Research

Refereed Publications

  1. "The effect of traffic cameras on police effort: Evidence from India", joint with Emily Conover and Daniel Kraynak. Journal of Development Economics. (forthcoming). Published by: Elsevier.

  2. "Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India", joint with William Masters, 2020. Journal of Development Economics. Volume 146, September. Published by: Elsevier.

  3. “Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India”, joint with William Masters, 2017. Journal of Health Economics. Volume 55, September, Pages 219-231. Published by: Elsevier.

  4. “Incentives, Information and Malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India”, joint with Sandip Mitra, 2017. European Economic Review, Volume 93, pages 24-46. Published by: Elsevier.

  5. “Performance Pay and Information: Reducing child undernutrition in India”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, Vol 112, pp. 141-163, April. Published by: Elsevier.

  6. “Gender-Differential Effects of Terrorism on Education: The Case of the Punjab Insurgency 1981-1993”, joint with Olga Shemyakina, 2016. Economics of Education Review. Volume 54, October, Pages 185–210. Published by: Elsevier.

  7. “Searching for Religious Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment among Anganwadi Workers in India”, joint with Utteeyo Dasgupta and Subha Mani, 2020. Review of Development Economics, 24 (2): 362-382. Published by: Wiley.

  8. "Effects of an mHealth intervention for community health workers on maternal and child nutrition and health service delivery in India: protocol for a quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation", joint with Nimmagadda S, Gopalakrishnan L and Avula R, et al, 2019. BMJ Open 2019. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025774 . Published by: BMJ Journals.

  9. “Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of a Nutritional Information Campaign”, 2016. Journal of Development Studies, vol 53(6). Pages 911-931. Published by: Taylor & Francis Group.

  10. “Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor", joint with Julie Christensen and Darius Onul, 2016. Eastern Economic Journal. Pages 1-12. doi:10.1057/s41302-016-0069-7. IZA Working paper 10094. Appendix. Published by: Springer.

  11. “Concessions and Repression in Conflict” joint with Akifumi Ishihara, 2016. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 865–899. DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2015-0017, January. Published by: De Gruyter.

  12. “The Effects of Child Physical Maltreatment on Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Peru”, 2015. joint with Alvaro Morales. Journal of Development Studies, Vol 51, Issue 7, pp. 826-850, August. Published by: Taylor & Francis Group.

  13. “Growth Recovery after Civil Conflict: A Fractional Integration Approach”, joint with Luis Alberiko Gil-Alana, 2015. Defence and Peace Economics, vol 27 (4), pages 453-479, August. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2015.1072375. Published by: Taylor & Francis Group.

  14. “A Research-Based Development Economics Course for Undergraduates”, joint with Hongye Guo and Alvaro Morales. The Journal of Economic Education, 2015, Vol 46 (3), pp. 274-284, June. Published by: Taylor & Francis Group.

  15. “The Impact of Ethnic Violence in Kenya on Wheat and Maize Markets”, joint with Luis Alberiko Gil-Alana, 2015. Journal of African Economies, vol 24 (4), pages 502-529. May. Published by Oxford Journals, Oxford University.

  16. "Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency," 2015. Journal of Punjab Studies, vol 22 (2). pages 231-248. University of California-Santa Barbara.

  17. “Impact of Media on Domestic Violence Norms: Evidence from India”, joint with Kuhuk Bhushan, The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2014, Vol 9 (1), pages 57-62. Published by: Economists for Peace and Security.

  18. “Economic Growth and Recovery after Civil Wars”, joint with Luis Alberiko Gil-Alana, 2014. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (Special Issue), Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 565–574, October. Published by: De Gruyter.

  19. “Impact of terrorism on investment decisions of farmers: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency”, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013, vol 57(1), pages 128 – 153. Published by: Sage Journals.

  20. “A Dream Experiment in Development Economics”, joint with Alexa Russo, The Journal of Economic Education, 2013, vol 44(2), pages 158-168. Published by: Taylor & Francis Group.

  21. “Insurgency, crime, and agricultural labor expenditure: Evidence from Punjab, 1978-1990”, The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2012, vol 7(2), pages 33-40. Published by: Economists for Peace and Security.

Working Papers

  1. “Face the bullet, spare the rod?" Evidence from the aftermath of the Shining Path Insurgency,” joint with Alvaro Morales. IZA Working Paper 10093.

  2. “Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam”, joint with Sutanuka Roy, 2016. WIDER Working Paper 2016/67. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. IZA Working Paper 10092.

  3. “Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial”, joint with William Masters, 2016. IZA Working Paper 10375.

  4. "The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru," joint with Juan Gabriel Delgado Montes and Javier Corrales, 2016. IZA Working Paper 10389.


A short movie on a project targeting child malnutrition in Chandigarh, India

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