Publications
Journal Articles
with C. Chalendard, A. Fernandes and G. Raballand
Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming)
Labor Supply Responses to Illness Shocks: Evidence from High-Frequency Labor Market Data in Ghana
with R. Heath, and G. Mansuri
Journal of Human Resources 2022, Vol 57 (1): 143-177.
Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts
with J.J. Andersen and N. Johannesen
Journal of Political Economy 2021, Vol 132(2): 388-425.
Does Democratization Promote Competition? Evidence from Indonesia
with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Kochanova
Economic Journal 2021, Vol 131 (640): 3296-3332.
Measuring Employment: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
with R. Heath, G. Mansuri, D. Sharma and W. Seitz
World Bank Economic Review 2021, Vol 35(3):635-651.
Household Impacts of Tariffs: Data and Results from Agricultural Trade Protection
with E. Artuc and G. Porto
World Bank Economic Review 2021, Vol 35(3):563-585.
Who on Earth Can Work from Home?
with D. Garrote Sanchez, N. Gomez Parra, C. Ozden, M. Viollaz and H. Winkler
World Bank Research Observer, 2021, Vol 36(1): 67-100.
Trading Off the Income Gains and Inequality Costs of Trade Policy
with E. and G. Porto
Journal of International Economics 2019, Vol 120:1-178.
All in the Family: State Capture in Tunisia
with C. Freund and A. Nucifora
Journal of Development Economics, 2017, Vol 124:41-59.
Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia
with L. Baghdadi and G. Raballand
World Bank Economic Review 2017, Vol 31(2):459-482
Can Minimum Wages Close The Gender Wage Gap? Firm-level evidence from Indonesia
with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Waxman,
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, Series 63, No.2:310-334.
with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Waxman,
Review of Development Economics, 2017, Vol 21(4):1018-1056.
Risky Business: Political Instability and Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
with M. Burger and E. Ianchovichina,
World Bank Economic Review 2016, Vol.30 (2):306-331.
Deals and Delays: Firm-Level Evidence on Corruption and Policy Implementation Times
with C. Freund and M. Hallward-Driemeier
World Bank Economic Review 2016, Vol. 30 (2):354-382.
Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: an Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa
with Paolo Falco, William Maloney and Mauricio Sarrias
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, Vol 111: 137-153.
Which Firms Create the Most Jobs in Developing Countries? Evidence from Tunisia
with H. Arouri, C. Freund and A. Nucifora
Labour Economics, 2014, Vol. 31:84-102.
Episodes of Unemployment Reduction in Rich, Middle-Income and Transition Economies
with C. Freund
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, Vol. 42(4): 907-923.
Do Crises Catalyze Creative Destruction? Firm-level Evidence from Indonesia
with M. Hallward-Driemeier
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, Vol. 95(5):1788-1810.
The Effects of Risk and Shocks on Non-Farm Enterprise Development in Rural Ethiopia
with M. Söderbom
World Development, 2013, Vol 45:119-136.
Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
with R. Costa
World Development, 2012, Vol 40, No 12:2411-2426.
Coping with Crises: Policies to Protect Employment and Earnings with Pierella Paci and Ana Revenga
with D. Garrote Sanchez, N. Gomez Parra, C. Ozden, M. Viollaz and H. Winkler
World Bank Research Observer, 2010, Vol 27, Issue 2:106-141.
A Rural-Urban Comparison of Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms
with J. Loening and M. Söderbom
World Development, 2010, Vol 38, No 9:1278-1296.
Who Benefits from Promoting SMEs? Some Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia
with F. Teal and C. Ruggeri Laderchi
World Development, 2010, Vol. 8, No 4:523-540.
Non-Refereed Publications
Are Politically Connected Firms More Likely to Evade Taxes? Evidence from Tunisia
with Hassen Arouri and Leila Baghdadi
World Bank Economic Review30, ABCDE Supplement, 2017.
Book
Working Toward Better Pay: Earnings Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania with Paulo Falco, Andrew Kerr and Pierella Paci, 2014.
Permanent Working Papers
Market Integration and Structural Transformation in a Poor Rural Economy
with M. Söderbom
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, No. 4946. (2010).
Nonfarm microenterprise performance and the investment climate: evidence from rural Ethiopia
with Mans Söderbom and J. Loening
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, No. 4577. (2009).