Research

Journal articles

Testing the promise of digital scaling: in-person versus app-based training for women entrepreneurs
with Menaal Ebrahim & Diego Ubfal
World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming 2026
World Bank Policy Research Working Papers #10992
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Do men really have greater socio-emotional skills than women? Evidence from Tanzanian youth
with Smita Das, Clara Delavallade, Elijah Kipchumba & Julietha Komba
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, forthcoming 2026
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #10873
World Bank policy brief

The power to protect: household bargaining and female condom use
with Marije Groot Bruinderink, Wendy Janssens & Karlijn Morsink
Journal of Development Economics, 2021
Online appendices

Banker my neighbour: matching and financial intermediation in savings groups
with Marcel Fafchamps
Journal of Development Economics, 2020

Online appendix
Vox EU coverage

Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment under uncertainty
with Charles F. Manski
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019
Center for Global Development blog coverage


Working papers

Evening the credit score? Impact of psychometric loan appraisal for women entrepreneurs
with Salman Alibhai, Sreelakshmi Papineni, and Markus Goldstein
World Bank Policy Research Working Papers #10230
World Bank policy brief
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Access to capital and women’s entrepreneurship
with Girum Abebe & Toni Weis
World Bank Policy Research Working Papers #11232

Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage
with Anaya Dam, Wendy Janssens, Umair Kiani & Karlijn Morsink
Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper #W24/23
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Keeping the peace while getting your way: information, persuasion and intimate partner violence
with Dan Anderberg, Anaya Dam, Wendy Janssens, Karlijn Morsink & Anouk van Veldhoven
Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper #W24/22
Econ That Matters blog post

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Are the poor so present-biased?
Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper #W18/24
Online appendix
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Response bias and surveyor identity in field evaluations
with Jonathan Lain & Simone Lombardini
New version coming soon
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In progress

Procurement capacity-building for women entrepreneurs
with David McKenzie & Kalyan Neelamraju
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Behavioral insights on women’s employment in Ethiopia
with Kehinde Ajayi, Niklas Buehren, and Isabelle Salcher
World Bank policy brief
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Returns to soft skills training for youth in Tanzania
with Smita Das, Clara Delavallade, Elijah Kipkech Kipchumba, and Munshi Sulaiman
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Domestic violence and women’s economic decision-making
with Dan Anderberg, Anaya Dam, & Karlijn Morsink
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Intra-household bargaining and willingness to pay for community toilets
with Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg & Antonella Bancalari
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