Publications
The Macroeconomics of Pandemics Around the World: Lives versus Livelihoods Revisited
with Ingvild Almås, Tillman von Carnap, Selene Ghisolfi and Justin Sandefur, Journal of Development Economics, April 2023
Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments
with Selene Ghisolfi, Frances Nsonzi and Jakob Svensson, IIES Working Paper, American Economic Review, August 2022
Risk Sharing in Village Economies Revisited
with Tobias Broer, Journal of the European Economic Association, December 2021
Predicted COVID-19 fatality rates based on age, sex, comorbidities and health system capacity
with Ingvild Almås, Tillman von Carnap, Selene Ghisolfi, Jesse Heitner and Justin Sandefur, BMJ Global Health, August 2020
Experimental Evidence on Scaling Up Education Reforms in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng'ang'a and Justin Sandefur
Journal of Public Economics , December 2018.
Enrollment without Learning: Teacher Effort, Knowledge and Skill in Primary Schools in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molina, Brian Stacy, Christophe Rockmore, Jakob Svensson and Waly Wane
Journal of Economic Perspectives, November 2017.
Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda
with Kayuki Kaizzi, David Yanagizawa-Drott and Jakob Svensson
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2017.
Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur
World Bank Economic Review, vol. 29(2), pages 293-326
Policies and Institutions for Effective Service Delivery: The Need of a Microeconomic and Micropolitical Approach
with Jakob Svensson
Journal of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), August.
Public and Private Provision of Education in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur
Journal of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), August.
Implications of Endogenous Group Formation for Efficient Risk-Sharing
Economic Journal, vol. 119(536), pages 562-591.
Group-based funeral insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania
with Stefan Dercon, Joachim De Weerdt and Alula Pankhurst
World Development, vol. 34(4), pages 685-703.
Working Papers
Destructive Behavior, Jugdment, and Economic Decision-making under thermal stress
with Ingvild Almås, Maximilian Auffhammer, Ian Bolliger, Aluma Dembo, Solomon M. Hsiang, Shuhei Kitamura, Edward Miguel, Robert Pickmans, NBER Working Paper, December 2020, R&R, Economic Journal
The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Ezequiel Molina and Jakob Svensson
The impacts of rural electrification on labor supply, income and health: experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania
with Anna Aevarsdottir and Nicholas Barton
Pre-analysis plan
What do teachers know and do? Does it matter?
with Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molina, Brian Stacy, Christophe Rockmore, Jakob Svensson and Waly Wane
World Bank Research Working Paper 7956, Background Paper for the World Development Report 2018
Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya
with Nicholas Barton and Justin Sandefur
Clientelism in the Public Sector: Why Public Service Reforms May Not Succeed and What to Do About It
with Ezequiel Molina and Abla Safir
Background Paper for the World Development Report 2017 Governance and the Law
The Macroeconomics of Pandemics Around the World: Lives versus Livelihoods Revisited
with Ingvild Almås, Tillman von Carnap, Selene Ghisolfi and Justin Sandefur, Journal of Development Economics, April 2023
Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments
with Selene Ghisolfi, Frances Nsonzi and Jakob Svensson, IIES Working Paper, American Economic Review, August 2022
Risk Sharing in Village Economies Revisited
with Tobias Broer, Journal of the European Economic Association, December 2021
Predicted COVID-19 fatality rates based on age, sex, comorbidities and health system capacity
with Ingvild Almås, Tillman von Carnap, Selene Ghisolfi, Jesse Heitner and Justin Sandefur, BMJ Global Health, August 2020
Experimental Evidence on Scaling Up Education Reforms in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng'ang'a and Justin Sandefur
Journal of Public Economics , December 2018.
Enrollment without Learning: Teacher Effort, Knowledge and Skill in Primary Schools in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molina, Brian Stacy, Christophe Rockmore, Jakob Svensson and Waly Wane
Journal of Economic Perspectives, November 2017.
Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda
with Kayuki Kaizzi, David Yanagizawa-Drott and Jakob Svensson
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2017.
Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur
World Bank Economic Review, vol. 29(2), pages 293-326
Policies and Institutions for Effective Service Delivery: The Need of a Microeconomic and Micropolitical Approach
with Jakob Svensson
Journal of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), August.
Public and Private Provision of Education in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur
Journal of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), August.
Implications of Endogenous Group Formation for Efficient Risk-Sharing
Economic Journal, vol. 119(536), pages 562-591.
Group-based funeral insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania
with Stefan Dercon, Joachim De Weerdt and Alula Pankhurst
World Development, vol. 34(4), pages 685-703.
Working Papers
Destructive Behavior, Jugdment, and Economic Decision-making under thermal stress
with Ingvild Almås, Maximilian Auffhammer, Ian Bolliger, Aluma Dembo, Solomon M. Hsiang, Shuhei Kitamura, Edward Miguel, Robert Pickmans, NBER Working Paper, December 2020, R&R, Economic Journal
The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Ezequiel Molina and Jakob Svensson
The impacts of rural electrification on labor supply, income and health: experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania
with Anna Aevarsdottir and Nicholas Barton
Pre-analysis plan
What do teachers know and do? Does it matter?
with Deon Filmer, Gayle Martin, Ezequiel Molina, Brian Stacy, Christophe Rockmore, Jakob Svensson and Waly Wane
World Bank Research Working Paper 7956, Background Paper for the World Development Report 2018
Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya
with Nicholas Barton and Justin Sandefur
Clientelism in the Public Sector: Why Public Service Reforms May Not Succeed and What to Do About It
with Ezequiel Molina and Abla Safir
Background Paper for the World Development Report 2017 Governance and the Law