Working Papers

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

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

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

4 — Getting Ahead of the Flood: Experimental Evidence on Anticipatory Action in Bangladesh and Nepal - with Paul Christian, Felipe Dunsch, Jonas Heirman, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, Jennifer Waidler, Nidhila Adusumalli, Odbayar Batmunkh and Kriti Malhotra (Submitted)

5 — Safer Driving for a Price: Evidence on Behavior and Habits in Kenyan Minibuses - with Gregory Lane and David Schönholzer (Submitted)

6 — Insurance and the demand for adaptation: theory and experimental evidence from West Bengal - with Fiona Burlig, Manzoor Dar, Xavier Gine, and Gregory Lane (Submitted, PAP available here)

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

Papers

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

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

3 — 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)

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

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

Research In Progress

1 — Forecasts at scale: General equilibrium impacts of climate adaptation - with Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, Gregory Lane

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)

3 — Is it All About the Work? - with Reshmaan Hussam, Gregory Lane and Yueh-Ya Hsu (rough draft available here)

4 — Can Public Works Increase Women’s Autonomy? Experimental Evidence from Four Countries - with Paul Christian, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Felipe Dunsch, Jonas Heirman, Dahyeon Jeong, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, and John Loeser

5 — Fostering human capital development through school feeding and teacher incentives: evidence from The Gambia - with Paul Christian, Jonas Heirman, Florence Kondylis, Gregory Lane, Benedetta Lerva, Simone Lombardini and Astrid Zwager

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)

Policy writing

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