The Demand Side of Africa's Demographic Transition: Desired Fertility, Wealth, and Jobs [pdf] VoxDev
Accepted at Journal of Human Resources
A Mother’s Voice: Impacts of Spousal Communication Training on Child Health Investments, with Martina Björkman Nyqvist and Seema Jayachandran [pdf]
Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 168, May 2024, 103263. Online Appendix Replication package VoxDev J-PAL Summary
Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa, with Oriana Bandiera, Ahmed Elsayed, and Andrea Smurra [pdf]
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2022, 36(1): 81-100.
Working Papers
Engines of Empowerment: Cattle Tending, the Milking Machine, and Women in Politics, with Eva Forslund and Jaakko Meriläinen [pdf] [New]
Chat Over Coffee? Diffusion of Agronomic Practices and Market Spillovers in Rwanda, with Esther Duflo, Daniel Keniston, and Tavneet Suri [pdf] VoxDev
R&R, Journal of Development Economics
Work in Progress
Jobs and Fertility in Ethiopia, with Andreas Kotsadam, Janneke Pieters, Pauline Rossi, Espen Villanger, and Tigabu Getahun Pre-Analysis Plan
Long-term Fertility Responses to a Warming Climate: Evidence from Kenya, with Yogita Shamdasani
Occupational Change and the Modernization of Agriculture: Labor Market Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Senegal,
with Renate Hartwig, Christoph Kubitza, and Regina Schnars
Female Wage Labor and Fertility: Evidence from the Cut-Flower Industry in Kenya, with Menna Bishop and Niclas Moneke
Female Access to Male-dominated Employment in Senegal, with Gharad Bryan, Jon de Quidt and Mariajose Silva-Vargas AEA RCT Registry
Book Chapters
Technology and Development, with Menna Bishop and Robin Burgess (2023). In: Introduction to Development Engineering edited by Temina Madon, Ashok Gadgil, Richard Anderson, Lorenzo Casaburi, Kenneth Lee, and Arman Rezaee, published by Springer. p.17-57. [pdf] Book PDF