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Working Papers

2024

1. The Effects of Mental Health Interventions on Labor Market Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

2. Aspiring to a Better Future: Can a Simple Psychological Intervention Reduce Poverty?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

3. Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   Also in Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2020) View citations (12)
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2020) View citations (23)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2020) View citations (11)

2019

4. Can Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2019) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Can Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment?, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) View citations (11) (2022)
5. Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect?” Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Parental Aspirations for Children's Education: Is There a "Girl Effect"? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
6. Parental aspirations for children’s education: is there a “girl effect”? Experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
7. The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Forward-Looking Behaviour in Rural Ethiopia
   Working Papers, HAL View citations (42)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (109)
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2014) View citations (116)

2016

8. Call Me Maybe: Experimental Evidence on Using Mobile Phones to Survey Microenterprises
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (9)
9. Video-based agricultural extension: Analysis of a pilot project in Ethiopia
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2015

10. Behavioral economics: Will video kill the radio star? Assessing the potential of targeted exposure to role models through video
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (29)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Can Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment?
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (3), 1001-1047 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Can Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment?, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
2. Job Search and Hiring with Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills
   American Economic Review, 2022, 112, (11), 3547-83 View citations (12)

2020

3. Call Me Maybe: Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2020, 34, (2), 418-443 View citations (19)
4. Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36, (Supplement_1), S281-S296 View citations (34)

2019

5. Parental Aspirations for Children's Education: Is There a "Girl Effect"? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 127-32 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect?” Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia, Post-Print (2019) View citations (10) (2019)

2015

6. Will Video Kill the Radio Star? Assessing the Potential of Targeted Exposure to Role Models through Video
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2015, 29, (suppl_1), S226-S237 View citations (32)

2011

7. ‘See First, Think Later, Then Test’: How Children's Perspectives Can Improve Economic Research
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2011, 23, (5), 774-791 View citations (3)

2010

8. In the child's best interests? Legislation on children's work in Ethiopia
   Journal of International Development, 2010, 22, (8), 1102-1114 View citations (2)