Research

Working Papers

Management Style Under the Spotlight: Evidence from Studio Recordings
with Girum Abebe, Marcel Fafchamps, Michael Koelle and Tom Schwantje
February 2026
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Matching, Management and Employment Outcomes: A Field Experiment with Firm Internships
with Girum Abebe, Marcel Fafchamps and Michael Koelle
February 2026
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Finance and Mutuality: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment
with Francesco Cordaro, Marcel Fafchamps, Colin Mayer, Muhammad Meki and Kate Roll
December 2025
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Research Publications

Do Capital Grants Improve Microenterprise Productivity?
with Laurin Janes and Michael Koelle
(2026). Economic Journal, 136(673). https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf042
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Matching Frictions and Distorted Beliefs: Evidence from a Job Fair Experiment
with Girum Abebe, Stefano Caria, Marcel Fafchamps, Paolo Falco, Simon Franklin and Forhad Shilpi
(2025). Economic Journal, 135(671). https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf026
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Demand for Commitment in Credit and Saving Contracts: A Field Experiment
with Uzma Afzal, Giovanna d'Adda, Marcel Fafchamps and Farah Said
(2024). Economic Journal, 134(664). https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae053
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Asset-based Microfinance for Microenterprises: Evidence from Pakistan
with Faisal Bari, Kashif Malik and Muhammad Meki
(2024). American Economic Review, 114(2). https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20210169
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An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan
with Stefano Caria, Grant Gordon, Max Kasy, Soha Shami and Alex Teytelboym
(2023). Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvad067
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Anonymity or Distance? Job Search and Labour Market Exclusion in a Growing African City
with Girum Abebe, Stefano Caria, Marcel Fafchamps, Paolo Falco and Simon Franklin
(2020). Review of Economic Studies, 88(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa057
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COVID-19 and the Future of Microfinance: Evidence and Insights from Pakistan
with Kashif Malik, Muhammad Meki, Jonathan Morduch, Timothy Ogden and Farah Said
(2020). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 36 (Supplement 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graa014
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Call Me Maybe: Experimental Evidence on Using Mobile Phones to Survey Microenterprises
with Robert Garlick and Kate Orkin
(2019). World Bank Economic Review, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz021
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Two Sides of the Same Rupee? Comparing Demand for Microcredit and Microsaving in a Framed Field Experiment in Rural Pakistan
with Uzma Afzal, Giovanna d'Adda, Marcel Fafchamps and Farah Said
(2018). Economic Journal, 128(614). https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12512
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Networks and Manufacturing Firms in Africa: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment
with Marcel Fafchamps
(2018). World Bank Economic Review, 32(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhw057
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Aspire
with Marcel Fafchamps
(2016). Journal of Development Studies, 53(10). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1251584
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Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana
with Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie and Chris Woodruff
(2014). Journal of Development Economics, 106, 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.010
The Value of Corporate Governance for Bank Finance in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
(2014). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 30(1), 1–38. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ews030
Using PDA Consistency Checks to Increase the Precision of Profits and Sales Measurement in Panels
with Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie and Chris Woodruff
(2012). Journal of Development Economics, 98, 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.06.004

Review Publications

Microfinance
Senior Editor with Jing Cai and Muhammad Meki, and Co-Editors Erica Field, Cynthia Kinnan, Jonathan Morduch, Jonathan de Quidt and Farah Said
(2025). VoxDevLit. https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/microfinance
Microfinance: An Overview
with Muhammad Meki
(2024). Oxford Review of Economic Policy (summary article for co-edited issue: Volume 40, Issue 1).
Microequity: Some Thoughts for an Emerging Research Agenda
with Muhammad Meki
(2024). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 40(1), 176–188.
Forced Migration: Evidence and Policy Challenges
with Isabel Ruiz
(2022). Oxford Review of Economic Policy (summary article for co-edited issue: Volume 38, Issue 3).
Management Practices and Public Policy: An Overview
with Daniela Scur
(2021). Oxford Review of Economic Policy (summary article for co-edited issue: Volume 37, Issue 2).
Experiments and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
with Chris Woodruff
(2019). Annual Review of Economics. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-030246