Working Papers

• Social Insurance and the Marriage Market
  Mention: Cheap Talk Blog, Jan 15, 2013.
  
• Attention Manipulation and Information Overload
  Mention: Cheap Talk Blog, Jan 15, 2013.
  
• Paternalism, Libertarianism, and the Nature of Disagreement
  Joint with U Loginova
  Online appendix here
  Mention: A Fine Theorem Blog, Jan 18, 2013; Bookforum Blog, Aug 7, 2012
  
• Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution
  Joint with S Lee
  Mention: Marginal Revolution Blog, July 12, 2012, Freakonomics Blog, July 24, 2012.
  
• Elite Influence as a Substitute for Democracy: Evidence from Backgrounds of Chinese Provincial Leaders
  Joint with E Zhuravskaya
  
• Financing from Family and Friends
  Joint with S Lee
  
• Authority versus Loyalty: Social Incentives and Governance
  Joint with S Lee
  

Research in Progress

• The Impact of Gender-Targeted Cash Transfers on Intra-household Violence and Decision-Making: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Joint with J Haushofer, P Niehaus, and J Shapiro
  Read more here and here
  
• Marry to Evade
  Joint with D Seim
  
• Female Sterilization and Spousal Violence
  Joint with S Anukriti
  
• A Model of Bargaining and Coercion in Prostitution Markets
  Joint with S Lee. Chapter in preparation for
  The Handbook on the Economics of Prostitution (Ed: Manisha Shah)
  
• Circles of Trust
  Joint with S Lee and N Rosketskiy
  Early Version Here (Under Revision)