Research Interests

My research is in development economics. An overview of my work can be found here.

 

Working Papers

  1. Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys: Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
    with I. Kuziemko
    May 2009

  2. Incentives to Teach Badly? After-School Tutoring in Developing Countries
    September 2008  

 

Publications and Forthcoming Papers

  1. Modern Medicine and the 20th-Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs
    with A. Lleras-Muney and K. Smith
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, forthcoming.  

  2. Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia's Wildfires
    Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming, Fall 2009, vol. 44 (4).

  3. Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines  
    with A. Lleras-Muney
    Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2009, vol 124 (1), pp. 349-397.   Online appendix.

  4. The Jeffords Effect
    Journal of Law and Economics, October 2006, vol. 49 (2), pp. 397-425.

  5. Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries
    Journal of Political Economy, June 2006, vol. 114 (3), pp. 538-575.

  6. Odious Debt 
    with M. Kremer
    American Economic Review, March 2006, vol. 96 (1), pp. 82-92.