Published Papers
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Closing the gap: Effect of a Gender Quota on Women's Access to Education in Afghanistan
Economics of Education Review, 2024
[Working Paper] [Replication code, data]
Coverage: VoxDev
The Taliban's Return to Power: An Empirical Analysis of the Afghan Peace Negotiations of 2018-2020
Defence and Peace Economics, 2023
[Working Paper] [Replication code, data]
Social Determinants of Rural Household Food Insecurity under the Taliban Regime
Nutrients, 2023
(with Wasiuddin Najam, Temitope Ibiyemi, Sajia Aziz, Wanjiku N Gichohi-Wainaina, & Wilna Oldewage-Theron)
Education Economics, 2022
(with Alison Johnston)
Impact of Four-day School Week on Juvenile Crime
(with Paul Thompson)
Human Capital Impacts of In Utero Exposure to War Conflict in Afghanistan
(with Erkmen G. Aslim & Erdal Tekin)
Coverage: VoxDev
The Mis-Education of Women in Afghanistan: From Wage Premiums to Economic Losses
(with Harry A. Patrinos & Raja Bentaouet Kattan)
When Violence Strikes: Timing of Exposure and High-Stakes Exam Outcomes in Afghanistan
(with Olga Shemyakina)
Unbundling Community-Driven Development: A Systematic Review
(with John Ashton Loeser & Marcus Holmlund)
The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
(with Huntington-Klein, N., C. Pörtner, T. Pugatch, and many other economists)