Research
Publications
The Role of Credit Reports in Digital Lending: a Case Study from Mexico
(2024).Oxford Review of Economic Policy 40 (1), 104-117 [Gated Version]
Passing the Message: Peer Outreach about COVID-19 Precautions in Zambia
(2023). With Pradeep Chintagunta, Peter Hangoma, Jessica Goldberg, Melissa Graboyes, Dean Karlan, Mario Macis and Silvia Prina. Conditionally accepted at the Journal of Development Economics. [NBER Working Paper]
The Intra-Household Allocation of Schooling: Evidence from Uganda’s Universal Primary Education Reform
(2023). Economics of Education Review, 97, 102466. [Gated Version]
Fertility Responses to Schooling Costs: Evidence from Uganda's Universal Primary Education Policy
(2022). With Edward Bbaale, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70 (3), 1017-1039 [Gated Version]
The Economics of Savings Groups
(2021). With Andrea Canidio and Rebekah Selby, International Economic Review, 62 (4), 1569-1598 [Gated Version][Web Appendix]
Does Group Inclusion Hurt Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Ultra-poor Members of Ugandan Savings Groups
(2017). With Andrea Canidio, Journal of Development Economics, 128, 24-48 [Web appendix]
The Allocation of Capital in Rural Credit Markets
(2016). With Andrea Canidio, Journal of International Development, 28, p. 1381-1395 [Gated Version]
Legalize, Tax and Deter: Optimal Enforcement Policies for Corruptible Officials
(2016). With Alberto Motta, Journal of Development Economics, 118, p. 207-215 [Web appendix] [Gated Version]
The Disease Environment, Schooling, and Development Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia
(2015). Journal of Development Studies, 51 (12), p. 1563-1584. (lead article) [Web appendix] [Gated Version]
The Trade Consequences of Maritime Insecurity: Evidence from Somali Piracy
(2015). With Anca Cristea and Logan Lee, Review of International Economics, 23 (3), p. 525-557 [Gated Version]
Collusion and the Organization of the Firm
(2015). With Alberto Motta, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 7 (3), 1-33 [Gated Version]
Transitory Shocks and Birth Weights: Evidence from a Blackout in Zanzibar
(2014). Journal of Development Economics, 108, p. 154-168 [Gated Version]
Power Outages, Power Externalities, and Baby Booms
(2014). Demography, 51 (4), p. 1477-1500
Working Papers
Too Fast, Too Furious? Digital Credit Speed and Repayment Rates
With Silvia Prina and Mike Kuhn, Updated May 2023, R&R Journal of Development Economics [IZA Working Paper][VoxDev Podcast]
State-Sponsored Microfinance and Enterprise Outcomes in Ghana
With Richard Kwasi Boso and Adam Abdul-Ramadhan, Updated December 2022, Under review
Banking the Group: Impact of Credit Linkages among Ugandan Savings Groups
With Jessica Goldberg and Luciana Etcheverry, December 2019 (revisions forthcoming)
Work in Progress
A Second Chance at Financial Inclusion, with Michael Kuhn and Silvia Prina
FIT for Financial Inclusion, with Jessica Goldberg, Peter Hangoma, Dean Karlan and Bilal Zia
Political microfinance, with Richard Boso
Digital Savings Groups: a large-scale evaluation in Egypt, with Jason Kerwin, Reham Rizk and Sarah Wahby
Prohibition, Legalization, and the Cost of Corruption in the War against Drugs, with Alberto Motta