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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. I have worked on a
wide variety of issues (including some macro!), like technology adoption (all
sorts: agricultural, water, cell phone related), child labor, risk-sharing
and complete markets, measurement error, poverty, human development, etc.
Below are links to some of my working papers (all being simultaneously
updated). Please email me for more current versions if you are interested.
Below is also a list of projects that I currently have in the field. Working
Papers “Can the SIM Card Leapfrog the ATM
Card? Adoption of Mobile Banking in Kenya”, with Billy Jack, November 2009. “Mobile
Money: The Economics of M-PESA”, with Billy Jack, November 2009. “Household
Information: Implications for Poverty Measurement and Dynamics”, with
Michael Boozer and Markus Goldstein. "Selection
and Comparative Advantage in Technology Adoption", July 2009. The Economic Growth Center
working paper version has additional Tables and Figures. (Revised and Resubmitted) "Spillovers
in Village Consumption: Testing the Extent of Partial Insurance", November
2009. "Paths to Success: The
Relationship Between Human Development and Economic Growth", with
Michael Boozer, Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart. (Submitted) "Technological Change and the
Evolution of Markets: The Case of Pineapple in "Child Labor and Schooling
Decisions in Ghana", with Michael Boozer. This is being substantially
revised. Please email me for an updated version. "Testing for Consumption Insurance
and the Identification and Risk-Sharing Groups", with Michael Boozer,
Work in Progress. Projects
in the Field “Using Cell Phone Technologies to
Expand Financial Services in Kenya”, with Billy Jack. “Contracting and Multiple Use
Water Systems”, with Joost de Laat, Billy Jack and Michael Kremer. “Agriculture, Technology Adoption
and Infrastructure: What are the Returns and Who Do They Accrue To? Evidence
from Sierra Leone”, with Rachel Glennerster. |