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Working Papers
2024
- Understanding the Impact of Low-Cost Loans on Forced Labor
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2023
- Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers: Experimental Evidence From Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
- Sex, Power, and Adolescence: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Behaviors
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
- Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior: Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2023)
2022
- Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
2021
- Financial Incentives and Other Nudges Do Not Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations among the Vaccine Hesitant
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
- Women's Well-Being During a Pandemic and its Containment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Women’s well-being during a pandemic and its containment, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
2020
- Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
- Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Also in Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2020) View citations (1) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
- Human Capital Investment in the Presence of Child Labor
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
- Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
2019
- The Right to Education Act: Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
See also Journal Article The Right to Education Act: Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
2017
- Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Scaling up sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (38) (2019)
2015
- Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (31)
See also Journal Article Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (196) (2017)
- How Does Health Promotion Work? Evidence From The Dirty Business of Eliminating Open Defecation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
- Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
- Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2015) View citations (32) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (35)
See also Journal Article Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2021) View citations (6) (2021)
2014
- Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
See also Journal Article Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2018) View citations (87) (2018)
2013
- Impact evaluation of a large-scale rural sanitation project in Indonesia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (33)
- Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2015) View citations (262) (2015)
2012
- Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
See also Journal Article Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (23) (2014)
2010
- Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Handedness, health and cognitive development: evidence from children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
- Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Ability Gaps?, Demography, Springer (2013) View citations (27) (2013)
- The Prostitute's Allure: Examining Returns to Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2009
- Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2013) (2013)
2008
- Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Also in NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research (2008) View citations (1)
2007
- Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
Journal Articles
2024
- Characterizing provider bias in contraceptive care in Tanzania and Burkina Faso: A mixed-methods study
Social Science & Medicine, 2024, 348, (C)
- Disruptions to early childhood preschool services during a pandemic: Evidence from India
Journal of Population Economics, 2024, 37, (2), 1-20
- Improving Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Causal Evidence from Life Skills Programming
Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59, (S), s317-s364
2023
- Unintended consequences of lockdowns, COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic in India
Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, 7, (3), 323-331 View citations (3)
2022
- Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104, (4), 797-806 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (7) (2020)
- The dirty business of eliminating open defecation: The effect of village sanitation on child height from field experiments in four countries
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 159, (C) View citations (5)
- Women’s well-being during a pandemic and its containment
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156, (C) View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Women's Well-Being During a Pandemic and its Containment, NBER Working Papers (2021) (2021)
2021
- Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work*
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136, (1), 427-469 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
- Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India
Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56, (2), 380-405 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (31) (2015)
2019
- Scaling up sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, (C), 1-16 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
- The Right to Education Act: Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 232-38 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper The Right to Education Act: Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
2018
- Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health
The Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85, (3), 1683-1715 View citations (87)
See also Working Paper Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (20) (2014)
2017
- Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital
Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (2), 527 - 561 View citations (196)
See also Working Paper Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
2015
- Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50, (2), 484-515 View citations (262)
See also Working Paper Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (50) (2013)
2014
- Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62, (2), 381 - 415 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (11) (2012)
2013
- Compensated for Life: Sex Work and Disease Risk
Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (2) View citations (22)
- Do Sex Workers Respond to Disease? Evidence from the Male Market for Sex
American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 445-50 View citations (13)
- Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market
Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 79, (3), 529-564 
See also Working Paper Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
- Handedness, health and cognitive development: evidence from children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2013, 176, (4), 841-860 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)
- Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Ability Gaps?
Demography, 2013, 50, (6), 2187-2208 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
2012
- The Prostitute's Allure: The Return to Beauty in Commercial Sex Work
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012, 12, (1), 27 View citations (20)
2011
- Sex Work and Infection: What's Law Enforcement Got to Do with It?
Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (4), 811 - 840 View citations (23)
2009
- Nature’s experiment? Handedness and early childhood development
Demography, 2009, 46, (2), 281-301 View citations (20)
- To Work or Not to Work? Child Development and Maternal Labor Supply
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 97-110 View citations (29)
2008
- Making Sex Work: A Failed Experiment with Legalized Prostitution
Feminist Economics, 2008, 14, (4), 216-218
- Prostitutes and Brides?
American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 516-22 View citations (32)
2005
- Risky Business: The Market for Unprotected Commercial Sex
Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (3), 518-550 View citations (111)
Edited books
2016
- The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)
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