publications
The Global Gender Distortions Index with P. Goldberg, S. Lall, M. Mehta, M. Peters, and A. Ratan, [accepted @ American Economic Review : Insights]
[CEPR working paper] [NBER working paper] [Replication Package] -- featured in VoxDev and WorldBank Blog
Gendered Patterns of Labor in Agriculture with C. Doss, Agricultural Economics, March 2025. [print]
On the Measurement of the Elasticity of Labour with J. Onken and A. Valladares-Esteban, European Economic Review, Vol. 139, 103879, October 2021.
[print] [link] [replication files]
Working From Home in Developing Countries with J. Grobovsek, M. Poschke, and F. Saltiel, European Economic Review, Vol. 133, 103679, April 2021. [print] [working paper] -- Featured in voxeu
Lockdown Accounting with J. Grobovsek, M. Poschke, and F. Saltiel, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2021.
[print] [working paper] -- Featured in voxeu ; Republik ; Nikkei ; St. Galler Tagblatt
The Earned Income Tax Credit: Targeting the poor but crowding out wealth with M. Froemel, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 54, No 1, 2021. [print] [working paper] -- Robert Mundell Prize for the best paper at CJE by a junior author in 2020-2022.
Communal Land and Agricultural Productivity with J. Grobovsek, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 138, pp.235-152, 2019. [print] [working paper]
Asset Market Participation and Portfolio Choice over the Life-Cycle with A. Fagereng and L. Guiso, Journal of Finance, 72 (2) pp.705-750, 2017. [print] [working paper]
permanent working papers
Lockdown Accounting with J. Grobovsek and M. Poschke, Covid Economics, Issue 31, 2020. [print]
Working From Home across Countries with J. Grobovsek and M. Poschke, Covid Economics, Issue 8, 2020. [print]
On the Distributive Effects of Inflation SAFE Working Paper 116, 2015 [link]
Asset Market Participation and Portfolio Choice over the Life-Cycle with A. Fagereng and L. Guiso, CEPR DP 9691, 2013. [link]
other writings
Who Counts as Employed? The Gendered Consequences of Redefining Employment, with J. Grobovsek -- Mondes en Développement, Numéro 215, 2026. [print]
How Do Lockdowns Affect Economic Activity in Developing Countries? with J. Grobovsek, M. Poschke, F. Saltiel -- ESRC Economics Observatory. [print]
Working from Home: Implications for Developing Countries with J. Grobovsek, M. Poschke, F. Saltiel, International Development Policy, Issue 12.2., 2020 [print]
Also published in: COVID-19 in Developing Economies, edited by Simeon Djankov and Ugo Panizza, CEPR Press, London, UK, 2020. [link]