Research

Publications

Who should be first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine? Surveys in 13 countries of the public’s preferences for prioritisation (with Raymond Duch et al.)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 118 (38), September 2021.

Do Migrant Social Networks Shape Political Attitudes and Behavior at Home? (with Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente) 
World Development, Volume 117: pp. 328-343, May 2019. [CReAM Discussion Paper CPD 13/18; IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777]


Working Papers

Entrepreneurship Training and Economic Resilience: Evidence on Building Skills for Women (with Megan Lang) – Working Paper (2024). Submitted.
Pre-analysis plan filed with the AEA Registry: AEARCTR-0003214Z.

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Economic Impacts of Overconfidence in Micro-Entrepreneurs – Working Paper (2022).
[Coverage: World Bank Development Impact Blog, VoxDevLit]

Aspirations as Constraints on Entrepreneurship (with Catia Batista) Updated draft coming soon.

The Competing Impacts of Self-Employment on Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Economic Autonomy (with Maria Sofia Casabianca, Catalina Durán, and Megan Lang) Working Paper (2023).
Pre-analysis plan filed with the AEA Registry: AEARCTR-0007212. [Policy Brief]


Selected Work in Progress

Reputation Effects in Education Outcomes (with Catia Batista and Alexander Coutts)
Data collection completed – draft coming soon.

Attacking Misinformation from the Demand Side: A Field Experiment on Critical Thinking (with Gustavo Castillo, John A. List, Lina Ramirez, Jaime Unda, and Beatriz Vallejo)
Data collection completed – draft coming soon.

Integrating Immigrants as a Tool for Broad Development: Experimental Evidence for Portugal and Cape Verde (with Catia Batista and Jules Gazeaud)
In the field. Pre-analysis plan filed with the AEA Registry: AEARCTR-0005188.