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur: A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2022)
19. Remote-learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Studentsduring the COVID-19 Quarantine
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2021)
20. Small Business Training to Improve Management Practices in Developing Countries: Reassessingthe Evidence for 'Training Doesn’t Work'
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
21. Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
22. Using the Market to Hire Skills as an Alternative to Business Training
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2019

23. Improving Management in Colombian Firms Through Individual and Group Consulting
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
24. Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2022)
25. Making It Easier for Women in Malawi to Formalize Their Firms and Access Financial Services
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    Also in World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2015)
26. Micro-Equity for Microenterprises
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019)
27. Self-Employment and Migration
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
    Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2019) View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2021)
28. Shortening Supply Chains for Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
29. Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2022)

2018

30. Can Government Intervention Make Firms More Investment-Ready?
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
31. Do Management Interventions Last?
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (13)
32. Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2020)
33. Helping Firms Realize the Benefits of (Partial) Formalization
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
34. How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System ? Experimental Evidence from Malawi
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2023)
35. Personal Initiative Training Leads to Remarkable Growth of Women-Owned Small Businesses in Togo
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
36. The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Migration and Development (2018)

2017

37. Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
38. Can Enhancing the Benefits of Formalization Induce Informal Firms to Become Formal? Experimental Evidence from Benin
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2016) View citations (8)
39. Can grants to consortia spur innovation and science-industry collaboration? Regression-discontinuity evidence from Poland
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2019)
40. Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs: A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2021)
41. How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (136)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (138)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (134)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2017)
42. Learning the Impact of Financial Education When Take-Up is Low
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (1)
43. Man vs. Machine in Predicting Successful Entrepreneurs: Evidence from a Business Plan Competition in Nigeria
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (11)
44. Small Firm Death in Developing Countries
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2019)

2016

45. Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (22)
    Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2016) View citations (22)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2016) View citations (22)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015) View citations (24)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article in Management Science (2017)
46. Can Business Owners Form Accurate Counterfactuals? Eliciting Treatment and Control Beliefs about Their Outcomes in the Alternat
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
47. Can business owners form accurate counterfactuals ? eliciting treatment and control beliefs about their outcomes in the alternative treatment status
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (2018)
48. Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (9)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (9)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2015)
49. Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2016) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2019)
50. The Additionality Impact of a Matching Grant Program for Small Firms
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
51. The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (11)
52. The Long-Term Impact of International Migration on Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from a Migration Lottery and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2016) View citations (4)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2016) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2019)

2015

53. Development economics as taught in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
54. Directing Remittances to Education with Soft and Hard Commitments: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-field Experiment and New Product Take-up Among Filipino Migrants in Rome
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)
55. Finding a path to formalization in Benin: early results after the introduction of the entreprenant legal status
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
56. Identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship: experimental evidence from a business plan competition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2017)
57. Short-term impacts of formalization assistance and a bank information session on business registration and access to finance in Malawi
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
58. Spurring Innovation with Matching Grants
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
59. The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
    See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Labor & Development (2016)
60. The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (7)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2018)
61. The additionality impact of a matching grant program for small firms: experimental evidence from Yemen
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Effectiveness (2017)
62. Women business training programme in Kenya: impact of incentives
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization

2014

63. Development Impacts of Seasonal and Temporary Migration: A Review of Evidence from the Pacific and Southeast Asia
    Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (6)
    Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (2014)
64. Development through Seasonal Worker Programs: The Case of New Zealand's RSE Program
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (6)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (6)
    See also Chapter (2014)
65. Do poverty traps exist ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (119)
66. Macroinsurance for Microenterprises: A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2016)
67. Piloting Macroinsurance for Microenterprises in Post-Revolution Egypt
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
68. Radio Frequency (Un)Identification: Results from a Proof-of-Concept Trial of the use of RFID Technology to Measure Microenterpr
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
69. Radio frequency (un)identification: results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Development Engineering (2016)
70. Testing Job Matching Services for Unemployed Educated Youth in Jordan
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
71. Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (11)
72. The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2016)
73. Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (14)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (26)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2013) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2016)
74. What Generates Growth in Microenterprises? Experimental Evidence on Capital, Labor and Training
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
75. Why Don't Remittances Appear to Affect Growth? - Working Paper 366
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (27)
76. Why don't remittances appear to affect growth ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2018)

2013

77. A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law?
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (37)
78. A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (46)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2016)
79. Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2013) View citations (10)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (9)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (9)
80. Entry regulation and formalization of microenterprises in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2014)
81. Lessons for Matching Grant Programs from Failed Attempts to Evaluate Them
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
82. Scientific Mobility and Knowledge Networks in High Emigration Countries: Evidence from the Pacific
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2013)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2014)
83. The Impact of Expanding Simplified Start-up Procedures to More Remote Areas: The Minas Facil Expresso Program
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
84. Using administrative data to evaluate municipal reforms: an evaluation of the impact of Minas Facil Expresso
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)
85. What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (69)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (76)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (72)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2013) View citations (67)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2014)
86. Why is voluntary financial education so unpopular ? Experimental evidence from Mexico
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

2012

87. Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (26)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2012) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2014)
88. Business Training for New and Existing Female-Owned Firms in Sri Lanka
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
89. Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2012) View citations (11)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2014)
90. Do Informal Firms Want to Formalize and Does It Help Them If They Do?
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
91. Learning about migration through experiments
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (11)
92. Learning from the experiments that never happened: lessons from trying to conduct randomized evaluations of matching grant programs in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (2013)
    Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2014)
93. Long Term Impacts of One Off Grants to Microenterprises
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
94. Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2012) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2015)
95. Soft skills or hard cash ? the impact of training and wage subsidy programs on female youth employment in Jordan
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (37)
96. The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (33)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (26)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2013)
97. The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (10)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2014)
98. The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants and their Families
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
99. The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants at Destination
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
100. Who you train matters: identifying complementary effects of financial education on migrant households
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)

2011

101. Australia's Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (PSWPS): Development Impacts in the First Two Years
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato View citations (9)
102. Beyond baseline and follow-up: the case for more t in experiments
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2012)
103. Capital, Gender, and Microenterprise Growth in Ghana
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
104. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (58)
     Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2010) View citations (45)
     LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (17)
     Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2010) View citations (17)
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (67)
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (37)
     See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2013)
105. Eight Questions about Brain Drain
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (86)
     Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2011) View citations (88)
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (92)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2011)
106. How can we learn whether firm policies are working in africa ? challenges (and solutions?) for experiments and structural models
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
107. The Impact of Economics Blogs
     CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011)
108. Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements in and out of poverty
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (35)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2014)
109. When is capital enough to get female enterprises growing ? evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (47)
110. When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
     CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (111)
     Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2011) View citations (91)
     CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (108)
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (102)

2010

111. Accounting for selectivity and duration-dependent heterogeneity when estimating the impact of emigration on incomes and poverty in sending areas
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)
     See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2013)
112. Eliciting probabilistic expectations with visual aids in developing countries: how sensitive are answers to variations in elicitation design ?
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Econometrics (2011)
113. Enterprise recovery following natural disasters
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
     See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2012)
114. Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010) View citations (16)
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2010) View citations (16)
     See also Chapter (2012)
115. Improving management in India
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
116. Jobs and the Crisis
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (6)
117. Natural Experiment Evidence on the Effect of Migration on Blood Pressure and Hypertension
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (7)
     Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (7)
     See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2013)
118. Spurring Development through a Seasonal Migration Program
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
119. The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (22)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010) View citations (23)
     See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2014)
120. The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy: New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato
121. The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010) View citations (5)
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2010) View citations (11)
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2010) View citations (12)
     See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2012)
122. The remitting patterns of African migrants in the OECD
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (23)
     Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2009) View citations (15)
123. Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
     CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (6)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2012)

2009

124. Do Marginal Firms in Bolivia Benefit from Formalizing?
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
125. Gender, Entry Regulations, and Small Firm Informality: What Do the Micro Data Tell Us?
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
126. Impact assessments in finance and private sector development: what have we learned and what should we learn ?
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
     See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2010)
127. Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (62)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (48)
128. Measuring Subjective Expectations in Developing Countries: A Critical Review and New Evidence
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2011)
129. Preliminary Impacts of a New Seasonal Work Program on Rural Household Incomes in the Pacific
     2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
     Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2008) View citations (2)
130. Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (46)
     Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2009) View citations (16)
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (25)
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2009) View citations (17)
     Working Papers, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (40)
     See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2011)
131. The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)
     Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2009) View citations (35)
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (28)
     See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2011)
132. The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (38)
     Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (31)
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (51)
     Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2009) View citations (45)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2011)
133. The Results of a Pilot Financial Literacy and Business Planning Training Program for Women in Uganda
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
134. Which Microenterprises have High Returns to Capital?
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
135. Why is More Capital not Enough to Grow Female Businesses?
     World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)

2008

136. Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (17)
     See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009)
137. How Pro-Poor is the Selection of Seasonal Migrant Workers from Tonga Under New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program?
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (11)
     Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2008) View citations (11)
138. How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand's recognized seasonal employer program ?
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
139. In pursuit of balance: randomization in practice in development field experiments
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (30)
     See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009)
140. Mental health patterns and consequences: results from survey data in five developing countries
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)
     See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2008)
141. Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (43)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (26)
142. Who is Coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the New Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program?
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato View citations (16)
     Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2008) View citations (14)
143. Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new recognized Seasonal employer program ?
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2007

144. A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (42)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (35)
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2007) View citations (36)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2013)
145. A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country Migrants
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2006) View citations (2)
146. Does It Pay Firms to Register for Taxes? The Impact of Formality on Firm Profitability
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (11)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2010)
147. Measuring microenterprise profits: don't ask how the sausage is made
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
148. Migration and mental health: evidence from a natural experiment
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
     Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006) View citations (5)
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2006) View citations (8)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2009)
149. Migration, remittances, poverty, and human capital: conceptual and empirical challenges
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (82)
150. Moving to Opportunity, Leaving Behind What? Evaluating the Initial Effects of a Migration Policy on Incomes and Poverty in Source Areas
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato View citations (15)
     See also Journal Article in New Zealand Economic Papers (2007)
151. Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (40)
     See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2009)
152. Self-selection patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration: The role of migration networks
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (82)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (122)
     See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2010)
153. Surveying Migrant Households: A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
     Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (4)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (2009)
154. Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Household Surveys For Better Economics and Better Policy
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato View citations (35)
     See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2007)
155. Using the global positioning system in household surveys for better economics and better policy
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (31)
     See also Journal Article in The World Bank Research Observer (2007)

2006

156. Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainments? Depressing Evidence from Mexico
     CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (34)
157. Can migration reduce educational attainment ? Evidence from Mexico
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (106)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2011)
158. How Cost Elastic are Remittances? Estimates from Tongan Migrants in New Zealand
     Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato View citations (45)
159. How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration
     IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (93)
     Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato (2006) View citations (57)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2010)
160. How Important is Selection? Experimental vs Non-experimental Measures of the Income Gains of Migration
     Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research View citations (38)
161. How important is selection ? Experimental versus non-experimental measures of the income gains from migration
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (68)
162. Migration and Education Inequality in Rural Mexico
     IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (9)
     Also in INTAL Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, INTAL (2006) View citations (38)
163. Natural Experiment Evidence on Whether Selection Bias Overstates the Gains from Migration
     2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2005

164. Bolivian capitalization and privatization: Approximation to an evaluation
     MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
165. Buying Less, But Shopping More: Changes In Consumption Patterns During A Crisis
     Business School Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella View citations (11)
166. Earnings mobility and measurement error: a pseudo-panel approach
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (28)
     See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2007)
167. Paper walls are easier to tear down: passport costs and legal barriers to emigration
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
     See also Journal Article in World Development (2007)
168. Poverty traps and nonlinear income dynamics with measurement error and individual heterogeneity
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Studies (2007)
169. The effects of migration on child health in Mexico
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (192)
     See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2005)

2004

170. Network Effects and the Dynamics of Migration and Inequality: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
     Working Papers, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics View citations (117)
     See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2007)

2002

171. An econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness
     Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
     See also Journal Article in International Economic Journal (2001)
172. Distangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model
     Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
     See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2006)
173. The Distributive Impact of Privatization in Latin America: Evidence from Four Countries
     Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (18)
     See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2003)

2001

174. Consumption Growth in a Booming Economy: Taiwan 1976-96
     Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (4)
     Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2001) View citations (3)
175. The Household Response to the Mexican Peso Crisis
     Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from The Gambia?
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 165, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2023)
2. Capacity building as a route to export market expansion: A six-country experiment in the Western Balkans
   Journal of International Economics, 2023, 144, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2023)
3. Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 72, (1), 123 - 158
   See also Working Paper (2020)
4. Foreword by the Guest Editors
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71, (4), 1279 - 1281
5. How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? Experimental evidence from Malawi
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
6. System-, teacher-, and student-level interventions for improving participation in online learning at scale in high schools
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120, (30), e2216686120

2022

7. Aspirations and financial decisions: Experimental evidence from the Philippines
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2021)
8. Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur: A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing, and Outsourcing
   Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130, (1), 157 - 209 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
9. Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
   (From Proof of Concept to Scaleable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application)
   Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (1), 346-371 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
10. Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 71, (1), 111 - 149
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2021

11. Can Government Intervention Make Firms More Investment Ready? A Randomized Experiment in the Western Balkans
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (3), 428-442 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2020)
12. Estimating Treatment Effects with Big Data When Take-up is Low: An Application to Financial Education
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (2), 348-375
13. Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs: A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (2), 297-332 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
14. Remote-learning, time-use, and mental health of Ecuadorian high-school students during the COVID-19 quarantine
    World Development, 2021, 138, (C) View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2020)
15. Self-employment and migration
    World Development, 2021, 141, (C) View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2019)
16. Small business training to improve management practices in developing countries: re-assessing the evidence for ‘training doesn’t work’
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021, 37, (2), 276-301 View citations (16)

2020

17. Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 198-219 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2018)
18. If it needs a power calculation, does it matter for poverty reduction?
    World Development, 2020, 127, (C)
19. Reprint of: The long-term impact of international migration on economic decision-making: Evidence from a migration lottery and lab-in-the-field experiments
    Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, (C) View citations (3)

2019

20. Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression- Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33, (3), 690-716 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
21. Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 202-35 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
22. Predicting entrepreneurial success is hard: Evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, (C) View citations (26)
23. Small Firm Death in Developing Countries
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (4), 645-657 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
24. The long-term impact of international migration on economic decision-making: Evidence from a migration lottery and lab-in-the-field experiments
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, (C), 99-115 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2016)

2018

25. Can Business Owners Form Accurate Counterfactuals? Eliciting Treatment and Control Beliefs About Their Outcomes in the Alternative Treatment Status
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2018, 36, (4), 714-722 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
26. Does inducing informal firms to formalize make sense? Experimental evidence from Benin
    Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 157, (C), 1-14 View citations (31)
27. How is development economics taught in developing countries?
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2018, 49, (3), 278-290 View citations (1)
28. Is Personal Initiative Training a Substitute or Complement to the Existing Human Capital of Women? Results from a Randomized Trial in Togo
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 256-61 View citations (7)
29. The Long-term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (1), 127-147 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
30. The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
    IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2018, 8, (1), 1-20 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2018)
31. Why Don't Remittances Appear to Affect Growth?
    Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F179-F209 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2017

32. Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
    Management Science, 2017, 63, (9), 2967-2981 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
33. How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2017, 32, (2), 127-154 View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper (2017)
34. Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship: Experimental Evidence from a Business Plan Competition
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (8), 2278-2307 View citations (102)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
35. Poverty, Inequality, and International Migration: Insights from 10 Years of Migration and Development Conferences
    Revue d’économie du développement, 2017, 25, (3), 13-28 View citations (1)
36. The additionality impact of a matching grant programme for small firms: experimental evidence from Yemen
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2017, 9, (1), 1-14 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
37. What Is Considered Development Economics? Commonalities and Differences in University Courses around the Developing World
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (3), 595-610 View citations (2)

2016

38. A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30, (1), 24-54 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
39. Do Wage Subsidies Provide a Stepping-Stone to Employment for Recent College Graduates? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Jordan
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (3), 488-502 View citations (38)
40. Macroinsurance for microenterprises: A randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt
    Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 118, (C), 13-25 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
41. Radio frequency (un)identification: Results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
    Development Engineering, 2016, 1, (C), 4-11 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
42. The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey
    Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (597), 2115-2146 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
43. The demand for, and impact of, youth internships: evidence from a randomized experiment in Yemen
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-15 View citations (11)
    Also in IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-15 (2016) View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
44. The impact of soft skills training on female youth employment: evidence from a randomized experiment in Jordan
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-23 View citations (21)
45. Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64, (2), 323 - 368 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

46. Directing remittances to education with soft and hard commitments: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment and new product take-up among Filipino migrants in Rome
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 111, (C), 197-208 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
47. Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 30, (2), 155-192 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
48. Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being
    World Development, 2015, 65, (C), 79-93 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
49. Reducing Information Asymmetries in the Youth Labor Market of Jordan with Psychometrics and Skill Based Tests
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2015, 29, (suppl_1), S106-S117 View citations (13)
50. Testing the importance of search frictions and matching through a randomized experiment in Jordan
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, (1), 1-20 View citations (39)

2014

51. Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 199-210 View citations (106)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
52. Development Impacts of Seasonal and Temporary Migration: A Review of Evidence from the Pacific and Southeast Asia
    Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2014, 1, (1), 18-32 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
53. Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (2), 49-75 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
54. Do Poverty Traps Exist? Assessing the Evidence
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (3), 127-48 View citations (114)
55. Entry Regulation and the Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29, (2), 186-201 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
56. Invitation Choice Structure Has No Impact on Attendance in a Female Business Training Program in Kenya
    PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, (10), 1-8 View citations (3)
57. Learning from the experiments that never happened: Lessons from trying to conduct randomized evaluations of matching grant programs in Africa
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2014, 33, (C), 4-24 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
    Chapter (2013)
58. Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 211-226 View citations (134)
59. Quantifying Some of the Impacts of Economics Blogs
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62, (3), 567 - 597 View citations (2)
60. Scientific mobility and knowledge networks in high emigration countries: Evidence from the Pacific
    Research Policy, 2014, 43, (9), 1486-1495 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
61. The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (2), 229-243 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
62. The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (1), 130-161 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
63. The minimal impact of a large-scale financial education program in Mexico City
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 108, (C), 184-189 View citations (34)
64. The tyranny of experts: economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor, by William Easterly
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2014, 6, (2), 211-214
65. Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 112-128 View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
66. What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29, (1), 48-82 View citations (171)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
67. Who you train matters: Identifying combined effects of financial education on migrant households
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 109, (C), 39-55 View citations (43)

2013

68. A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 102, (C), 116-127 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
69. Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 247 - 280 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
70. Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128, (1), 1-51 View citations (560)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
71. NATURAL EXPERIMENT EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION
    Health Economics, 2013, 22, (6), 655-672 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
72. The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (2), 122-50 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
73. Using administrative data to evaluate municipal reforms: an evaluation of the impact of Minas F�cil Expresso
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2013, 5, (3), 319-338 View citations (17)

2012

74. Beyond baseline and follow-up: The case for more T in experiments
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (2), 210-221 View citations (376)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
75. Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (559), 64-91 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
76. THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON CHILD HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM A MIGRATION LOTTERY PROGRAM
    Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (1), 62-81 View citations (30)
77. The Economic Consequences of ‘Brain Drain’ of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (560), 339-375 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
78. Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 98, (1), 51-57 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

79. Buying Less but Shopping More: The Use of Nonmarket Labor during a Crisis
    Economía Journal, 2011, Volume 11 Number 2, (Spring 2011), 1-43 View citations (15)
80. Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico
    Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24, (4), 1331-1358 View citations (243)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
81. Eight Questions about Brain Drain
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 107-28 View citations (86)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
82. Eliciting probabilistic expectations with visual aids in developing countries: how sensitive are answers to variations in elicitation design?
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26, (3), 479-497 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
83. How Can We Learn Whether Firm Policies Are Working in Africa? Challenges (and Solutions?) For Experiments and Structural Models -super-†
    Journal of African Economies, 2011, 20, (4), 600-625 View citations (17)
84. Measuring subjective expectations in developing countries: A critical review and new evidence
    Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 94, (2), 151-163 View citations (164)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
85. Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25, (1), 132-156 View citations (96)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
86. The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (4), 1297-1318 View citations (123)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
87. The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest: Evidence from the Pacific
    Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95, (1), 18-29 View citations (203)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
88. What happens to diet and child health when migration splits households? Evidence from a migration lottery program
    Food Policy, 2011, 36, (1), 7-15 View citations (34)

2010

89. Does it pay firms to register for taxes? The impact of formality on firm profitability
    Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91, (1), 15-24 View citations (143)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
90. How Does High-Skilled Emigration Affect Small Countries: Microeconomic Evidence from Tonga
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2010, (97-98), 167-185 View citations (2)
91. How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (4), 913-945 View citations (277)
    Also in Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (4), 913-945 (2010) View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
92. Impact Assessments in Finance and Private Sector Development: What Have We Learned and What Should We Learn?
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2010, 25, (2), 209-233 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
93. Self-Selection Patterns in Mexico-U.S. Migration: The Role of Migration Networks
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92, (4), 811-821 View citations (384)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
94. The Remitting Patterns of African Migrants in the OECD-super- †
    Journal of African Economies, 2010, 19, (5), 605-634 View citations (6)
95. Wage Subsidies for Microenterprises
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 614-18 View citations (20)
96. Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 619-23 View citations (172)

2009

97. Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 1-32 View citations (168)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
98. In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (4), 200-232 View citations (461)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
99. Measuring microenterprise profits: Must we ask how the sausage is made?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (1), 19-31 View citations (206)
100. Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment
     Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (3), 677-687 View citations (58)
     See also Working Paper (2007)
101. Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (1), 423-423 View citations (3)
     Also in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (4), 1329-1372 (2008) View citations (553)
     See also Working Paper (2007)
102. Surveying migrant households: a comparison of census‐based, snowball and intercept point surveys
     Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2009, 172, (2), 339-360 View citations (26)
     See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

103. A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country International Migrants
     Population and Development Review, 2008, 34, (1), 115-135 View citations (14)
104. Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico
     The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (3), 457-482 View citations (164)
105. Mental Health Patterns and Consequences: Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries
     The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 23, (1), 31-55 View citations (20)
     See also Working Paper (2008)
106. Mental health recovery and economic recovery after the tsunami: High-frequency longitudinal evidence from Sri Lankan small business owners
     Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (3), 582-595 View citations (10)
107. Revisiting the relationship between mental health and poverty in developing countries: a response to Corrigall
     Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (9), 2064-2066 View citations (2)

2007

108. Book Review
     Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (4), 845-848
109. Earnings Mobility and Measurement Error: A Pseudo-Panel Approach
     Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 56, (1), 125-161 View citations (42)
     See also Working Paper (2005)
110. Efficient remittance services for development in the Pacific
     Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 2007, 14, (2), 55-74 View citations (11)
111. Mental health and poverty in developing countries: Revisiting the relationship
     Social Science & Medicine, 2007, 65, (3), 467-480 View citations (33)
112. Moving to opportunity, leaving behind what? Evaluating the initial effects of a migration policy on incomes and poverty in source areas
     New Zealand Economic Papers, 2007, 41, (2), 197-223 View citations (6)
     See also Working Paper (2007)
113. Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico
     Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (1), 1-24 View citations (504)
     See also Working Paper (2004)
114. Paper Walls Are Easier to Tear Down: Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration
     World Development, 2007, 35, (11), 2026-2039 View citations (39)
     See also Working Paper (2005)
115. Poverty traps and nonlinear income dynamics with measurement error and individual heterogeneity
     Journal of Development Studies, 2007, 43, (6), 1057-1083 View citations (59)
     See also Working Paper (2005)
116. Using Global Positioning Systems in Household Surveys for Better Economics and Better Policy
     The World Bank Research Observer, 2007, 22, (2), 217-241 View citations (37)
     See also Working Paper (2007)
     Working Paper (2007)

2006

117. Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model*
     Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68, (4), 473-495 View citations (48)
     See also Working Paper (2002)
118. Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises
     Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 3-42 View citations (164)
119. Precautionary saving and consumption growth in Taiwan
     China Economic Review, 2006, 17, (1), 84-101 View citations (9)
120. The Consumer Response to the Mexican Peso Crisis
     Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 139-172 View citations (29)

2005

121. Measuring inequality with asset indicators
     Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18, (2), 229-260 View citations (216)
122. The Effects of Migration on Child Health in Mexico
     Economía Journal, 2005, Volume 6 Number 1, (Fall 2005), 257-289 View citations (183)
     See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

123. Aggregate Shocks and Urban Labor Market Responses: Evidence from Argentina's Financial Crisis
     Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (4), 719-58 View citations (57)
124. Asymptotic theory for heterogeneous dynamic pseudo-panels
     Journal of Econometrics, 2004, 120, (2), 235-262 View citations (59)

2003

125. How do Households Cope with Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis
     World Development, 2003, 31, (7), 1179-1199 View citations (115)
126. The Distributive Impact of Privatization in Latin America: Evidence from Four Countries
     Economía Journal, 2003, Volume 3 Number 2, (Spring 2003), 161-234 View citations (83)
     See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

127. Are tortillas a Giffen Good in Mexico?
     Economics Bulletin, 2002, 15, (1), 1-7 View citations (7)
128. The Prudence of Mexican Consumers
     Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, 2002, XI, (2), 393-407

2001

129. An Econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness
     International Economic Journal, 2001, 18, (4), 427-448 View citations (1)
     See also Working Paper (2002)
130. Estimation of AR(1) models with unequally spaced pseudo-panels
     Econometrics Journal, 2001, 4, (1), 40 View citations (17)
131. The Impact of Capital Controls on Growth Convergence
     Journal of Economic Development, 2001, 26, (1), 1-25 View citations (10)

1997

132. Econometric Cost Structure Estimates for Cellular Telephony in the United States
     Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1997, 12, (2), 147-57 View citations (25)

Chapters

2014

1. Development through seasonal worker programs: the case of New Zealand’s RSE program
   Chapter 7 in International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development, 2014, pp 186-210 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2013

2. Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened: Lessons from Trying to Conduct Randomized Evaluations of Matching Grant Programs in Africa
   A chapter in Experiments for Development: Achievements and New Directions, 2013 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
   Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2014)

2012

3. Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies
   Chapter 12 in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 2012 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

4. Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman versus De Soto
   A chapter in International Differences in Entrepreneurship, 2010, pp 63-87 View citations (77)