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International development

Our work on international development studies labour markets, infrastructure, health and education systems and public finances in low and middle income countries. We use field experiments, survey and administrative data and theory to examine the effects of policies on individuals and firms as well as on aggregate outcomes.

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Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan

Comment

Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours.

27 January 2023

Labeled loans and human capital investments

Working Paper

We provide rigorous evidence of the impacts of labelled microcredit on household sanitation investment and borrowing behaviour.

24 January 2023

To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Working Paper

We study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions.

24 January 2023

Labeled loans and human capital investments

Journal article

We provide novel evidence that labeled microcredit is effective in influencing household borrowing and investment decisions.

14 January 2023

Parental investments and intra-household inequality in child human capital: evidence from a survey experiment

Working Paper

This paper studies the role played by parents’ educational investment to explain intra-household inequality and its determinants.

7 December 2022

Father of the bride, or steel magnolias? Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage

Working Paper

We conduct a cluster-randomized control trial of an edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan.

25 November 2022

Revealed beliefs and the marriage market return to education

Working Paper

This paper develops a new methodology to analyse how parents in Rajasthan, India make choices about their daughters’ schooling and marriage.

23 November 2022

Inflation, incomes and inequality – how can lower-income countries use fiscal policy to the greatest effect?

Comment

We outline six ideas to help shield the vulnerable from rising prices while heading towards more sustainable and inclusive economies.

21 November 2022

Public childcare, labor market outcomes of caregivers, and child development: experimental evidence from Brazil

Working Paper

This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their caregivers.

8 November 2022

Firms as tax collectors

Working Paper

We show that delegating tax collection to large firms can help build tax capacity in weak-enforcement settings.

31 October 2022

Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: Evidence from India

Comment

Changing the attitudes and behaviours of those enforcing restrictive societal norms is critical for meaningful improvements in women’s wellbeing.

24 October 2022

Social incentives, delivery agents and the effectiveness of development interventions

Journal article

We study the use of the local delivery model for development interventions in the context of a standard agricultural extension intervention in Uganda.

6 October 2022