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Working Papers

2024

1. Social Protection and Youth
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Therapy, Mental Health, and Human Capital Accumulation among Adolescents in Uganda
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2023

3. A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

4. Asset Transfers and Anti-Poverty Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Asset transfers and anti-poverty programs: Experimental evidence from Tanzania, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2021

5. Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2023) (2023)
6. Shared Decision-Making: Can Improved Counseling Increase Willingness to Pay for Modern Contraceptives ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
   Also in Discussion Papers, University of Exeter, Department of Economics (2021) View citations (2)
   Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2021) View citations (3)

2020

7. Children on the Move: Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Children on the move: Progressive redistribution of humanitarian cash transfers among refugees, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
8. Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2018

9. The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (41)
   See also Journal Article The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes, IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer (2018) View citations (44) (2018)

2017

10. Optimal Design of Experiments in the Presence of Interference*, Second Version
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (4)

2016

11. Combining mentoring programs with cash transfers for adolescent girls in Liberia:baseline report
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
12. Combining preschool teacher training with parenting education: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Combining pre-school teacher training with parenting education: A cluster-randomized controlled trial, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (10) (2018)
13. Keeping Girls in School
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    Also in World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2015)
14. When the money runs out: do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article When the money runs out: Do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (40) (2019)

2015

15. Designing Experiments to Measure Spillover Effects, Second Version
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (4)

2014

16. Designing Experiments to Measure Spillover Effects
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (53)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2014) View citations (27)
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2014) View citations (27)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (14)
17. Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2014) View citations (18)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (8)
18. The heterogeneous effects of HIV testing
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (23)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The heterogeneous effects of HIV testing, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (24) (2014)

2013

19. Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare. Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2011

20. Income shocks and adolescent mental health
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Income Shocks and Adolescent Mental Health, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2013) View citations (113) (2013)
21. 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)
22. The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (6)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The regressive demands of demand-driven development, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (27) (2013)

2010

23. Cash or condition ? evidence from a cash transfer experiment
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (330) (2011)

2009

24. Designing cost-effective cash transfer programs to boost schooling among young women in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (15)
25. The Short-Term Impacts of as Schooling Cash Transfer Program on the Sexual Behavior of Young Women
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (15)
26. The short-term impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The short‐term impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2010) View citations (66) (2010)

2006

27. Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (68) (2008)

2005

28. Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-apartheid South Africa, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2007) View citations (28) (2007)
29. Re-interpreting sub-group inequality decompositions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

2004

30. Conditional cash transfers and the equity-efficiency debate
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
31. On the unequal inequality of poor communities
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2004) View citations (26) (2004)
32. Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: how much does disaggregation help?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: How much does disaggregation help?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (81) (2007)

2003

33. Are Neighbours Equal? Estimating Local Inequality in Three Developing Countries
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (19)
34. Are neighbors equal?
    FCND briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
    Also in FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2003) View citations (7)

2002

35. Crime and local inequality in South Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Crime and local inequality in South Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (110) (2005)
36. Producing an Improved Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (26)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Asset transfers and anti-poverty programs: Experimental evidence from Tanzania
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166, (C)
   See also Working Paper Asset Transfers and Anti-Poverty Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2022) (2022)

2023

2. Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2023, 38, (2), 179-212
   See also Working Paper Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2021

3. Children on the move: Progressive redistribution of humanitarian cash transfers among refugees
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 153, (C) View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Children on the Move: Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2019

4. When the money runs out: Do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation?
   Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, (C), 169-185 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper When the money runs out: do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (8) (2016)

2018

5. Combining pre-school teacher training with parenting education: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
   Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 133, (C), 448-467 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Combining preschool teacher training with parenting education: a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
6. Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: How Much Can Cross‐Country Regressions Really Tell Us?
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64, (4), 800-827 View citations (29)
7. Optimal Design of Experiments in the Presence of Interference
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (5), 844-860 View citations (53)
8. The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
   IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2018, 8, (1), 1-20 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (41) (2018)

2014

9. Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2014, 6, (1), 1-43 View citations (115)
10. Quantifying Some of the Impacts of Economics Blogs
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62, (3), 567 - 597 View citations (2)
11. The heterogeneous effects of HIV testing
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 98-112 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The heterogeneous effects of HIV testing, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (23) (2014)

2013

12. Income Shocks and Adolescent Mental Health
    Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (2) View citations (113)
    See also Working Paper Income shocks and adolescent mental health, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
13. Relative Effectiveness of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review
    Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2013, 9, (1), 1-124 View citations (67)
14. The regressive demands of demand-driven development
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 106, (C), 27-41 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The Regressive Demands of Demand-Driven Development, Working Papers (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

2012

15. Examining the reliability of self-reported data on school participation
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 98, (1), 89-93 View citations (24)

2011

16. Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (4), 1709-1753 View citations (330)
    See also Working Paper Cash or condition ? evidence from a cash transfer experiment, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (16) (2010)

2010

17. The short‐term impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (S1), 55-68 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper The short-term impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (6) (2009)

2008

18. Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (5-6), 1022-1046 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (13) (2006)
19. Reinterpreting between-group inequality
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2008, 6, (3), 231-245 View citations (58)

2007

20. Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-apartheid South Africa
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (3), 487-529 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (2005) View citations (11) (2005)
21. Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: How much does disaggregation help?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 83, (1), 198-213 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: how much does disaggregation help?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (16) (2004)

2006

22. Toward Greater Global Equity
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 32, 3-15

2005

23. Crime and local inequality in South Africa
    Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 76, (2), 265-292 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper Crime and local inequality in South Africa, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (29) (2002)
24. Reassessing Conditional Cash Transfer Programs
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2005, 20, (1), 57-80 View citations (47)

2004

25. On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2004, 18, (3), 401-421 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper On the unequal inequality of poor communities, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (25) (2004)

2002

26. How Low Can You Go? Combining Census and Survey Data for Mapping Poverty in South Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 2002, 11, (2), 169-200 View citations (35)

Chapters

2014

1. Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi
   A chapter in African Successes, Volume II: Human Capital, 2014, pp 139-164 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare. Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (6) (2013)