Working Papers
Labor Market Dynamics and Development [paper]
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman, February 2022. Revision requested at Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Other: [data website] [World Bank Jobs Blog]
From Micro to Macro in an Equilibrium Diffusion Model [paper]
with Wyatt Brooks and Terence Johnson, July 2022
The Role of Labor Market Frictions in Structural Transformation [paper]
with Todd Schoellman, April 2021
Prepared for the special issue of Oxford Development Studies on STEG's review of structural transformation
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman, February 2022. Revision requested at Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Other: [data website] [World Bank Jobs Blog]
From Micro to Macro in an Equilibrium Diffusion Model [paper]
with Wyatt Brooks and Terence Johnson, July 2022
The Role of Labor Market Frictions in Structural Transformation [paper]
with Todd Schoellman, April 2021
Prepared for the special issue of Oxford Development Studies on STEG's review of structural transformation
Published
Cash Transfers as a Response to COVID-19: Experimental Evidence from Kenya [paper]
with Wyatt Brooks, Terence Johnson, and Jackline Oluoch-Aridi, 2022. Journal of Development Economics, 158: 102929
Other: [J-PAL] [The Standard]
The Equilibrium Impact of Agricultural Risk on Intermediate Inputs and Aggregate Productivity [paper] [appendix]
2021. Review of Economic Studies, 88(5): 2275–2307.
Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access: The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua [paper] [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 [paper] [appendix]
with Chris Herrington. 2019. Review of Economic Dynamics, 31(1): 224 - 244.
Mentors or Teachers? Microenterprise Training in Kenya [paper] [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? [paper]
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 [paper]
with Evan Thomas, Abigail Bradshaw, Lambert Mugabo, Laura MacDonald, Wyatt Brooks, and Katherine Dickinson.
2021. Science of the Total Environment, 771: 145275.
with Wyatt Brooks, Terence Johnson, and Jackline Oluoch-Aridi, 2022. Journal of Development Economics, 158: 102929
Other: [J-PAL] [The Standard]
The Equilibrium Impact of Agricultural Risk on Intermediate Inputs and Aggregate Productivity [paper] [appendix]
2021. Review of Economic Studies, 88(5): 2275–2307.
Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access: The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua [paper] [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 [paper] [appendix]
with Chris Herrington. 2019. Review of Economic Dynamics, 31(1): 224 - 244.
Mentors or Teachers? Microenterprise Training in Kenya [paper] [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? [paper]
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 [paper]
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
Contracting in Space: Procurement Auctions on the Nepali Highway Network
with Théophile Bougna and Wyatt Brooks
The Equilibrium Impact of Lowering Internal Trade Costs: Experimental Evidence from New Infrastructure in Rwanda
with Wyatt Brooks (fieldwork ongoing)
Other: [ATAI] [Mortenson Center for Global Engineering at CU Boulder]
The Gender Turnover Gap Across Countries
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman
International Labor Market Cyclicality
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman
Knowledge Pass-through among Kenyan Microenterprises
with Wyatt Brooks and Terence Johnson (fieldwork ongoing)
with Théophile Bougna and Wyatt Brooks
The Equilibrium Impact of Lowering Internal Trade Costs: Experimental Evidence from New Infrastructure in Rwanda
with Wyatt Brooks (fieldwork ongoing)
Other: [ATAI] [Mortenson Center for Global Engineering at CU Boulder]
The Gender Turnover Gap Across Countries
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman
International Labor Market Cyclicality
with Will Jianyu Lu and Todd Schoellman
Knowledge Pass-through among Kenyan Microenterprises
with Wyatt Brooks and Terence Johnson (fieldwork ongoing)
