Publications

• Economic Drivers of State Violence Against Civilians: Evidence from Myanmar, with C. Davis, A. M. Mobarak, and J. Wen. The Economic Journal, 2025, ueaf098. Media coverage: [VoxDev Summary] [Yale Insights]

• Refugees are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities, with C. A. Davis, A. M. Mobarak, J. Y. Wen. AEA Papers & Proceedings, 2024, Vol. 114, pp. 75-79

• Migration and Resilience During a Global Crisis, with N. Barker,  C. A. Davis, H. Mitchell, A. M. Mobarak,  K. Naguib, M. E. Reimão, A. Shenoy, and C. Vernot.  European Economic Review, 2023, 158, 104524

• Falling Living Standards During the COVID-19 Crisis: Quantitative Evidence from Nine Developing Countries, with D. Egger ⓡ et al. Science Advances, 2021

Working Papers

• Taming the Toxic Workplace: Evidence from Training Frontline Supervisors (July 2026), with C. Woodruff, A. Rabbani, and M. K. Mozumder  (Revise and Resubmit, The Economic Journal)

• Mental Health in Forced Displacement Settings: Evidence from Rohingya Refugees and their Bangladeshi Hosts, with A. M. Mobarak and J. Seager (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics)

• Managing the Time and Mental Health Costs of Work-Family Conflict: An Active-Control Trial with Female Entrepreneurs  (April 2026)

Selected Research in Progress

• Intimate Partner Violence and Income: Signal of Strength or Struggle? (with N. Buchmann and S. Mahmood). Winner of the SVRI-World Bank "Development Marketplace: Innovations to Address Gender Based Violence" Award. [J-PAL Project Summary] 

• Integrating Mental Health Services into Bangladesh's Public Health System (with A. M. Mobarak, M. K. Mozumder, and G. Rao).  [WAM Foundation Project Summary]

• Worker Engagement and Firm Performance (with A. Ashraf)

Pre-Doctoral and Policy Publications

• “How Accurate Is Our Misinformation? A Randomized Comparison of Four Survey Interview Methods to Measure Risk Behavior among Young Adults in the Dominican Republic,” (with S. Vivo, S. McCoy, R. Munoz, M. Larrieu, and P. Celhay). Development Engineering, 2017 

• “A Toolkit for the Measurement of Youth Risk Behavior,” (with S. Vivo, D. Saric, R. Munoz, S. McCoy, and S. Bautista-Arredondo). Washington DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2013 

• “Sexual and Reproductive Health for Youth: A Review of Evidence for Prevention,” (with S. Vivo and D. Saric). Washington DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2012