Research
Research
The Power of Persuasion: Causal Effects of Household Communication on Women's Employment, with Namrata Kala. June 2025.
Coupling Labor Supply Decisions: An Experiment in India, with Matt Lowe. May 2025. Revised and Resubmitted, Journal of the European Economic Association.
How Does Women's Employment Affect Their Time Use? Evidence from a Randomized Encouragement Design in India. February 2025. Reject and Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics.
Women's Self-Efficacy and Economic Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from India. January 2025.
Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on Older Persons Living Alone in India: A Randomized Trial, with Abhijit Banerjee, Erin Grela, Frank Schilbach, Miriam Sequeira, Garima Sharma, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Esther Duflo. Annals of Internal Medicine, 176 (5): 632–641. May 2023.
Depression and Loneliness among the Elderly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Erin Grela, Frank Schilbach, Garima Sharma, and Girija Vaidyanathan. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 37 (2): 179-202. Spring 2023.
Women's Employment and Empowerment: Descriptive Evidence. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 541-545. May 2022.
Female Labour Force Participation, with Rachel Heath, Arielle Bernhardt, Girija Borker, Anne Fitzpatrick, Anthony Keats, Andreas Menzel, Teresa Molina, and Garima Sharma. VoxDevLit, 11(1). February 2024.
Gender Norms and Development, with Erica Field and Alessandra Voena. In preparation for The Handbook of Development Economics.
The Impacts of Employee Excellence Rewards on Workers and Firms: The Role of Managerial Discretion vs. Worker Empowerment, with Namrata Kala. Analysis in progress.
Community-based Mental Health Interventions for Elderly Women in Tamil Nadu, India, with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Camille Falezan, Frank Schilbach, Miriam Sequeira, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Jenny Wang. Experiment in the field.
The Impact of Pre-Marital Counseling on Women's Empowerment and Couples' Wellbeing: A Field Experiment in Indonesia, with Reshmaan Hussam and Nurina Merdikawati. Pilot completed.