Technology Adoption
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.
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
Education and Service Delivery
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.
The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Ezequiel Molina and Jakob Svensson
Experimental Evidence on Scaling Up Education Reforms in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng'ang'a and Justin Sandefur
Accepted for publication at Journal of Public Economics
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
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.
Insurance and Risk-Sharing
Risk Sharing in Village Economies Revisited
with Tobias Broer,
Revision requested Journal of the European Economic Association
CEPR Discussion Papers 11143, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Insurance Companies of the Poor
with Stefan Dercon, CEPR Discussion Papers 10278, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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, Tessa Bold and Alula Pankhurst
World Development, vol. 34(4), pages 685-703.
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.
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
Education and Service Delivery
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.
The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
with Deon Filmer, Ezequiel Molina and Jakob Svensson
Experimental Evidence on Scaling Up Education Reforms in Kenya
with Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng'ang'a and Justin Sandefur
Accepted for publication at Journal of Public Economics
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
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.
Insurance and Risk-Sharing
Risk Sharing in Village Economies Revisited
with Tobias Broer,
Revision requested Journal of the European Economic Association
CEPR Discussion Papers 11143, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Insurance Companies of the Poor
with Stefan Dercon, CEPR Discussion Papers 10278, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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, Tessa Bold and Alula Pankhurst
World Development, vol. 34(4), pages 685-703.