Publications
Give Me a Pass: Flexible Microcredit in Colombia (with Xavier Giné and Dean Karlan) [conditionally accepted at Economic Journal]
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
Group versus Individual Coaching for Rural Social Protection Programs: Evidence from Uganda, Philippines, and Bangladesh (with Emily Beam, Narayan Das, Stefan Dercon, Nathanael Goldberg, Rozina Haque, Dean Karlan, Maliha Noshin Khan, Doug Parkerson, Ashley Pople, Yasuyuki Sawada, Christopher Udry, and Rocco Zizzamia) [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)