Working Papers and Work in Progress

Selecting experimental sites for external validity
with Michael Gechter, Keisuke Hirano, Jean Lee, Orville Mondal, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, and Abu Shonchoy

Wage subsidies to promote female hiring: Evidence from Pakistan
with Maurizio Bussolo, Jean Lee, Nayantara Sarma, and Anaise Williams
AEA RCT Registry

“We’re all in this together”: Experimental evidence from a universal livelihoods program
with Emma Riley
AEA RCT Registry Midline PAP Endline PAP 

Empowering women at a pivotal moment: Evidence from a cash transfer and role model workshop in Kenya
with Kate Orkin and Emma Riley
AEA RCT Registry PAP 

Remitting against poverty: Eight year evidence on migrants and mobile money adoption in Bangladesh
with Jean Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, Abu Shonchoy and Shashank Sreedharan
AEA RCT Registry PAP 

Multi-country experimental evidence on migration and mobile banking in South Asia
with Jean Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran and Abu Shonchoy
AEA RCT Registry Fieldwork in progress

Empowering young women in Tanzania
with Emma Riley
AEA RCT Registry Fieldwork in progress

Publications

What happens when women suddenly stop receiving cash transfers?
with Nasir Iqbal, Amen jalal, and Kate Vyborny
Journal of Public Economics, 2026

Aspiring to a better future: Can a simple psychological intervention reduce poverty?
with Kate Orkin, Rob Garlick, Richard Sedlmayr, Johannes Haushofer, and Stefan Dercon
Accepted, Review of Economic Studies

Nudging payment behaviour: Evidence from a field experiment on pay-as-you-go off-grid electricity
with Jacopo Bonan, Giovanna d'Adda, and Farah Said
World Bank Economic Review, 2023

Adapting to an aggregate shock: The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on rural households
with  Emma Riley
Review of Economics of the Household, 2023

Encouraging female graduates to enter the labor force: Evidence from a role model intervention in Pakistan
with Hamna Ahmed H, Farah Said, and Zunia Tiramzee
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023

Home-based Enterprises: Experimental Evidence on Female Preferences from Pakistan
with Farah Said F, Giovanna d'Adda, and Azam Chaudhry
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022

Migration, externalities, and the diffusion of  COVID-19 in South Asia
with Jean Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, and Abu Shonchoy
Journal of Public Economics, 2021 

Household response to an extreme shock: Evidence on the immediate impact of Covid-19 on economic outcomes and well-being in rural Uganda 
with Emma Riley
World Development, 2021 

It is not power, but how you use it: Experimental evidence on altruism from households in Pakistan
with Farah Said, Giovanna d'Adda, and Azam Chaudhry
Applied Economics Letters, 2020

Repaying microcredit loans: A natural experiment on liability structure
The Journal of Development Studies, 2019 

Charitable giving or signalling? Voluntary contributions by microcredit borrowers in Pakistan
with Zaki Wahhaj
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019