Working papers

The Effect of Nature's Wealth on Child Health

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

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

R&R @ Journal of Health Economics
with B. Augsburg, A. Bancalari and K. Kameshwara
Other versions: CEPR 16492 - IFS WP22/18  |  Coverage: Ideas for India - IGC

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Using Mass Media to Fight Intolerance

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

Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities: Theory and Experimental Evidence from India

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?

with P. Carneiro, F. Tagliati and Y. Xia
Other versions: CEPR 15192 - IZA 13478

Main publications

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 (2023)

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

On-going projects

Local Labour Market Shocks and Subjective Expectations

with P. Carneiro and A. Toppeta
Previously circulated as Are Parental Perceived Returns to Schooling predicting Future Schooling Decisions?

Countering Islamic Radicalization in Northern Mozambique

I. Vilela, and P. Vicente

Integrating Rural Migrants in a Mozambican City

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

Seasons

with I. Kim Taveras

Subjective Expectations and Human Capital Investment

Coverage: EALE Young Labour Economist Prize

Individual resources and child inequality in Rural India