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2002

An econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
See also Journal Article An Econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness, International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals (2001) View citations (1) (2001)
Distangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model*, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2006) View citations (49) (2006)

2001

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

Journal Articles

2025

Is there still a role for direct government support to firms in developing countries?
New Zealand Economic Papers, 2025, 59, (1), 24-29

2024

COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia
Journal of African Economies, 2024, 33, (1), 1-19
See also Working Paper COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia, Post-Print (2022) (2022)
Fears and Tears: Should More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops this Movement?
The World Bank Research Observer, 2024, 39, (1), 75-96
See also Working Paper Fears and Tears: Should More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops This Movement ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 38, (1), 221-44 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
Training microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental evidence from Mexico
Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167, (C) View citations (4)

2023

Can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from The Gambia?
Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 165, (C) View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce "Backway" Migration from The Gambia?, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (7) (2023)
Capacity building as a route to export market expansion: A six-country experiment in the Western Balkans
Journal of International Economics, 2023, 144, (C) View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Capacity building as a route to export market expansion: A six-country experiment in the Western Balkans, CEPR Discussion Papers (2023) (2023)
Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 72, (1), 123 - 158 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
Foreword by the Guest Editors
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71, (4), 1279 - 1281
How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? Experimental evidence from Malawi
Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (4)
See also Working Paper How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System ? Experimental Evidence from Malawi, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (13) (2018)
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
Testing classic theories of migration in the lab
Journal of International Economics, 2023, 145, (C) View citations (5)
See also Working Paper Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)

2022

Aspirations and financial decisions: Experimental evidence from the Philippines
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156, (C) View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
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 (25)
See also Working Paper Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur: A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (1), 346-371 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (13) (2019)
Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 71, (1), 111 - 149 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2021

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 (8)
See also Working Paper Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? A randomized experiment in the Western Balkans, Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
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 View citations (1)
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 (25)
See also Working Paper Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs: A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
Remote-learning, time-use, and mental health of Ecuadorian high-school students during the COVID-19 quarantine
World Development, 2021, 138, (C) View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Remote-learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Studentsduring the COVID-19 Quarantine, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
Self-employment and migration
World Development, 2021, 141, (C) View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Self-Employment and Migration, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (7) (2019)
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 (37)

2020

Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 198-219 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (18) (2018)
If it needs a power calculation, does it matter for poverty reduction?
World Development, 2020, 127, (C) View citations (1)
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

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 Can grants to consortia spur innovation and science-industry collaboration? Regression-discontinuity evidence from Poland, CEPR Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 202-35 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (11) (2016)
Predicting entrepreneurial success is hard: Evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, (C) View citations (47)
Small Firm Death in Developing Countries
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (4), 645-657 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper Small Firm Death in Developing Countries, CEPR Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (7) (2017)
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 (15)
See also Working Paper 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 (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2018

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 (12)
See also Working Paper Can business owners form accurate counterfactuals ? eliciting treatment and control beliefs about their outcomes in the alternative treatment status, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)
Does inducing informal firms to formalize make sense? Experimental evidence from Benin
Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 157, (C), 1-14 View citations (44)
How is development economics taught in developing countries?
The Journal of Economic Education, 2018, 49, (3), 278-290 View citations (1)
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 (10)
The Long-term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery
The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (1), 127-147 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2018, 8, (1), 1-20 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (52) (2018)
Why Don't Remittances Appear to Affect Growth?
Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F179-F209 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Why don't remittances appear to affect growth ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (14) (2014)

2017

Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
Management Science, 2017, 63, (9), 2967-2981 View citations (78)
See also Working Paper Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (22) (2016)
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 (190)
See also Working Paper How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence, CEPR Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (182) (2017)
Identifying and Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship: Experimental Evidence from a Business Plan Competition
American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (8), 2278-2307 View citations (126)
See also Working Paper Identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship: experimental evidence from a business plan competition, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (18) (2015)
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 (2)
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 (10)
See also Working Paper The additionality impact of a matching grant program for small firms: experimental evidence from Yemen, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
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 (3)

2016

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 (34)
See also Working Paper A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (48) (2013)
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 (51)
Macroinsurance for microenterprises: A randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt
Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 118, (C), 13-25 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Macroinsurance for Microenterprises: A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt, CEPR Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
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 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 (2014) (2014)
The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey
Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (597), 2115-2146 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (19) (2014)
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 (13)
Also in IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-15 (2016) View citations (14)
See also Working Paper The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) (2015)
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 (30)
Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64, (2), 323 - 368 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2015

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 (31)
See also Working Paper 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 (2015) View citations (30) (2015)
Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration
The World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 30, (2), 155-192 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration, Working Papers (2016) (2016)
Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being
World Development, 2015, 65, (C), 79-93 View citations (48)
See also Working Paper Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
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 (15)
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 (53)

2014

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 (118)
See also Working Paper Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (34) (2012)
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 Development Impacts of Seasonal and Temporary Migration: A Review of Evidence from the Pacific and Southeast Asia, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
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 (84)
See also Working Paper Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (11) (2012)
Do Poverty Traps Exist? Assessing the Evidence
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (3), 127-48 View citations (142)
Entry Regulation and the Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries
The World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29, (2), 186-201 View citations (76)
See also Working Paper Entry regulation and formalization of microenterprises in developing countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (16) (2013)
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)
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 (5)
See also Working Paper 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 (2012) View citations (9) (2012)
Chapter Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened: Lessons from Trying to Conduct Randomized Evaluations of Matching Grant Programs in Africa, NBER Chapters, 2013 (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 211-226 View citations (156)
Quantifying Some of the Impacts of Economics Blogs
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62, (3), 567 - 597 View citations (2)
Scientific mobility and knowledge networks in high emigration countries: Evidence from the Pacific
Research Policy, 2014, 43, (9), 1486-1495 View citations (33)
See also Working Paper Scientific Mobility and Knowledge Networks in High Emigration Countries: Evidence from the Pacific, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2013) (2013)
The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (2), 229-243 View citations (66)
See also Working Paper The Development Impact of a Best Practice Seasonal Worker Policy, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2010) View citations (23) (2010)
The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (1), 130-161 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
The minimal impact of a large-scale financial education program in Mexico City
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 108, (C), 184-189 View citations (43)
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
Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 112-128 View citations (85)
See also Working Paper Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements in and out of poverty, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (35) (2011)
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 (203)
See also Working Paper What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?, CEPR Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (78) (2013)
Who you train matters: Identifying combined effects of financial education on migrant households
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 109, (C), 39-55 View citations (51)

2013

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 (109)
See also Working Paper A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (42) (2007)
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 (43)
See also Working Paper 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 (2010) View citations (21) (2010)
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128, (1), 1-51 View citations (635)
See also Working Paper Does Management Matter? Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (69) (2011)
NATURAL EXPERIMENT EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECT OF MIGRATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION
Health Economics, 2013, 22, (6), 655-672 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Natural Experiment Evidence on the Effect of Migration on Blood Pressure and Hypertension, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
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 (131)
See also Working Paper The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (35) (2012)
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

Beyond baseline and follow-up: The case for more T in experiments
Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (2), 210-221 View citations (457)
See also Working Paper Beyond baseline and follow-up: the case for more t in experiments, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (22) (2011)
Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters
Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (559), 64-91 View citations (68)
See also Working Paper Enterprise recovery following natural disasters, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON CHILD HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM A MIGRATION LOTTERY PROGRAM
Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (1), 62-81 View citations (31)
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 (72)
See also Working Paper The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (14) (2010)
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 (28)
See also Working Paper Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels, CSAE Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (6) (2010)

2011

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)
See also Working Paper Buying less but shopping more: the use of nonmarket labor during a crisis, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2011) (2011)
Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico
Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24, (4), 1331-1358 View citations (263)
See also Working Paper Can migration reduce educational attainment ? Evidence from Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (106) (2006)
Eight Questions about Brain Drain
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 107-28 View citations (96)
See also Working Paper Eight Questions about Brain Drain, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2011) View citations (98) (2011)
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 (49)
See also Working Paper Eliciting probabilistic expectations with visual aids in developing countries: how sensitive are answers to variations in elicitation design ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (4) (2010)
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)
Measuring subjective expectations in developing countries: A critical review and new evidence
Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 94, (2), 151-163 View citations (181)
See also Working Paper Measuring Subjective Expectations in Developing Countries: A Critical Review and New Evidence, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (22) (2009)
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 (99)
See also Working Paper Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More, Working Papers (2009) View citations (40) (2009)
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 (137)
See also Working Paper The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2009) View citations (35) (2009)
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 (222)
See also Working Paper The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific, Working Papers (2009) View citations (45) (2009)
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 (35)

2010

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 (153)
See also Working Paper Does It Pay Firms to Register for Taxes? The Impact of Formality on Firm Profitability, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (14) (2007)
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)
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 (299)
Also in Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (4), 913-945 (2010) View citations (116)
See also Working Paper How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (93) (2006)
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 (23)
See also Working Paper Impact assessments in finance and private sector development: what have we learned and what should we learn ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (18) (2009)
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 (417)
See also Working Paper Self-selection patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration: The role of migration networks, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2007) View citations (82) (2007)
The Remitting Patterns of African Migrants in the OECD-super- †
Journal of African Economies, 2010, 19, (5), 605-634 View citations (6)
Wage Subsidies for Microenterprises
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 614-18 View citations (23)
Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 619-23 View citations (193)

2009

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 1-32 View citations (185)
See also Working Paper Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (15) (2008)
In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (4), 200-232 View citations (513)
See also Working Paper In pursuit of balance: randomization in practice in development field experiments, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (32) (2008)
Measuring microenterprise profits: Must we ask how the sausage is made?
Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (1), 19-31 View citations (222)
Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment
Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (3), 677-687 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper Migration and mental health: evidence from a natural experiment, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (5) (2007)
Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (1), 423-423 View citations (4)
Also in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (4), 1329-1372 (2008) View citations (611)
See also Working Paper Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (19) (2007)
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 (30)
See also Working Paper Surveying Migrant Households: A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (9) (2007)

2008

A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country International Migrants
Population and Development Review, 2008, 34, (1), 115-135 View citations (16)
Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico
The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (3), 457-482 View citations (174)
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 Mental health patterns and consequences: results from survey data in five developing countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (27) (2008)
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 (13)
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

Book Review
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (4), 845-848
Earnings Mobility and Measurement Error: A Pseudo-Panel Approach
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 56, (1), 125-161 View citations (45)
See also Working Paper Earnings mobility and measurement error: a pseudo-panel approach, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (29) (2005)
Efficient remittance services for development in the Pacific
Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 2007, 14, (2), 55-74 View citations (12)
Mental health and poverty in developing countries: Revisiting the relationship
Social Science & Medicine, 2007, 65, (3), 467-480 View citations (35)
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 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 (2007) View citations (15) (2007)
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 (533)
See also Working Paper Network Effects and the Dynamics of Migration and Inequality: Theory and Evidence from Mexico, Working Papers (2004) View citations (117) (2004)
Paper Walls Are Easier to Tear Down: Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration
World Development, 2007, 35, (11), 2026-2039 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Paper walls are easier to tear down: passport costs and legal barriers to emigration, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (16) (2005)
Poverty traps and nonlinear income dynamics with measurement error and individual heterogeneity
Journal of Development Studies, 2007, 43, (6), 1057-1083 View citations (63)
See also Working Paper Poverty traps and nonlinear income dynamics with measurement error and individual heterogeneity, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (9) (2005)
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 Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Household Surveys For Better Economics and Better Policy, Working Papers in Economics (2007) View citations (35) (2007)
Working Paper Using the global positioning system in household surveys for better economics and better policy, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (31) (2007)

2006

Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model*
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68, (4), 473-495 View citations (49)
See also Working Paper Distangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model, Working Papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)
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 (169)
Precautionary saving and consumption growth in Taiwan
China Economic Review, 2006, 17, (1), 84-101 View citations (9)
The Consumer Response to the Mexican Peso Crisis
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 139-172 View citations (30)

2005

Measuring inequality with asset indicators
Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18, (2), 229-260 View citations (230)
The Effects of Migration on Child Health in Mexico
Economía Journal, 2005, Volume 6 Number 1, (Fall 2005), 257-289 View citations (195)
See also Working Paper The effects of migration on child health in Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (199) (2005)

2004

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 (58)
Asymptotic theory for heterogeneous dynamic pseudo-panels
Journal of Econometrics, 2004, 120, (2), 235-262 View citations (61)

2003

How do Households Cope with Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis
World Development, 2003, 31, (7), 1179-1199 View citations (117)
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 (91)
See also Working Paper The distributive impact of privatization in Latin America: evidence from four countries, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2003) View citations (1) (2003)

2002

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

2001

An Econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness
International Economic Journal, 2001, 18, (4), 427-448 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper An econometric analysis of IBRD creditworthiness, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (4) (2002)
Estimation of AR(1) models with unequally spaced pseudo-panels
Econometrics Journal, 2001, 4, (1), 40 View citations (18)
The Impact of Capital Controls on Growth Convergence
Journal of Economic Development, 2001, 26, (1), 1-25 View citations (11)

1997

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

Chapters

2024

Field and natural experiments in migration
Chapter 4 in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 2024, pp 48-82
See also Working Paper Field and Natural Experiments in Migration, The World Bank (2022) (2022)

2014

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 Development through Seasonal Worker Programs: The Case of New Zealand's RSE Program, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2013

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 Journal Article Learning from the experiments that never happened: Lessons from trying to conduct randomized evaluations of matching grant programs in Africa, Elsevier (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
Working Paper Learning from the experiments that never happened: lessons from trying to conduct randomized evaluations of matching grant programs in Africa, The World Bank (2012) View citations (9) (2012)

2012

Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies
Chapter 12 in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 2012 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (16) (2010)

2010

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 (78)