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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 work on a variety of
issues, like technology adoption (all sorts: agricultural, water, mobile money),
risk-sharing, measurement error, etc. Some of my working papers are being
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. 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 “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 “Risk
Sharing and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money Revolution”,
with William Jack, July 2011. (Submitted) [See below for other resources on mobile
money] Web
Appendix "Endogenous
Emergence of Credit Markets: Contracting in Response to a New Technology in
Ghana", with Rahul Deb, January 2012. (Submitted) "Documenting the Birth of a
Financial Economy", with William Jack and Thomas Stoker, August 2011. (Submitted) "Estimating the Extent of Local Risk Sharing
Between Households" (previously titled Spillovers in Village Consumption: Estimating the Extent of Partial
Insurance), July 2011. (Submitted) "Are Exporting Firms Better?
Evidence on Comparative Advantage and Learning from Chilean Firms", with
Prashant Bharadwaj and Anant Nyshadham. “Household Information:
Implications for Poverty Measurement and Dynamics”, with Michael Boozer and
Markus Goldstein. More on
Mobile Money Slide
Deck on M-PESA, November 2010. “Mobile
Money: The Economics of M-PESA”, with William Jack, January 2011. Projects
in the Field “The Role of Mobile Banking in
Expanding Trade Credit and Business Development in Kenya", with William
Jack and Chris Woodruff. "Promoting the Adoption of
New Rice Varieties: Addressing the Costs of Early Adoption", with Rachel
Glennerster. “Diffusion of Technologies Within
Social Networks: Evidence from a Coffee Training Program in Rwanda”, with
Esther Duflo and Daniel Keniston. “Agriculture, Technology Adoption
and Infrastructure: What are the Returns and Who Do They Accrue To? Evidence
from Sierra Leone”, with Rachel Glennerster and Lorenzo Casaburi. “Technology Adoption and
Collateralized Loans”, with Joost de Laat, William Jack and Michael Kremer. “Using Cell Phone Technologies to
Expand Financial Services in Kenya”, with William Jack. |