Research
Publications
"Understanding Rural Households' Time Use in a Developing Setting: Validating a Low-Cost Time Use Module," with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Elena Stacy, Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164: 103105. Available here.
"Indian female migrants face greater barriers to post-Covid recovery than males: Evidence from a panel study," with Jenna Allard, Maulik Jagnani, Yusuf Neggers, Rohini Pande, and Simone Schaner. EClinicalMedicine, 2022, 53:101631. Available here. Working paper available here.
"On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms" with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner, American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (7): 2342-75.
Online Appendix, Replication Files. An earlier NBER working paper version is available here.
AEA RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.115-5.199999999999999.
“Male Social Status and Women’s Work” (with Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Charity Troyer-Moore). AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, pp. 363-367.
Online Appendix, Replication Files
“Women and Work in India: Descriptive Evidence and a Review of Potential Policies,” with Erin K. Fletcher and Rohini Pande, India Policy Forum 2018 (Volume 14). Find an earlier version here.
“Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households,” with Joyce Chen and Richard Akresh, 2016. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 64(4): 661-696.
“Productive Efficiency and the Scope for Cooperation in Polygynous Households,” with Joyce Chen and Richard Akresh, 2012. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 94(2): 395-401.
Working Papers
"Gender Gaps and Economic Growth: Why Haven't Women Won Globally (Yet)?" with Patrick Agte, Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi Goldberg, Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Rohini Pande, Michael Peters, and Fabrizio Zilibotti. May 2024. EGC Discussion paper # 1105. Available here.
“Bureaucracy and Inclusion: State-led recruitment and women's employment in India,” with Soledad Artiz Prillaman, 2023. Under review. Available here.
"Updating the State: Information Acquisition Costs and Public Benefit Delivery," with Eric Dodge, Yusuf Neggers, and Rohini Pande. 2023. Available here.
AEA RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1292-3.2.
"Banking on Transparency for the Poor: Experimental Evidence from India," with Erica Field, Natalia Rigol, Rohini Pande ⓡ, and Simone Schaner. 2022. NBER Working Paper #30289. Ungated version available here.
AEA RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2917-2.0.
Books and Book Chapters
The Cash Dividend: The Rise of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Marito Garcia. 2012. Directions in Development Series. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available here.
“The Political Economy of Social Protection in Honduras and Nicaragua.” In Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty? 2010. Eds. Michelle Adato and John Hoddinott. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Other Publications
“Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Digital Cash Transfers,” with Simone Schaner. 2019. Harvard Kennedy School report. Available here.
“A Tough Call: Understanding barriers to and impacts of women’s mobile phone adoption in India,” with Giorgia Barboni, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. 2018. Available here.
"What Constrains Young Indian Women's Labor Force Participation? Evidence from a Survey of Vocational Trainees" with Soledad Artiz-Prillaman, Rohini Pande, and Vartika Singh. 2017. Available here.
“Nicaragua’s Red de Proteccion Social: An Exemplary but Short-Lived Conditional Cash Transfer Programme,” 2009. Country Study Number 17, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasilia, Brazil.
“Assessing Honduras’ CCT Program PRAF, Programa de Asignacion Familiar: Expected and Unexpected Realities,” 2008. Country Study Number 15, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasilia, Brazil.
Ongoing Registered Research
"Agents of Change? Impact of Last-Mile Female Banking Operators in Rural India," with Gaurav Chiplunkar, Rohini Pande, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. February 02 2024. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.12761-1.0
"Do At-Scale Social Audits Improve Service Delivery of a Large Public Works Program?." with Rohini Pande and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. December 06 2021. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8640-1.0
"Leveraging Local Electoral Accountability to Improve Service Delivery in Rural India." with Jenna Allard, Yusuf Neggers, and Rohini Pande. March 22 2021. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7380-1.0
"Direct Demand Registration." with Madhulika Khanna, Rohini Pande, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. December 18 2020. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6456-1.0.
"Calling for Health: Can Mobile Phones Improve Access to Public Health and Nutrition Programs?" with Giorgia Barboni, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. May 18 2020. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5053-1.0.
"Hold the Phone? Social and Economic Implications of Improving Women's Agency and Control over Smartphones," with Giorgia Barboni, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. May 15 2020. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5855-1.0.