Publications

"Estimates of the Impact of Crime Risk on Property Values from Megan's Laws," with Jonah Rockoff (Columbia) (2008) American Economic Review. 98(3):1103-27. (Cited in The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Fort Worth Star Telegram, The Philadelphia Enquirer and The Beaumont Enterprise.)

"Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India," with Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Shawn Cole (HBS), and Esther Duflo (MIT) (2007) Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(3): 1235-1264. (Cited in The Economist).

"An Ordering Experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 50(2):249-262. With A. Norman, M. Ahmed, J. Chou, K Fortson, C. Kurz, H. Lee, K. Meythaler, R. Rando, K. Sheppard, N. Tanzen, I. White, and M. Ziegler. 2003.

"Benefits and Costs of Adopting Usage-Based Pricing in a Subnetwork," Information Technology and Management. 2(2):175-191. With Alok Gupta (Minnesota), Dale O. Stahl (Texas), and Andres B. Whinston (Texas). 2001.

"Order: Human vs. Computer," in Computational Approaches to Economic Problems. (eds.) A. Whinston and B. Rusten. Kluiser Publisher. With A. Norman, G. Leonard, K. Meythaler, K. Murray, H. Newhouse, N. Tanzen, and M. Ziegler. 1997.

Working Papers

“Conditional Cash Transfers in Education: Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia” with Felipe Barrera (World Bank), Marianne Bertrand (U Chicago), and Francisco Perez (Ministry of Education, Colombia) Under Review

“Identifying Agent Discretion: Exaggerating Student Attendance in Response to a Conditional School Nutrition Program” with Gauri Kartini Shastry (Harvard). Under Review

"Measuring Discrimination in Education" with Rema Hanna (Harvard Kenedy School) Under Review

"The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Language Arts Program" with Felipe Barrera-Osorio (World Bank). Under Review.

"Complement or Substitute? The Effect of Technology on Student Achievement in India"

"The Effects of User Fee Reductions on Enrollment: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment" with Felipe Barrera-Osorio (World Bank) and Miguel Urquiola (Columbia)

"How to Teach English in India: Testing the Relative Productivity of Instruction Methods within the Pratham English Language Education Program" with Fang He (Columbia) and Margaret MacLeod (Columbia)

"Are Incumbents Always Advantaged? The Preference for Non-Incumbents in India"

“Could have been a Contender? The Effects of Limiting the Number of Candidates in Indian State Parliamentary Elections”

Work in Progress

“Encouraging Underserved, Intellectually Curious Children: An Evaluation of the Higher Achievement Program in Washington, DC” with Jean Grossman ( Princeton University and P/PV) and Carla Harrera (P/PV)

“Teaching Pre-Schoolers to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Pratham Shishuvachan Program” with Fang He ( Columbia) and Margaret MacLeod ( Columbia)

“Education Production and Peer Networks Among Out-of-School Children in India” with James Berry (MIT).

“Protecting Children from War and Ensuring their Prospects for the Future: Educating in the Context of Crisis and Transition” with Dana Burde ( Columbia).