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Working Papers

2022

1. Some children left behind: Variation in the effects of an educational intervention
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)

2021

2. The Effect of Beverage Taxes on Youth Consumption and BMI: Evidence from Mauritius
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

3. Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2021) View citations (22) (2021)

2019

4. Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Equity, Learning, and School Management: Evidence from India
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2017

5. Making marriages last: Trust is good, but credible information is better
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
6. Participation, learning, and equity in education: Can we have it all?
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
7. The effects of health insurance within families: experimental evidence from Nicaragua
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article The Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2019) View citations (5) (2019)

2016

8. Education as Liberation?
   Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (9)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (65)
   See also Journal Article Education as Liberation?, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2016) View citations (48) (2016)

2013

9. What do people actually learn from public health education campaigns? Incorrect inferences about male circumcision and female HIV infection risk in a cluster randomized trial in Malawi
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2011

10. Are rural road investments alone sufficient to generate transport flows ? lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Malawi and policy implications
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

2010

11. New cellular networks in Malawi: Correlates of service rollout and network performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) (2014)
12. Risk across Borders: A Study of the Potential of Microinsurance Products to Help Migrants Cope with Cross Border Risks
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)

2009

13. Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
14. Evaluating the Impact of Health Programmes
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)
15. Incentives to Learn
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (167)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2005) View citations (5)
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2004) View citations (20)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (73)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2004) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Incentives to Learn, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2009) View citations (195) (2009)
16. Menstruation and Education in Nepal
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

Undated

17. How Do Women Learn They Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Awareness in Nepal
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research

Journal Articles

2024

1. Moving in Academia: Who Moves and What Happens After?
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 232-37

2023

2. Fully Promoted: The Distribution and Determinants of Full Professorship in the Economics Profession
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 467-72

2022

3. Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 597-602 View citations (3)
4. The effect of beverage taxes on youth consumption and body mass index: Evidence from Mauritius
   Health Economics, 2022, 31, (6), 1033-1045 View citations (4)

2021

5. Boys lagging behind: Unpacking gender differences in academic achievement across East Africa
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 83, (C) View citations (4)
6. Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Learning and Gender Equity: Evidence from India
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (4), 950-968 View citations (1)
7. Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (2), 251-264 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures, SocArXiv (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
8. Who Belongs? The Determinants of Selective Membership into the National Bureau of Economic Research
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 117-22 View citations (3)

2019

9. The Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33, (3), 736-749 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The effects of health insurance within families: experimental evidence from Nicaragua, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2016

10. Education as Liberation?
    Economica, 2016, 83, (329), 1-30 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Education as Liberation?, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
11. Responding to Risk: Circumcision, Information, and HIV Prevention
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (2), 333-349 View citations (24)

2014

12. The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6, (2), 152-77 View citations (18)

2013

13. Learning from Others' HIV Testing: Updating Beliefs and Responding to Risk
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 439-44 View citations (34)

2012

14. Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Unconditionally Promising?
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2012, 26, (2), 165-190 View citations (29)
15. DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: PEER EFFECTS IN MENSTRUAL CUP TAKE-UP
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (6), 1263-1293 View citations (133)
16. Evaluating the Impact of Health Programmes on Productivity
    African Development Review, 2012, 24, (4), 302-315 View citations (2)
    Also in African Development Review, 2012, 24, (4), 302-315 (2012) View citations (2)
17. HIV testing, subjective beliefs and economic behavior
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (2), 300-313 View citations (15)
18. Peer effects in learning HIV results
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 118-129 View citations (58)

2011

19. Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (1), 91-100 View citations (53)

2010

20. Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (S1), 181-206 View citations (99)

2009

21. Incentives to Learn
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91, (3), 437-456 View citations (195)
    See also Working Paper Incentives to Learn, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (167) (2009)
22. Increasing the acceptability of HIV counseling and testing with three C's: Convenience, confidentiality and credibility
    Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 68, (12), 2263-2270 View citations (15)

2008

23. The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (5), 1829-63 View citations (257)

Chapters

2014

1. New Cellular Networks in Malawi: Correlates of Service Rollout and Network Performance
   A chapter in African Successes, Volume III: Modernization and Development, 2014, pp 215-245
   See also Working Paper New cellular networks in Malawi: Correlates of service rollout and network performance, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (10) (2010)