Main publications

Religious Proximity and Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from a Mobile Phone-Based Campaign in India

Journal of Health Economics (2024)

with B. Augsburg, A. Bancalari and K. Kameshwara  |  Coverage: Ideas for India, IGC

Measuring Corruption in the Field Using Behavioral Games

Journal of Public Economics (2023)

with A. Coutts, P. Vicente and I. Vilela

Does Information Break the Political Resource Curse? Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

American Economic Review (2020)

with A. Coutts, P. Vicente and I. Vilela  |  Coverage: World Bank, El Pais, GlobalDev, AEA, Expresso

The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization

American Economic Review (2020)

with P. Atwell and J.F. Gomes |  Coverage: AEA, El Pais, RES, World Bank

The Effect of Gender-Targeted Cash Transfers on Household Expenditures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

The Economic Journal (2020)

with O. Attanasio, P. Carneiro and V. Lechene  |  Coverage: Diario Exterior

Measuring and Changing Control: Women's Empowerment and Targeted Transfers

The Economic Journal (2018)

with I. Almås, O. Attanasio and P. Carneiro  |  Coverage: VoxEU, RES, Apolitical, World Bank

Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea

Labour Economics (2017)

with P. Carneiro, A. Locatelli, S. Mihreteab and J. Keating

Other publications

Let's Call! Using the Phone to Increase Vaccine Acceptance

Health Economics (2024)

with M. Fracchia and P. Vicente  |  Coverage: IGC

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nature Medicine (2021)

with J.S. Solís Arce et al.  |  Coverage: Nature

Demand Drops and Innovation Investments: Evidence from the Great Recession in Spain

Research Policy (2018)

with P. Mendi

Working papers

Media Narratives and the Rise of Civil Rights

with P. Atwell, J.F. Gomes, G. Musillo and Y. Schenk
Other versions: CEPR 18207

From Sea to Shore: The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Child Health

Conditionally Accepted @ Journal of the European Economic Association
with I. Kim Taveras
Other versions: CEPR 15680 – NOVAFRICA 2006  |  Coverage: Planeta Futuro – Expresso – World Bank – VoxEU

Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities

with B. Augsburg, A. Bancalari and M. Ghatak
Other versions: CEPR 18636 – IFS WP22/16  |  Coverage: El Pais – The Times of India - Hindustan Times – VoxEU – VoxDev

Windows of Peace: the Effect of Ceasefires on Economic Recovery

with M. Marending, G. Vysotskaya
Other versions: WIDER WP 2023/35

Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment?

R&R @ Journal of Development Economics
with P. Carneiro, F. Tagliati and Y. Xia
Other versions: CEPR 15192 - IZA 13478

On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

with F. Mendonça, W.A. Sandholtz and P. Vicente

Population-Control Policies and Fertility: Evidence from a Mass Media Campaign

with M. Richard and Y. Schenk

Expectation Formation and Educational Investment: Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

with P. Carneiro, M. Mendel, A. Toppeta