Research

Working Papers

1 — Casting a Wider Net: Sharing Information Beyond Social Networks - with Manzoor Dar, Kyle Emerick, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet (Revision Requested)

2 — The value of forecasts: Experimental evidence from India - with Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, Gregory Lane and Harshil Sahai (PAP accepted via pre-results review at the Journal of Development Economics available here) (Submitted)

3 — Who Gets the Job? The Consequences of Strategic Information Sharing within Social Networks - with Gaurav Chiplunkar, and Gregory Lane (Submitted)

4 — Information and Strategy in Lemon Markets: Improving Safety in Informal Transit - with Gregory Lane and David Schönholzer (Submitted)

5 — Household Preferences for Female Employment: A Field Experiment in Bangladesh - with Reshmaan Hussam, Gregory Lane and Yue Hya Hsu (Submitted, PAP available here)

6 — Fast Action for Floods: RCT Evidence on Forecast-based Cash Transfers from Bangladesh and Nepal - with Paul Christian, Felipe Dunsch, Jonas Heirman, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, Jennifer Waidler, Nidhila Adusumalli, Odbayar Batmunkh and Kriti Malhotra (Submitted)

Papers

1 — Customer Discrimination in the Workplace: Evidence from Online Sales- with Gregory Lane, Matthew Pecenco and Edward Rubin (Journal of Labor Economics, 2026)

2 — The Impact of Monitoring Technologies on Contracts and Employee Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Matatu Industry - with Gregory Lane and David Schönholzer (American Economic Review, 2024)

3 — How do Online Job Portals affect Employment and Search outcomes? Evidence from India - with Jeremy Magruder and Christopher Ksoll (Journal of Development Economics, 2024)

4 — The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp - with Reshmaan Hussam, Gregory Lane and Fatima Zahra [PAP] [Econimate] (American Economic Review, 2022)

Papers (non-peer reviewed)

1 — Does Gender Tagging Public Works Increase Women's Participation? Experimental Evidence from Haiti, Kenya, and Rwanda - with Tanay Balantrapu, Paul Christian, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Felipe Dunsch, Jonas Heirman, Dahyeon Jeong, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, and John Loeser (AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2025)

Research In Progress

1 — Seeds of (climate) change: Private adaptation and subsidized insurance in West Bengal with Fiona Burlig, Manzoor Dar, Xavier Gine, and Gregory Lane (PAP available here)

2 — Market Unraveling and Quality Control in Agriculture with Manzoor Dar, Kyle Emerick, Davis Gimode, Gregory Lane and Mohit Negi (PAP accepted via pre-results review at the JDE, available here)

Policy writing

Which jobs are lost during a lockdown? Evidence from vacancy postings in India - with Gaurav Chiplunkar and Gregory Lane