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Working Papers

2025

1. Spatial Economics for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Network-Based Hiring: Local Benefits; Global Costs
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2019

3. Migration and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial and a Structural Model
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2018

4. Border Walls
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2017

5. The Aggregate Productivity Effects of Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2016

6. Paving the Way to Development: Costly Migration and Labor Market Integration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
7. Temporary Migration and Endogenous Risk Sharing in Village India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)

2015

8. Migration and Consumption Insurance in Bangladesh
   2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (3)

2012

9. A Personal Touch: Text Messaging for Loan Repayment
   Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (21)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (21)
   Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (30)

2010

10. The remitting patterns of African migrants in the OECD
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (23)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2009) View citations (15)

2009

11. 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 Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (25)
    Working Papers, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (40)
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2009) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2011) View citations (99) (2011)

2007

12. Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets
    Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research View citations (5)
13. Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand
    Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Settlement patterns and the geographic mobility of recent migrants to New Zealand, New Zealand Economic Papers, Taylor & Francis Journals (2007) View citations (16) (2007)

2006

14. Defining Areas: Linking Geographic Data in New Zealand
    Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research View citations (3)
15. Indian Poverty during the 1990s: Resolving Methodological Issues from the 55th NSS Round
    ASARC Working Papers, The Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre

Journal Articles

2011

1. 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, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (46) (2009)

2010

2. The Remitting Patterns of African Migrants in the OECD-super- †
   Journal of African Economies, 2010, 19, (5), 605-634 View citations (6)

2007

3. Settlement patterns and the geographic mobility of recent migrants to New Zealand
   New Zealand Economic Papers, 2007, 41, (2), 163-195 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand, Working Papers (2007) View citations (17) (2007)