Research

Publications

• Improving Parenting Practices for Early Child Development: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda (joint with P. Justino, P. Rolla, M. Abimpaye, C.Dusabe, D. Uwamahoro, R. Germond). Appendix;  Media:  GlobalDev Blog; Blog post;   Journal of the European Economic Association. Volume 21, Issue 4, August 2023, Pages 1510–1550, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac070

• First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War (with R. Akresh, S. Bhalotra and U. Osili).  Journal of Human Resources. March 2023, 58 (2) 488-531.  Appendix 

• Humanitarian Crisis and Adolescents Well-Being: Knowledge, Gaps and Prospects (with Jose Cuesta).  Journal of Economic Surveys. February 2020, Vol 34 (1), pp. 3-34. 

• Women as Decision Makers in Community Forest Management: Evidence from Nepal. Journal of Development Economics. May 2019, Vol 138, pp.180-191. 

• Short and Long-Term Impact of Violence on Education: The Case of Timor Leste (with Patricia Justino and Paola Salardi). World Bank Economic Review, 2014, vol. 28 (2), pp. 320-353.   [Download Paper]. Previous version: Education and Conflict Recovery: the Case of East-Timor, July 2011, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5774. 

• War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War (with Richard Akresh, Sonia Bhalotra and Una Osili), American Economic Review (Papers & Proceedings), 2012, vol. 102(3), pp. 273-77, May. [Download Paper]. IZA Discussion Paper 6194; Households in Conflict Network Working Paper 113; BREAD Working Paper 318.

• Persistence versus Change in the International Specialization Pattern of Italy: How much does the'District Effect' Matters? (with A. Amighini and R. Rabellotti), Regional Studies, 2011, vol. 45(3), pp. 381-401.

Working Papers

• What Drives Parental Investments in Early Childhood? Experimental Evidence from a Video Intervention in Rwanda (joint with P. Justino, P. Rolla, M. Abimpaye). Current version: May 2023.  

• Domestic Violence Laws and Social Norms: Evidence from Pakistan (joint with Selim Gulesci and Sameen Zafar). Current version: May 2023. 

• Violence Begets Violence? The Long Term impact of the War in Timor Leste on Domestic violence (with Patricia Justino and Paola Salardi). January 2019. Previous versions: Does War Empower Women? Evidence from Timor Leste. IDS Evidence Report 121 March 2015.

• The intergenerational Impacts of Education: Evidence from the Universal Primary Education Programme in Nigeria (joint with S. Bhalotra and U.Osili). mimeo 2015

• Shadow Wages and Child Labour Supply in Agricultural Households in Nepal. mimeo 2014. 

Selected work in progress

• Inclusive Teaching and Classroom Relational Climate: Spotting Social Isolation in the Classroom (with S. Alan and M. Carlana). Status: data collection concluded