"Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration" (with Samuel Bazzi, Lisa Cameron, and Firman Witoelar). October 2024. Revise and resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association.
NBER working paper version here.
"Measuring Time Use in Rural India: Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Survey Module" (with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Elena Stacy, and Charity Troyer Moore). Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164, 103105.
Web appendix: tables, methodological detail
"Indian Female Migrants Face Greater Barriers to Post-Covid Recovery than Males: Evidence from a Panel Study" (with Jenna Allard, Maulik Jagnani, Yusuf Neggers, Rohini Pande, and Charity Troyer Moore). eClinicalMedicine, 2022, 53, 101631.
"On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms" (with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Charity Troyer Moore). American Economic Review, 2021, 111(7), pp. 2342-75.
Web Appendix; Replication Files; Older NBER Working Paper version here.
"Remote Work and the Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Health" (with Manuela Angelucci, Marco Angrisani, Daniel Bennett, and Arie Kapteyn). August 2020.
“Male Social Status and Women’s Work” (with Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Charity Troyer-Moore). AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, pp. 363-367.
“Female Labor Force Participation in Asia: Indonesia Country Study” (with Smita Das), February 2016. ADB Economics Working Paper No. 474.
"The Limits of Commitment: Who Benefits from Illiquid Savings Products?" (with Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein, Leora Klapper, and Tricia Koroknay-Palicz). April 2025. Under review.
“Scaling Accountability: Experimental Evidence on Impacts of Citizen-Led Audits on Social Protection Delivery and Election Outcomes” (with Charity Troyer Moore ⓡ Rohini Pande). February 2025. (Email me for a draft).
"Banking on Transparency for the Poor: Experimental Evidence from India" (with Erica Field ⓡ Natalia Rigol ⓡ Charity Troyer Moore ⓡ Rohini Pande). July 2022. NBER Working Paper No. 30289.
"On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms" (with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Charity Troyer Moore). American Economic Review, 2021, 111(7), pp. 2342-75.
Web Appendix; Replication Files; Older NBER Working Paper version here.
“The Persistent Power of Behavioral Change: Long-Run Impacts of Temporary Savings Subsidies for the Poor”, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10(3), pp. 67-100.
“Salary Delays and Overdrafts in Rural Ghana” (with Niklas Buehren, Virginia Ceretti, Ervin Dervisevic, Markus Goldstein, Leora Klapper, and Tricia Koroknay-Palicz). AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, pp. 449-452.
“The Cost of Convenience? Transaction Costs, Bargaining Power, and Savings Account Use in Kenya”. Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(4), pp. 919-945.
“Do Opposites Detract? Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity and Inefficient Strategic Savings”. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7(2), pp. 135-174.
"Aggregate health shocks have long-lasting mental health effects: Evidence from Covid-19 surges in India" (with Jinkook Lee ⓡ Heather Schofield). June 2025. (Email me for a draft). Under review.
"Do Patients Value High-Quality Medical Care? Experimental Evidence from Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment" (with Carolina Lopez and Anja Sautmann). October 2024. Under review.
"Trajectories and correlates of poor mental health in India over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: A nation wide survey" (with Emma Nichols, Sarah Petrosyan, Pranali Khobragade, Joyita Banerjee, Marco Angrisani, Sharmistha Dey, David E. Bloom, A.B. Dey, and Jinkook Lee). BMJ Global Health, 2024, 9, e013365.
“Cohort Profile: Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India (RTI COVID-India)” (with Aparajit Ballav Dey, Joyita Banerjee, Sarah Petrosyan, Abhijith Rao, Steffi Jacob, Pranali Yogiraj Khobragade, Bas Weerman, Sandy Chien, Marco Angrisani, Arunika Agarwal, Nirupam Madaan, Sharmistha Dey, David Bloom, and Jinkook Lee). BMC Public Health, 2023, 23:293.
“Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Behaviors in India from May to December 2020: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey” (with Natalie Theys, Marco Angrisani, Joyita Banerjee, Pranali Yogiraj Khobragade, Sarah Petrosyan, Arunika Agarwal, Sandy Chien, Bas Weerman, Avinash Chakrawarty, Prasun Chatterjee, Nirupam Madaan, David Bloom, Jinkook Lee, and Aparajit Ballav Dey). BMJ Open, 2022, 12:e058065.
Data and replication files available upon request here.
"Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs?" (with Carolina Lopez and Anja Sautmann). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14(1), pp. 225-260.
“Tracking the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of American Households” (with Arie Kapteyn, Marco Angrisani, Daniel Bennett, Wandi Bruin de Bruin, Jill Darling, Tania Gutsche, Ying Liu, Erik Meijer, Francisco Perez-Arce, Kyla Thomas, and Bas Weerman). Survey Research Methods, 2020, 14(2), pp. 179-186.
"Remote Work and the Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Health" (with Manuela Angelucci, Marco Angrisani, Daniel Bennett, and Arie Kapteyn). August 2020.
“Price Subsidies, Diagnostic Tests, and Targeting of Malaria Treatment: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial” (with Pascaline Dupas and Jessica Cohen). American Economic Review, 2015, 105(2), pp. 609-645.