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Working Papers
2022
- Social Protection and Social Distancing During the Pandemic: Mobile Money Transfers in Ghana
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2021
- A Call for Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)
- Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries
Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (47)
See also Journal Article in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters (2021)
- Machine Learning and Mobile Phone Data Can Improve the Targeting of Humanitarian Assistance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
- Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
- Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in Niger
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
2020
- Blue Porches: Finding the Limits of External Validity of the Endowment Effect
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers 
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) 
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020)
- Does Poverty Change Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (2)
- How Political Insiders Lose Out When International Aid Underperforms: Evidence from a Participatory Development Experiment in Ghana
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (2)
- Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2022)
- The Effects of Land Title Registration on Tenure Security, Investment and the Allocation of Productive Resources: Evidence from Ghana
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
2019
- Assessing the Benefits of Long-Run Weather Forecasting for the Rural Poor: Farmer Investments and Worker Migration in a Dynamic Equilibrium Model
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
- Empowering Women Through Equal Land Rights
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
- Heterogeneity, Measurement Error and Misallocation: Evidence from African Agriculture
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2019) View citations (18) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (18) 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2018) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2021)
2018
- Agronomic performance of open pollinated and hybrid maize varieties: Results from on-farm trials in northern Ghana
GSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
- Performance and adoption factors for open pollinated and hybrid maize varieties: Evidence from farmers’ fields in northern Ghana
GSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
- Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2022)
2017
- Heterogeneity, Measurement and Misallocation in African Agriculture
2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (20)
2016
- External Validity in a Stochastic World
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (9)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (9) Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2016) View citations (11) Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (9)
2014
- Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (21)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2014) View citations (26) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (23) Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (26) Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2014) View citations (22)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2014)
- Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
- Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2014) View citations (21) Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2014) View citations (19) Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2014) View citations (20) Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (20)
- Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali - Working Paper 377
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (13)
2013
- Forecasting Profitabilithy
Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2013) View citations (3) Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (3) Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2013) View citations (2) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (3)
- Probability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics View citations (21)
- Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (56)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2013) View citations (53) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (58) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (54)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2013)
2012
- Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics View citations (47)
Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (48) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (56) Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2012) View citations (44) Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2012) View citations (57) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (61)
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2014)
- Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development
Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics View citations (72)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2012) View citations (50) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (50) Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2012) View citations (74) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (71) Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (68)
- Misallocation, Growth and Financial Market Imperfections
Annual Meeting Plenary, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (10)
2010
- Crop price indemnified loans for farmers
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
2006
- The Return to Capital in Ghana
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (92)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2006) View citations (86)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
2005
- Institutions and Development: A View from Below
Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (100)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2005) View citations (65)
- Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (38)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2005) View citations (34)
See also Chapter (2007)
- The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (29)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2005) View citations (62)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2008)
2004
- Child Labor
Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2003) View citations (14) Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2003)
- Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (19)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2004) View citations (17)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2006)
- Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote D'Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices
Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations (276)
Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2003) View citations (41) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (319) Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2003) View citations (15)
- Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (26)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2000) View citations (21) Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center (2000) View citations (15)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2010)
- Social Networks in Ghana
Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (26)
Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2004) View citations (25)
2000
- Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (4)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2000) View citations (7)
1995
- Gender differentials in farm productivity
FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
1991
- A Competitive Analysis of Rural Credit: State-Contingent Loans in Northern Nigeria
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (4)
- Risk, Insurance and Default in a Rural Credit Market: An Empirical Investigation in Northern Nigeria
Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (2)
Undated
- Drought and Saving in West Africa: Are Livestock a Buffer Stock?
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1998)
- Estimation of Type 3 Tobit Models using Symmetric Trimming and Pairwise Comparisons
Home Pages, Princeton University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1997)
Journal Articles
2022
- Agricultural Technology in Africa
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (1), 33-56
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana's Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4, (4), 527-45
- Machine learning and phone data can improve targeting of humanitarian aid
Nature, 2022, 603, (7903), 864-870 View citations (3)
- Social protection amidst social upheaval: Examining the impact of a multi-faceted program for ultra-poor households in Yemen
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C) 
See also Working Paper (2020)
- Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty
Nature, 2022, 605, (7909), 291-297 View citations (1)
- Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor
Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C) 
See also Working Paper (2018)
2021
- A call for structured ethics appendices in social science papers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118, (29), e2024570118 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2021)
- Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021 View citations (47)
See also Working Paper (2021)
- Heterogeneity, Measurement Error, and Misallocation: Evidence from African Agriculture
Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (1), 1 - 80 View citations (24)
See also Working Paper (2019)
2020
- Blue Porches: Finding the limits of external validity of the endowment effect
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, (C), 269-271 
See also Working Paper (2020)
- External Validity in a Stochastic World: Evidence from Low-Income Countries
Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (1), 343-381 View citations (17)
- Good identification, meet good data
World Development, 2020, 127, (C) View citations (1)
2015
- Consulting and capital experiments with microenterprise tailors in Ghana
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 281-302 View citations (53)
2014
- Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (2), 597-652 View citations (393)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- Rainfall Forecasts, Weather, and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 278-83 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper (2014)
2013
- Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 381-86 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper (2013)
2011
- Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana
Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2011, 78, (1), 37-55 View citations (36)
- Esther Duflo: 2010 John Bates Clark Medalist
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 197-216 View citations (1)
2010
- Creating Property Rights: Land Banks in Ghana
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 130-34 View citations (7)
- Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (1), 35-69 View citations (889)
Also in Proceedings, 2005 (2005) View citations (99)
See also Working Paper (2004)
- The economics of agriculture in Africa: Notes toward a research program
African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, 05, (1), 16 View citations (26)
2008
- The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (6), 981-1022 View citations (488)
See also Working Paper (2005)
2006
- Consumption smoothing? Livestock, insurance and drought in rural Burkina Faso
Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79, (2), 413-446 View citations (292)
See also Working Paper (2004)
- The Return to Capital in Ghana
American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 388-393 View citations (97)
See also Working Paper (2006)
2003
- Fieldwork, Economic Theory, and Research on Institutions in Developing Countries
American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 107-111 View citations (9)
2001
- Social Learning Through Networks: The Adoption of New Agricultural Technologies in Ghana
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (3), 668-673 View citations (188)
1998
- Drought and saving in West Africa: are livestock a buffer stock?
Journal of Development Economics, 1998, 55, (2), 273-305 View citations (331)
See also Working Paper
1997
- Estimation of Type 3 Tobit models using symmetric trimming and pairwise comparisons
Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 76, (1-2), 107-128 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper
- Financial Liberalisation and Financial Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis
Journal of African Economies, 1997, 6, (1), 1-28 View citations (5)
- Rationing, Spillover, and Interlinking in Credit Markets: The Case of Rural Punjab
Oxford Economic Papers, 1997, 49, (4), 557-85 View citations (63)
- Recent Advances in Empirical Microeconomic Research in Poor Countries: An Annotated Bibliography
The Journal of Economic Education, 1997, 28, (1), 58-75 View citations (5)
- The Characteristics of Informal Financial Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of African Economies, 1997, 6, (1), 161-203 View citations (27)
1996
- Gender, Agricultural Production, and the Theory of the Household
Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (5), 1010-46 View citations (545)
1995
- Gender differentials in farm productivity: implications for household efficiency and agricultural policy
Food Policy, 1995, 20, (5), 407-423 View citations (141)
- Risk and Saving in Northern Nigeria
American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1287-1300 View citations (141)
1994
- Risk and Insurance in a Rural Credit Market: An Empirical Investigation in Northern Nigeria
Review of Economic Studies, 1994, 61, (3), 495-526 View citations (525)
1990
- Credit Markets in Northern Nigeria: Credit as Insurance in a Rural Economy
The World Bank Economic Review, 1990, 4, (3), 251-69 View citations (180)
Books
2000
- Readings in Development Economics, Volume I: Micro-Theory, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (3)
- Readings in Development Economics, Volume II: Empirical Microeconomics, vol 2
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (2)
Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2000) View citations (2)
1999
- Development Microeconomics
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (203)
Chapters
2007
- Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
Elsevier View citations (95)
See also Working Paper (2005)
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