Working Papers

Inspecting young paprika plants in Malawi.

 

Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador (with Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, and Claudia Martinez A.). 1st revision requested, Review of Economics and Statistics.

Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks (with David Mckenzie and Caroline Theoharides). 2nd revision resubmitted, American Economic Journal: Applied.

Transnational Household Finance: A Field Experiment on the Cross-Border Impacts of Financial Education for Migrant Workers (with Ganesh Seshan). Under submission.

Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment in Mozambique (with Catia Batista and Dan Silverman). Under submission.

Commitments to Save: A Field Experiment in Rural Malawi (with Lasse Brune, Xavier Giné, and Jessica Goldberg). Under submission.

Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on Adjustment of Prior Choices (with Xavier Giné, Jessica Goldberg, and Dan Silverman).

Subsidizing Remittances for Education: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador (with Kate Ambler and Diego Aycinena).

The Impact of Remittance Fees on Remittance Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment Among Salvadoran Migrants (with Diego Aycinena and Claudia Martinez A.)

"The Impact of Mexican Immigration on U.S. Labor Markets: Evidence from Migrant Flows Driven by Rainfall Shocks" (with Todd Pugatch). Contact me for the latest draft.

"Hurricanes and Mortality in Mexico" (with Todd Pugatch). Contact me for the latest draft.

The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesian Districts (with David I. Levine)

Work in progress

“Financial and Informational Barriers to Migration: A Field Experiment in the Philippines” (with Emily Beam and David Mckenzie)

“Barriers to Medicaid Utilization Among Immigrants” (with Emily Beam and Tara Watson)

“Savings, Subsidies, and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique” (with Rachid Laajaj and Michael R. Carter)

“Increasing the Development Impact of Migrant Remittances: A Field Experiment Among Kenyan Migrants in the U.S.” (with Isaac Mbiti and Dan Silverman)

"Mobilizing Migrant Remittances for Agricultural Modernization in Mozambique" (with Catia Batista and Dan Silverman)