Research

Publications

Social Protection amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen, Journal of Development Economics, 2022 (with Dean Karlan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Christopher Udry) [Final Working Paper]

How Important is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thought, World Bank Economic Review, 2022 (with Jason Kerwin and Qingxiao Li) [Final Working Paper]

Pay Me Later: Savings Constraints and the Demand for Deferred Payments, American Economic Review, 2021 (with Eric Chyn and Jason Kerwin) [Final Working Paper]

Peers and Motivation at Work: Evidence from a Firm Experiment in Malawi, Journal of Human Resources, 2020 (with Eric Chyn and Jason Kerwin) [Final Working Paper]

Income Timing and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment, Journal of Development Economics, 2019 (with Jason Kerwin) [Final Working Paper] [Online Appendix] 

Savings Defaults and Payment Delays for Cash Transfers: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi, Journal of Development Economics, 2017 (with Jessica Goldberg, Xavier Giné, and Dean Yang) [Final Working Paper]

Facilitating Savings for Agriculture: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016 (with Xavier Giné, Jessica Goldberg, and Dean Yang)

Working Papers

Give Me a Pass: Flexible Microcredit in Colombia (with Xavier Giné and Dean Karlan) [R&R]

Improving Graduation Scalability through Group Coaching: Evidence from Uganda and the Philippines (with Emily Beam, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Doug Parkerson, Yasuyuki Sawada, Christopher Udry) [email for draft]

Experiments in the Field

Graduation to Resilience Resilience & Food Security Activity, Cohorts 1 and 2, Uganda (with Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Doug Parkerson, and Christopher Udry)

DOLE Graduation, Philippines (with Emily Beam, Dean Karlan, and Christopher Udry)

Evaluation of the Titukulane Resilience & Food Security Activity, Malawi (with Emily Beam, Dean Karlan, Craig McIntosh, and Christopher Udry)

Evaluation of the Takunda and Amalima Loko Resilience & Food Security Activities, Zimbabwe (with Emily Beam, Dean Karlan, Craig McIntosh)

Evaluation of the Okhokelamo Ni Solha Resilience & Food Security Activities, Zimbabwe (with Emily Beam, Catia Batista, Fulvia Budillon, Dean Karlan, Craig McIntosh, and Doug Parkerson)

Permanent Working Papers

The Effect of Lottery-Incentives on Labor Supply: A Firm Experiment in Malawi