Research

Publications

"JUST VENMO ME: Does form of payment affect risk taking and intertemporal choice?" (Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2022)

 with Jessica B. Hoel and Bridget Galaty

Published Version

Online Appendix


"Are informal transfers driven by strategic risk-sharing or fairness? Evidence from an experiment in Kenya" (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021)

with Margaret J. Lay

Published Version (Gated)

Online Appendix


"Stress may increase choice of sooner outcomes, but not temporal discounting" (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021)

with Johannes Haushofer, Abednego Musau and David Ndetei

Published Version (Gated)

Online Appendix (starting on page 49)

Experimental Instructions 

Pre-analysis Plan

SEEDEC Presentation Video


Imperfect monitoring and informal risk sharing: The role of social ties (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020)

Published Version (Gated)

Online Appendix

Pre-analysis Plan

ESA Junior Faculty Seminar Presentation Video


Measuring Self-Efficacy, Executive Function, and Temporal Discounting in Kenya (Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2018)

with Kristina Esopo, Daniel Mellow, Catherine Thomas, Hannah Uckat, Justin Abraham, Chaning Jang, Nicholas Otis, Michala Riis-Vestergaard, Amanda Starcev, Kate Orkin and Johannes Haushofer


Work In Progress

"Play to Win: High Stakes and Feedback Have Ambiguous Effects on the Gender Gap in Winning"  with Manuela Angelucci (submitted


"Ill-informed beliefs: Misperceptions of the costs of unplanned parental absences"  with Jessica B. Hoel and Erin Giffin (submitted)

"Beyond Representation: The Importance of the Decision-Making Process in Hiring Decisions" with Michelle M. Miller (draft available upon request)

"Decoding digital financial services enabled financial privacy: What it means for women and their futures" with Anisha Singh (data collection in progress)

Qualitative Instruments (available upon request)

"Examining the Development of Economic Preferences in Children" with Anya Samek and Jennifer Pate (data analysis in progress)

"Using Religion as a Buffer Against the Psychological Effects of Economics Shocks: Experimental Evidence from Kenya" with Amma Panin and Christine Simiyu (pilot funding obtained)