Research
Publications
What happens when women suddenly stop receiving cash transfers?
(with Iqbal N, Jalal A, and Vyborny K)
Accepted, Journal of Public Economics
Aspiring to a better future: Can a simple psychological intervention reduce poverty?
(with Orkin K, Garlick R, Sedlmayr S, Haushofer J and Dercon S)
Accepted, Review of Economic Studies
Nudging payment behaviour: Evidence from a field experiment on pay-as-you-go off-grid electricity
(with Bonan B, d'Adda, G and Said, F)
World Bank Economic Review, 2023
Adapting to an aggregate shock: The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on rural households
(with Riley, E)
Review of Economics of the Household, 2023
Encouraging female graduates to enter the labor force: Evidence from a role model intervention in Pakistan
(with Ahmed H, Said F, Tiramzee Z)
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023
Home-based Enterprises: Experimental Evidence on Female Preferences from Pakistan
(with Said F, d'Adda G, Chaudhry A)
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022
Migration, externalities, and the diffusion of COVID-19 in South Asia
(with Lee J, Morduch J, Ravindran S, Shonchoy A)
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 Riley, E)
World Development, 2021
It is not power, but how you use it: Experimental evidence on altruism from households in Pakistan
(with Said F, d'Adda G, Chaudhry A)
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 Wahhaj, Z)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019
Working Papers
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
Work in Progress
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