Ongoing Research Projects
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Women’s Inheritance Right Reform and Child Health in India (with Shahadath Hossain)
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Pension Benefits and Labor Supply Decisions in Developing Countries (with Xu Wang)
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The Labor Market Effects of Syrian Refugees in Europe (with Matthew Bonci and Leila Salarpour)
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Credit Constraints and Female Empowerement Outcomes within the Household: Field Experiment in Bangladesh (with N. Jimi and C. Hanes) (NSF funded; Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Economics Program; Field activities ongoing)
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Human Capital and Transformative Entrepreneurship. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design. (Under review)
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Better Late than Early: Human Capital and Female Aspirations Regarding Marital Timing. (In preparation for submission)
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Female Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence. (with S. Chakravarty, M. Lundberg) (In preparation for submission)
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Why Are the Returns to Schooling in Developing Countries Higher for Women than for Men? Evidence from Tanzania (with M. Bonci and S. Polachek) (Manuscript preparation)