Working Papers
- Informal Fiscal Systems in Developing Countries, with Shan Aman-Rana (UVA) and Clement Minaudier (U Vienna). Revision requested, Journal of Development Economics.
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Screen Now, Save Later? The Trade-Off between Administrative Ordeals and Fraud, with Shan Aman-Rana and Daniel Gingerich (both UVA). Revision requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
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Maternal Cash Transfers for Gender Equity and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India, with Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD), Paul Niehaus (UCSD), and Jeff Weaver (USC). Under Review.
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Electoral Competition and Political Rents: Evidence from India, with Matthew Pecenco (Brown) ["Permanent" working paper, last updated 2017].
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Work-in-Progress
- Gender Dynamics in Government Job Recruitment, with Arielle Bernhardt (MIT/NYU), Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (UVA), and Akshay Mangla (Oxford).
- High Frequency Monitoring in India's Public Distribution System, with Gaurav Chiplunkar (UVA), Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD), Paul Niehaus (UCSD), and Kartik Srivastava (Harvard).
- Integrating Gender-targeted Programs, with Suddhasatwa Bhattacharya (Inclusion Economics India), Chitwan Lalji (IIM-Kozhikode), Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (UVA), and Akshay Mangla (Oxford).
- First-time Voters, Lasting Democracy?, with Katrina Kosec (IFPRI), Mooghdo Mahzab (IFPRI), Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)