How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes ? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics (with Gabriel Tourek), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 38(1):81-106, Winter 2024. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper VoxDev Podcast
Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Groups Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16(1):157-192. January 2024. Paper Appendix World Bank Policy Research Working Paper VoxDev Podcast
The Promise and Limitations of Information Technology for Tax Mobilization (with Fabrizio Santoro), The World Bank Research Observer, 38(2): 295-324. August 2023. ICTD Research Brief
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology (with Fabrizio Santoro), Journal of African Economics, Volume 32, Issue Supplement_1, March 2023, Pages i57–i83. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper
2nd most viewed article online in Journal of African Economics 2023, 2024
Technology, Taxation and Corruption: Experimental Evidence from Electronic Tax Filing (with Victor Pouliquen), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(1):341-72. February 2022. Paper Appendix VoxDev Article
Best Paper Award, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2023.
Promoting National Integration through National Service Programmes: Evidence from Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps in Nation Building: Big Lessons from Successes and Failures, CEPR E-Book, Dominic Rohner and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, editors, 2023.
Becoming Legible to the State: The Essential but Incomplete Role of Identification Capacity in Taxation, conditionally accepted at American Economic Review, Old version, Vox Dev Article
Young High-Growth Entrepreneurs Eleven Years Later: A Long-term follow-up of the YouWin! Business Plan Competition (with David McKenzie)
Gender Differences in Firm Hiring: Evidence from a Large Online Job Market in Nigeria (with Francis Annan, Belinda Archibong, Ifeatu Oliobi and Anja Tolonen).
The Relationship between the Social Contract and Support for Taxation in Africa (with Habtamu Edjigu)
Do Shortfalls in Oil Revenue Harm the Poor? Evidence from Nigerian States (with Santiago Garriga)
Shaping Students’ Education and Career Aspirations: Evidence from Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (with Gabor Nyeki and Leonard Wantchekon)
Socio-Emotional Learning and On-the-job Training for Youth in Urban Nigeria (with Thomas Bussoroy, Ayodele Fashogbon and Santiago Garriga)