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Health – Fertility

Papers
  • "The Impact of a Change in Abortion Regime on Socio-Economic Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Romania" (Journal of Political Economy 114(4), 2006)
    Research featured in Freakonomics and The Economist

  • "The Supply of Birth Control Methods, Education and Fertility: Evidence from Romania"
    (Journal of Human Resources 45(4),2010)
    Research featured in Freakonomics

  • "Abortion and Child Cognitive Outcomes" (revise and resubmit at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)

    Work in Progress
  • "Education, Marriage and Fertility" joint with Andreea Balan and Ofer Malamud

    Health – HIV/AIDS

    Papers
  • "The Impact of Health Worker Absence on Health Outcomes: Evidence from Western Kenya," joint with Markus Goldstein, Josh Graff Zivin, Harsha Thirumurthy and James Habyarimana (revise and resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics)

  • "The Impact of HIV/AIDS and ARV Treatment on Worker Absenteeism: Implications for African Firms," joint with Bekezela Mbakile and James Habyarimana (Journal of Human Resources 45(4),2010)

  • "Behavioral responses of patients in AIDS treatment programs: sexual behavior in Kenya," joint with Markus Goldstein, Josh Graff Zivin, James Habyarimana and Harsha Thirumurthy (forthcoming at the Forum for Health Economics & Policy)

  • "Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders," Pop-Eleches C, Thirumurthy H, Habyarmina J, Graff Zivin J, Goldstein M, DeWalque D, MacKeen L, Haberer J, Sidle J, Ngare D, Bangsberg D (in press at AIDS 2011)

    Work in Progress
  • "Transport Support to Improve ARV Treatment Outcomes"
  • "Adherence to ARV Treatment"
  • "The Effects of Home Based HIV Counseling and Testing"

    Education

    Papers
  • "General Education versus Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition," joint with Ofer Malamud (Review of Economics and Statistics 92(1),2010)

  • "Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital," joint with Ofer Malamud (forthcoming at the Quarterly Journal of Economics)
    Research featured in Slate , the New York Times and Gandul

  • "School Tracking and Access to Higher Education Among Disadvantaged Groups," joint with Ofer Malamud (accepted at the Journal of Public Economics)

  • "Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses," joint with Miguel Urquiola (revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review)

    Work in Progress
  • "The Relative Importance of Parental Effort and School Quality in the Determination of Students’ Outcomes," joint with Miguel Urquiola (NSF-supported project)
  • "The Effects of Vocational Education on College Attendance," joint with Ofer Malamud and Miguel Urquiola

    Other topics

    Papers
  • "Judicial Checks and Balances," joint with Rafael La Porta, Florencio López-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer
    (Journal of Political Economy 112(2), 2004)

  • "Electronic Filing, Tax Preparers, and Participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit," joint with Wojciech Kopczuk (Journal of Public Economics 91(7-8), 2007)

  • "Targeted Government Spending and Political Preferences," joint with Grigore Pop-Eleches (forthcoming at the Quarterly Journal of Political Science)

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