Working Papers
"From Delay to PayDay: Easing Bureaucrat Access to Implementation Information Strengthens Social Protection Delivery" with Eric Dodge, Yusuf Neggers, and Rohini Pande. 2025. NBER Working Paper #33756. Available here. Latest version available here. AEA RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1292-3.2. (Submitted.)
"Scaling Accountability: Experimental Evidence on Impacts of Citizen-Led Audits on Social Protection Delivery and Election Outcomes", with Rohini Pande and Simone Schaner. February 2025. Available upon request. AEA RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8640-1.0
"Hold the Phone: The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Connecting Indian Women to Digital Technology", with Giorgia Barboni, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Aruj Shukla. September 2024. EGC Discussion Paper #1109. Available here. Pre-registration here.
"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. Stanford King Center Working Paper. No. wp2051. Available here and (working paper version) here. Pre-analysis plan and registration.
"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.
Ongoing Registered Research
"Empowering Women at Scale," with Urmi Bhattacharya, Erica Field, Lisa Ho, Rohini Pande, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. July 01 2025. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.16310-1.1
"Influence, Paternalism, and Gender: Experimental Evidence from India", with Maria Kogelnik, Rohini Pande, and Akash Uppal. AEA RCT Registry. April 22 2025. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.15838-1.0
"Gender Competition and Norms around Women's Work," with Suanna Oh, Rohini Pande, and Simone Schaner. AEA RCT Registry. November 18 2024. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14557-2.0
"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
"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.