The Demand Side of Africa's Demographic Transition: Desired Fertility, Wealth, and Jobs [pdf]
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
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
Engines of Empowerment: Cattle Tending, the Milking Machine, and Women in Politics, with Eva Forslund and Jaakko Meriläinen [pdf]
Work in Progress
Factory Jobs and Fertility: Long-term Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia, with Andreas Kotsadam, Janneke Pieters, Pauline Rossi, Espen Villanger, and Tigabu Getahun Pre-Analysis Plan
Female Wage Labor and Fertility: Evidence from the Cut-Flower Industry in Kenya, with Menna Bishop and Niclas Moneke
Long-term Fertility Responses to Climate Change: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa, with Pauline Rossi, Yogita Shamdasani, Tom Vogl, and Yun Xiao
From Smallholders to Wage Workers? Labor Market Impacts of Commercial Farming in Senegal, with Renate Hartwig, Christoph Kubitza, Regina Schnars, and Mohamadou Dieye
Female Access to Male-dominated Employment in Senegal, with Gharad Bryan, Marie Christelle Mabeu, Jon de Quidt, and Mariajose Silva-Vargas AEA RCT Registry Pre-Analysis Plan
MNEs in Africa, with Jonas Hjort, Tommaso Sonno, and Luca Tommasi
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