I am an assistant professor at Nantes University.
I specialize in public policy evaluation. My primary focus is on early childhood development and women's empowerment in low- and middle-income countries.
I am affiliated with the TrygFonden Centre for Child Research at Aarhus University and am a J-PAL invited researcher.
Should LMICs Build Preschools or Improve Primary Education? Experimental Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire joint with S. Maiga & P. A. Yeo (R&R, Review of Economics and Statistics)
[Working Paper] [PAPSE] [AEA RCT]
Leveraging Mobile Phone Expansion in LMICs to Improve Parental Practices joint with S. Kembou, S. Wayal & J. Murray (Rej&R, Journal of Human Resources)
[Working Paper] [IPA Summary] [Early Childhood Matters] [AEA RCT]
Schoolgirls Not Brides: Secondary Education as a Shield Against Child Marriage joint with H. Giacobino, E. Huillery & M. Sage, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16 (4): 109–43 (2024).
[Article] [J-PAL Summary] [World Bank Policy Brief: ENG, FR] [VoxDev] [AEA RCT]
Evaluating the Effects of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt: An Experimental Approach joint with G. Barsoum, B. Crépon, D. Gardiner & W. Parienté, Economica, 89, no. 353: 82-109 (2022).
[Article] [AEA RCT]
Incarceration versus Probation? Long-Run Evidence from an Anticipated Reform joint with C. Hémet (R&R, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)
[Working Paper] [Les Echos]
Coaching and Implementation - Insights from a Field Experiment in Danish Schools with S. C. Andersen & H. Skyt Nielsen , Education Economics (2025).
[Article]
Predictive Risk Modeling for Child Maltreatment Detection and Enhanced Decision-Making: Evidence from Danish Administrative Data joint with S. Bodilsen, M. Rosholm & S. Albeck Nielsen, PLoS one, 19(7) (2024), e0305974.
[Article]
Curtailing the Consequences of Parental Substance Use: Supporting Troubled Young Adults joint with S. Albeck Nielsen, M. Hesse, K. Rømer Thomsen & M. Simonsen (in writing)
[Preliminary results] [TUBA] [AEA RCT]
Evaluating the Effects of Adolescent Development Clubs: Experimental Evidence from Niger joint with H. Giacobino, H. Huillery & M. Sage (in writing)
[J-PAL] [AEA RCT]
The Effects of Adolescent Girls and Young Women Clubs: Evidence from a Multi-Country RCT in West Africa joint with O. Bertelli, O. Boulhane, C. Boxho, E. Huillery, H. Kazianga, E. Koussoubé, L. Rouanet & M. Sage (in writing)
[SWEDD] [RIDIE]
Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Various Preschool Programs in Côte d'Ivoire joint with S. Maiga & P. A. Yeo (in writing)
Measuring the Impact of Preschools in Morocco with O. Attanasio & C. Meghir (follow-up data collection in progress)
[Baseline Policy Brief (FR)] [Baseline Policy Brief (EN)] [J-PAL] [AEA RCT]
