Kevin Donovan
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Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Economics
Yale School of Management
Research Interests
Macro-development
Contact Info
2512
Evans Hall
165 Whitney Ave
New Haven, CT 06511
Working Papers
From Micro to Macro in an Equilibrium Diffusion Model
with
Wyatt Brooks
and
Terence Johnson
, March 2024. Conditionally accepted,
Review of Economics and Statistics
Labor Market Anatomy of a Macroeconomic Crisis
(preliminary draft)
with
Will Jianyu Lu
,
Joseph Pedkte
,
and
Todd Schoellman
, June 2023
Spousal Insurance Around the World
(draft soon)
with
Annika Bacher
,
Philipp Gr
ü
bener
,
Lukas Nord
, and
Todd Schoellman
Published
The Role of Labor Market Frictions in Structural Transformation
with
Todd Schoellman
. 2024.
Oxford Development Studies,
51 (4): 362 - 374.
Special issue on
STEG
's review of structural transformation
Labor Market Dynamics and Development
[appendix]
with
Will Jianyu Lu
and
Todd Schoellman
. 2023.
Quarterly Journal of Economics
, 138(4): 2287 - 2325.
Other:
[data website]
[World Bank Jobs Blog]
[VoxDev podcast]
Cash Transfers as a Response to COVID-19: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
with
Wyatt Brooks
,
Terence Johnson
, and
Jackline Oluoch-Aridi
, 2022.
Journal of Development Economics,
158: 102929
Other:
[J-PAL]
[The Standard,
re-printed in
Nation
]
The Equilibrium Impact of Agricultural Risk on Intermediate Inputs and Aggregate Productivity
[appendix]
2021.
Review of Economic Studies,
88(5):
2275–2307.
Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access: The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua
[appendix 1]
[appendix 2]
with
Wyatt Brooks
. 2020.
Econometrica,
88(5): 1965 - 1997.
Other:
[VoxDev]
[A Fine Theorem]
Factors Affecting College Attainment and Student Ability in the U.S. since 1900
[appendix]
with
Chris Herrington
. 2019.
Review of Economic Dynamics,
31(1): 224 - 244.
Mentors or Teachers? Microenterprise Training in Kenya
[appendix]
with
Wyatt Brooks
and
Terence Johnson
.
2018.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
10(4): 196 - 221.
Other:
[VoxDev]
Other Stuff (non-peer reviewed or in other fields):
Is There a Cost-Effective Means of Training Microenterprises?
with
Wyatt Brooks
and
Terence Johnson
.
2020.
World Bank Economic Review (Supplement),
34(1): 63 - 67.
Engineering environmental resilience: A matched cohort study of the community benefits of trailbridges in rural Rwanda
with
Evan Thomas
,
Abigail Bradshaw
,
Lambert Mugabo
,
Laura MacDonald
,
Wyatt Brooks
, and
Katherine Dickinson
.
2021.
Science of the Total Environment,
771: 145275.
Work in Progress/ In the field
Market Access and Economic Development: Experimental Evidence from New Bridges in Rwanda
with
Wyatt Brooks
and
Evan Thomas
(fieldwork complete)
Other:
[ATAI]
[Mortenson Center for Global Engineering at CU Boulder]
Global Shocks and Local Agricultural Policy in Rwanda
with
Wyatt Brooks
(fieldwork complete)