Journal Publications
"Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho" (with Jacob Bor and Jan-Walter De Neve) Accepted at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
"The causal effect of girls’ education on cancer awareness and screening: evidence from a natural experiment in Lesotho", (2025), (with Janny Liao, Jan-Walter De Neve, Michelle Holmes, and S. V Subramanian). Nature Communications.
"The Effect of Weather Shocks on Women's Labour Supply and the Income of Women-headed Households in Lesotho", (2025), (joint with Mamello Nchake and Luca Tiberti). Journal of African Development [WP version] [Published article]
"The Effect of School-entry Age on Health is Understudied in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review and Future Directions for Research", (2023), (joint with Janny Liao, Henning Schröder, Elliot Chin, Owolabi Bakare, Mónica Caudillo, Kerim Munir, and Jan-Walter De Neve). SSM - Population Health
"Long-Term Effects of Primary Education Expansion on Educational Achievement: Evidence from Lesotho". (2023) Lead Article. Annals of Economics and Statistics. [WP version]
“Changes in Educational Achievement and Educational Inequality in Lesotho: A Relative Distribution Analysis”. (2022) Studies in Economics and Econometrics.
"Market Structure and Bank Conduct in Lesotho'', (2021), (joint with Katleho Thokoa). South African Journal of Economics
"Effect of Free Primary Education on School Enrollment and Relative Grade Attainment in Lesotho", (2019), (joint with Cally Ardington and Patrizio Piraino). Journal of African Economies.
"Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Lesotho", (2019), Education Economics
Working Papers
"Long-Term Effects of Free Primary Education on Educational Achievement: Evidence from Lesotho". (2020) Policy Research Working Paper; No. 9404. World Bank, Washington, DC.
"Cash Transfers, Household Composition and Human Capital Accumulation in sub-Saharan Africa: Experimental Evidence from Lesotho, Malawi, and Zambia", (joint with Jacobus de Hoop and Sudhanshu Handa). [Latest version available on request.] 2017 Transfer Project Workshop Slides here.
"Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Child Labour: Evidence from Lesotho", 2016. Economic Research Southern Africa Working Paper No. 621.
"Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Class Size on Educational Achievement in Lesotho", 2015. Economic Research Southern Africa Working Paper No. 496.
"Consumer Demand for Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Lesotho: A Double-Hurdle Approach", 2012. Economic Research Southern Africa Working Paper No. 315.
"Poverty Profiles in Lesotho", 2008. [Permanent Working paper, available on request]
Book Chapter
"Households: Supporting Productive Use of DTs for Inclusive Economic Impact", eds. Begazo, T., Blimpo, M., and Dutz, M. 2023. "Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs". Washington D.C., World Bank (joint with Moussa Blimpo)
Reports
"The Education-Employment Paradox: A Life Cycle Approach to Assess Gender Gaps in Education and Labor Market Outcomes in Lesotho", Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 2023 (joint with Gebre,Tihtina Zenebe; Thulare,Tshegofatso Desdemona; Dulvy, Elizabeth Ninan.)
Work-in-progress
"Child Labour and Educational Outcomes in Lesotho: A Nonparametric Bounds Approach", (joint with Rosalea Souru)