Publications
Hidden Income and the Perceived Returns to Migration
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming.
[Working Paper Version] [Slides] [AEA RCT Registry]
Media coverage: The Economist
Working Papers
Valuing the Time of the Self-Employed (with Daniel Agness, Sylvain Chassang, Pascaline Dupas, and Erik Snowberg)
[Latest Paper] [NBER Working Paper] [Slides] [AEA RCT Registry]
Persecution and Migrant Self-Selection: Evidence from the Collapse of the Communist Bloc (with Ran Abramitzky and Isabelle Sin)
[Latest Paper] [NBER Working Paper]
Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes Toward Refugees in Uganda (with Thomas Ginn, Robert Hakiza, Helidah Ogude, and Olivia Woldemikael)
[Latest Paper] [AEA RCT Registry] [Full Pre-Specified Results]
Intrahousehold Spillovers in the Migration Decision: Evidence from Thailand's Regional Cities Project
Selected Work in Progress
Does Improving Destination Food Security Increase Migration? Experimental Evidence from the Indian Public Distribution System (with Ambar Narayan, Odyssia Ng, and Sutirtha Sinha Roy)
Accepted (Pre-Results Review), Journal of Development Economics. Fieldwork complete.
[Pre-Analysis Plan] [AEA RCT Registry]
The Long-Term Welfare Impacts of Natural Disasters: Evidence from Ugandan Landslides (with Jakob Hennig)
Fieldwork complete.
The Role of Information Frictions and Networks in Internal Migration: An Experiment in Kenya (with Zachary Barnett-Howell and Thomas Ginn)
Fieldwork on-going.
Re:Build: Refugee economic and social integration in East Africa (with Thomas Ginn, Ibrahim Kasirye, Belinda Muya, and Andrew Zeitlin)
Fieldwork on-going.