Research

 Published & Accepted Papers

• "Long-Term Effects of Access to Health Care: Medical Missions in Colonial India" with Federico Mantovanelli

Journal of Development Economics, 2018

Policy and Media Articles: VoxDev, Ideas for India

• "Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty" 

Journal of Political Economy, 2020

Policy and Media Articles:  Faculti.net, Rice News, Development Impact, VoxDev, Ideas for India,  The Print,  RES, La 27esima Ora

• "Sharing the Pie: An Analysis of Undernutrition and Individual Consumption in Bangladesh" with Caitlin Brown and Jacob Penglase 

Journal of Public Economics, 2021 

• "LATE with Missing or Mismeasured Treatment" with Arthur Lewbel and Denni Tommasi

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2021

• "Dowries, Resource Allocation, and Poverty"  with  Ajinkya Keskar

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021

Policy and Media Articles: Ideas for India

• "Measuring Poverty Within The Household" with Caitlin Brown, Jacob Penglase and Denni Tommasi

IZA World of Labor, 2022

• "Measuring Women's Empowerment in Collective Households" with Jacob Penglase and Denni Tommasi

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022

• "The Protestant Legacy: Missions, Gender, and Human Capital in India"  with Federico Mantovanelli and Lauren Hoehn Velasco

Journal of Human Resources, 2022

• "The More the Poorer? Resource Sharing and Scale Economies in Large Families"  with Jacob Penglase,  Denni Tommasi  and Alexander Wolf

Journal of Development Economics, 2023

Policy and Media Articles: IZA Newsroom

• "Child Poverty Among Refugees"  with  Theresa Beltramo, Giacomo De Giorgi and Ibrahima Sarr

World Development, 2023

Policy and Media Articles: UNHCR Blog, World Economic Forum Agenda Article, Rice News

• "'Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families" with  Ajinkya Keskar

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023

Policy and Media Articles: Faculti.net, VoxDev, The Print

Working Papers

• "The Perceived Marital Returns to Education and the Demand for Girls’ Schooling"  with  Hira Farooqi and Eeshani Kandpal

Submitted

• "Terms of Engagement: Migration, Dowry, and Love in Indian Marriages"  with Andrew Beauchamp and Scott Fulford

Submitted

• "Can Effective Policy Implementation Alter Political Selection? Evidence From Female Legislators in India"  with  S Anukriti and Abhishek Chakravarty 

Submitted

Selected Work in Progress

• "The Multidimensional Nature of Women’s Power: Measurement and Prediction" with Jacob Penglase and Sugat Chaturvedi

• "Detecting Misreporting in Marital Transfers Data" with  Ajinkya Keskar

• "Strengthening Adolescent Girls’ Land  Rights Through Public Service Delivery in Senegal" with Aletheia Donald and Joao Montalvao