Research
Research
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
"Turning Inward and/or Outward: Which socioemotional skills matter the most for women in agribusiness in Nigeria?", with S. Das, A. Fashogbon and S. Papineni. Journal of Development Economics. Accepted, Pre-Results Review. Project featured in local press.
"Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India", with T. Bossuroy and V. Pons, Review of Economics and Statistics. Forthcoming. NBER Working Paper No. 26388. 2019.
"Determinants of Vocational Training Choices in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d'Ivoire: A Gender Perspective", with M. Zenaki, L. Rouanet and E. Koussoube. Revue d'économie du développement. 2024/3-4. Vol. 32.
"Occupational Sex Segregation in Agriculture : Evidence on Gender Norms and Socio-Emotional Skills in Nigeria", with S. Das, A. Fashogbon, W. Ogunleye and S. Papineni. Agricultural Economics. 2023. Vol. 54(2): 179-219.
“Locking Crops to Unlock Investment: Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso”, with S. Godlonton, Journal of Development Economics. 2023. Vol. 160. Presentation of preliminary results at the IPA Conference on Financial Inclusion and Agriculture (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2016).
"Motivating Teams: Private Feedback and Public Recognition at Work", Journal of Public Economics. 2021. Vol. 197(C). Policy Brief. On World Bank blog.
"Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Learning and Gender Equity: Evidence from India", with A. Griffith and R. Thornton, World Bank Economic Review. 2021. Vol. 35(4). Policy Brief.
“Knowledge about Tuberculosis and Infection Prevention Behavior: A Nine-City Longitudinal Study from India”, with S. Bharal, T. Bossuroy, S. Huddart, M. Pai and V. Pons. PLOS One. 2018. Vol. 13 (10).
"Religions, Fertility and Growth in South-East Asia”, with D. de la Croix. International Economic Review. 2018. Vol. 59(2): 907-946
"Quality Health Care and Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance Retention: A Randomized Experiment in Kolkata Slums". Health Economics. 2017. Vol. 26(5). On IFPRI blog.
"Experiments, Policy, and Theory in Development Economics", with T. Bossuroy. Journal of Economic Methodology. 2016. Vol. 23 (2): 147-156.
“Why Corrupt Governments May Receive More Foreign Aid”, with D. de la Croix, Oxford Economic Papers. 2014. Vol. 66 (1): 51-66.
“What Drives Corruption? Evidence from North African Firms”, Journal of African Economies, 2012. Vol. 21 (4): 499-547.
“Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and Growth”, with D. de la Croix, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2011. Vol.13 (2): 155-187.
“Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing Institutions”, with D. de la Croix, Economics of Governance. 2009. Vol. 10 (3): 187-219.
“Lutte contre la corruption et réformes de la gestion budgétaire au Burkina Faso”, Afrique Contemporaine. 2007. Vol. 223-224 (3-4): 267-285.
“Corruption et allocation optimale de l’investissement public”, with D. de la Croix, Revue Economique, 2007. Vol. 58 (3): 637-648.
“Corruption and Distribution of Public Spending in Developing Countries”, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006. Vol. 30 (2): 222-239.
Working papers
"Socio-emotional Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa: Validating and Comparing Self-reported and Behavioral Measures", with Clerkin, A., Das, S., Gonzales, C., Jamison, J., and Rouanet, L. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS11201. September 2025.
"Assessing Workplace Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills in Africa: The ESTEEM Framework", with S. Das, T. Koroknay-Palicz, V. Marsh, D. McDaniel and L. Rouanet. Online supplement. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS11128. May 2025.
"Women and Climate Adaptation in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Constraints and Research Priorities", with M. Gittard and J. Vaillant. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS11095. April 2025.
"Does Free Sound Too Cheap? The Adverse Effect of a Randomized Text Message Campaign on Program Take-up", with J. Annan, D. Evans, E. Koussoube, L. Rouanet and J. Tassy. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS11063. February 2025.
"Do Men Really Have Greater Socio-emotional Skills than Women? Evidence from Tanzanian Youth", with R. Cassidy, S. Das, E. Kipchumba and J. Komba, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS10873. August 2024.
"Gender Differences in Socio-Emotional Skills and Economic Outcomes: New Evidence from 17 African Countries", with K. Ajayi, S. Das, T. Ketema and L. Rouanet, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS10197. 2022.
"Participation, Learning, and Equity in Education: Can We Have It All”, with A. Griffith, G. Shukla and R. Thornton. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01627, March 2017.
"Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings: Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in West Africa", with F. Dizon, R. Hill and J.P. Petraud, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS7176. January 2015. On IFPRI blog. On IPA website.
Policy briefs
"GIL Top Policy Lessons on Social Protection", with C. B. Gokalp. Africa Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, July 2024.
"Engaging Men for Women's Economic Empowerment: Overview of the Evidence", with R. Pierotti and R. Brar. Africa Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, September 2023.
"Which socio-emotional skills matter most for women's earnings? New insights from Sub-saharan Africa", with K. Ajayi, S. Das, T. Ketema and L. Rouanet. Africa Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, March 2023.
"Finding the time and labor to farm: How social dynamics drive gender differences in agricultural labor in Southern Nigeria", with S. Friedson-Ridenour, P. Gonzalez, R. PIerotti and O. Olayiwola. Nigeria Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, December 2022.
“Locking Crops to Unlock Investment: Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso”, with S. Godlonton, Africa Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, October 2022.
"Tell Us How We are Doing : Motivating Teams Through Feedback Versus Public Recognition", Africa Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief, World Bank, Washington, DC. 2021.
"Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Learning and Gender Equity: Evidence from Rajasthan, India", with A. Griffith and R. Thornton. World Bank Policy Brief, December 2020.
"Unpacking Socio-Emotional Skills for Women’s Economic Empowerment", with S. Das and L. Rouanet, World Bank Brief. 2020.
Other publications
"Warrantage: A model of rural finance that boosts farmers’ income and investment", with S. Godlonton, VoxDev, February 7, 2024.
"The power of biometric identification for development", with T. Bossuroy, V. Pons and V McIntyre, VoxDev, December 9, 2019.
"Warrantage: Des retombées positives sur l’agriculture, l’élevage… et l’éducation !", L'Economiste du Faso, November 28, 2016.
"Gestion du risque en milieu rural : des effets différenciés selon les genres", L'Economiste du Faso, May 4, 2015.
"Pauvreté et corruption: un cercle vicieux", Regards Croisés sur l'Economie. 2014. Vol. 14 (1): 72-83.
“La corruption, un frein au développement”, Editions Universitaires Européennes, 2010. ISBN/EAN 9786131539060.
“Institutional Determinants of Corruption by Maghrebian Firms”, in Corruption and the Private Sector, Transparency International Global Corruption Report 2009, Eds Dieter Zinnbauer, Rebecca Dobson and Krina Despota, Cambridge University Press, pp.416-418.
“Determinants of Shadow Economy in Tunisia and Algeria: A Firm-Level Analysis”, in Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, Michael Pickhardt and Edward Shinnick eds, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2008.
“Giving Schoolchildren a Chance – School-Based Deworming Programmes Dramatically Improve Child Health and Education at Low Cost”, with T. Bossuroy, Mint (Wall Street Journal), November 20, 2008.
"Public Investment with Widespread Corruption - Some Preliminary Results”, with D. de la Croix, in Investimento e Crescimento Economico no Brasil, Erly Cardoso Teixeira and Marcelo José Braga eds, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2006: 11-25.
“Jeunes filles ouest africaines: femmes de demain”, with L. Rivéra, Hémisphères, Vol. 30. December 1, 2005.
Ph.D. Dissertation / Thèse de doctorat (in French)
Work in Progress
“Mental Health in FCV settings: Leveraging Digital Technology for Targeting and Assistance”, with Q-T. Do, A. Hailemicheal and C. Pougue Biyong
"The Effects of Increasing Community Participation on School Management Outcomes: Evidence from India", with N. Cantet, A. Griffith, Z. Liu and R. Thornton.
"Returns to soft skills training for youth in Tanzania", with R. Cassidy, S. Das, E. Kipchumba and M. Sulaiman.
“Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria”, with A. Alik-Lagrange, M. Goldstein and P. Gonzalez Martinez.
"Network Partitioning and Social Exclusion under Different Selection Regimes", with A. Griffith and R. Thornton
"Primary Education in Togo: Are Conditional Cash Transfers and School Feeding Programs Effective Complements?", with T. Bossuroy and P. Eozenou