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Research
Interests My research interests are in the fields of micro development and
econometrics, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. My two main areas of
interest are agriculture (mostly technology adoption) and mobile money or
more generally financial access (including credit markets and insurance). Published
Papers “Selection and Comparative Advantage in Technology
Adoption”, Econometrica., 79 (1), pp. 159-209, January
2011. NBER Working Paper
#15346; EGC working
paper version; Web Appendix Tables “Risk
Sharing and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money Revolution”,
with William Jack, July 2011, American
Economic Review, Forthcoming. Press: Slate (latest
adoption numbers); Business
Week; Voxeu;
The
World; MIT
News. Blogs: Freakonomics;
FTAlphaville. Additional resources: Slide Deck (2010); “Mobile
Money: The Economics of M-PESA”; Latest Data “Endogenous
Emergence of Credit Markets: Contracting in Response to a New Technology in
Ghana”, with Rahul Deb, January 2012, Journal
of Development Economics, Forthcoming.
“Transaction Networks: Evidence
from Mobile Money in Kenya”, with William Jack and Adam Ray, January 2012, American Economic Review, Papers and
Proceedings, Forthcoming. “Documenting the Birth of a
Financial Economy”, with William Jack and Thomas Stoker, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2012. “Monetary Theory and Electronic
Money: Lessons from the Kenyan Experience”, with William Jack and Rob
Townsend, Economic Quarterly,
Volume 96 (1), First Quarter, 2010. “Paths to Success: The Relationship
Between Human Development and Economic Growth”, with Michael Boozer, Gustav
Ranis and Frances Stewart, World
Development, 39 (4), 506-522, 2011. Working Papers “The Political Economy of
Ethnicity, Housing Rents and Property Rights in Slums: Evidence from Kenya”,
with Benjamin Marx and Thomas Stoker. [Previously titled “The Political
Economy of Housing Markets in Slums: Evidence from Kenya”] Please email me for a working draft. “The Economics of Slums in the
Developing World”, with Benjamin Marx and Thomas Stoker. “Rural Roads and Intermediated Trade:
Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Sierra Leone”, with Lorenzo
Casaburi and Rachel Glennerster. Videos: treatment
road (with a bridge); control road (with a bridge);
another control road “Expanding
Access to Micro Credit: The Role of Asset-Collateralized Loans”, with
William Jack, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat. Project Description here “Estimating the Extent of Local
Risk Sharing Between Households” (previously titled Spillovers in Village Consumption: Estimating the Extent of Partial
Insurance), July 2011. (Submitted) “Comparative Advantage in
Exporting: Empirical Evidence Using Firm Level Data”, with Prashant Bharadwaj
and Anant Nyshadham. “Household Information:
Implications for Poverty Measurement and Dynamics”, with Michael Boozer and
Markus Goldstein. Projects
in the Field “Electing to Vote: Strengthening the
Credibility of the New Kenyan Electoral Institutions”, with Benjamin Marx and
Vincent Pons. “Powering Small Business:
Understanding the Impact of Solar Energy Under Different Pricing Schemes”,
with William Jack. “The Role of Mobile Banking in
Expanding Trade Credit and Business Development in Kenya", with William
Jack and Chris Woodruff. [Project Description here] “Promoting the Adoption of New
Rice Varieties: Addressing the Costs of Early Adoption”, with Rachel
Glennerster. [Project Descriptions here and here] “Diffusion of Technologies Within
Social Networks: Evidence from a Coffee Training Program in Rwanda”, with
Esther Duflo and Daniel Keniston. [Project Description here] |