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Working Papers

2021

1. Breastfeeding and child development
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2022)

2020

2. Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)

2019

3. Delivering Parenting Interventions through Health Services in the Caribbean
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2015) View citations (3)
4. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2021)

2017

5. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Different Levels of Skills
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2016

6. Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing
   Studies in Economics, School of Economics, University of Kent
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2022)

2015

7. Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like CEOs? School Administrator Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
8. Efectos de la Transición de Educación Inicial Comunitaria a Atención en Centros de Desarrollo Infantil en Colombia
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes – Facultad de Economía – CEDE View citations (1)
9. Going beyond simple sample size calculations: a practitioner's guide
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (14)
10. Group size and the efficiency of informal risk sharing
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2018)
11. Public hospital spending in England: evidence from National Health Service administrative records
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Fiscal Studies (2016)

2014

12. Food for Thought? Breastfeeding and Child Development
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (4)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2013) View citations (21)
13. Nutrition, information, and household behaviour: experimental evidence from Malawi
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2016)

2012

14. Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (13)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2012) View citations (13)

2009

15. A Practicioner's Guide to Evaluating the Impacts of Labor Market Programs
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
16. Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes Under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2013)

2008

17. Health shocks, household consumption, and child nutrition
    Working Papers. Serie EC, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) View citations (4)

2006

18. Testing for Asymmetric Information in Private Health Insurance
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (8)
19. Testing for adverse selection into private medical insurance
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (6)

2004

20. Are tax subsidies for private medical insurance self-financing? Evidence from a microsimulation model for outpatient and inpatient episodes
    Working Papers, Research Center on Health and Economics, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2004) View citations (2)
21. COUNTS WITH AN ENDOGENOUS BINARY REGRESSOR: A SERIES EXPANSION APPROACH
    Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrics Journal (2005)

2003

22. Quality Externalities among Hotel Establishments: What is the Impact of Tour Operators
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)

2000

23. A SEMI-NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATOR FOR COUNTS WITH AN ENDOGENOUS DUMMY VARIABLE
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2000, Society for Computational Economics
    Also in UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Breastfeeding and Child Development
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, (3), 329-66 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2021)
2. Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70, (4), 1591 - 1629
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2021

3. Different Strokes for Different Folks? Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (4), 34-69
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2020

4. Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like Ceos? Substitution Between Incentives and Resources Among School Administrators in China
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (1), 165-201 View citations (2)

2018

5. Group Size and the Efficiency of Informal Risk Sharing
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F575-F608 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

6. Personality Traits and Performance Contracts: Evidence from a Field Experiment among Maternity Care Providers in India
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 506-10 View citations (18)

2016

7. Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi
   Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 122, (C), 113-126 View citations (34)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
8. Public Hospital Spending in England: Evidence from National Health Service Administrative Records
   Fiscal Studies, 2016, 37, 433-459 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

9. Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, (2), 35-52 View citations (38)

2013

10. Community Nurseries and the Nutritional Status of Poor Children. Evidence from Colombia
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 1025-1058 View citations (30)
11. Exploiting subjective information to understand impoverished children's use of health care
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (6), 1194-1204 View citations (1)
12. Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (4), 61-91 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
13. Testing for Asymmetric Information in Private Health Insurance-super-
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, (567), 96-130 View citations (18)

2010

14. How complex are the contracts offered by health plans?
    SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2010, 1, (3), 305-323 View citations (6)

2008

15. Are tax subsidies for private medical insurance self-financing? Evidence from a microsimulation model
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (5), 1285-1298 View citations (4)

2007

16. Competition among differentiated health plans under adverse selection
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (2), 233-250 View citations (23)

2005

17. Counts with an endogenous binary regressor: A series expansion approach
    Econometrics Journal, 2005, 8, (1), 1-22 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

18. Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (3), 411-438 View citations (11)

2003

19. Structural Estimation of a Principal-Agent Model: Moral Hazard in Medical Insurance
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2003, 34, (4), 670-93 View citations (19)

1999

20. Duplicate coverage and demand for health care. The case of Catalonia
    Health Economics, 1999, 8, (7), 579-598 View citations (58)