Publications

 

Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall, American Economic Review, forthcoming. (With Sharon Maccini. Click here for the Online Appendix.)

Insurance, Credit, and Technology Adoption: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming. (With Xavier Gine.)

Coping with Disaster: The Impact of Hurricanes on International Financial Flows, 1970-2002. B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 8, No. 1 (Advances), Article 13.

International Migration, Remittances, and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks. The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, April 2008, pp. 591-630.

Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform. Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2008, pp. 25-57. (Click here for the leadership data used in paper.)

Can Enforcement Backfire? Crime Displacement in the Context of Customs Reform in the Philippines. Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 90, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 1-14. (Click here for the Theory Appendix.)

Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines, World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 21 (2), May 2007, pp. 219-248. (With HwaJung Choi.)

Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks. Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 88, No. 4, November 2006, pp. 715-735. (Click here for the Theory Appendix.)

The Economics of Anti-Corruption: Lessons from a Widespread Customs Reform, in Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed., International Handbook of the Economics of Corruption, Elgar, 2006.

Remittances and Poverty in Migrants' Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines, in Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff, eds., International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, World Bank, 2005. (With Claudia Martinez A.)