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publications
The Syrian Refugee Life Study: First Glance
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022
[published paper], [data]
Relaxing Credit and Information Constraints: Five-Year Experimental Evidence from Tanzanian Agriculture
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025
[published paper], [coverage by MRR Innovation Lab], [data and code]
Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan
National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025
[paper], [pre-analysis plan], [coverage by VoxDev]
Ethiopia’s Electronic Water Bill Payments: A Randomized Controlled Trial
While numerous studies examine mobile money adoption for firms and person-to-person transfers, evidence on electronic bill payments for utilities remains scarce. We address this gap with a randomized controlled trial in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where despite availability of multiple electronic payment channels, most households pay water bills in person. We randomly assign households to receive a discount or e-payment training. This design identifies price sensitivity and information barriers in utility payment digitalization, informing Ethiopia’s national digital transformation agenda.
Rationing in an Urban Water Market
I develop a simple model of urban water allocation under capacity constraints, comparing the welfare effects of rationing by intermittent supply, uniform quotas, and optimal pricing. I find that rationing imposes technological costs, while quotas create allocative inefficiency. I estimate the model’s key parameters using the universe of meter-level billing data from Amman, Jordan and a geographic regression discontinuity design that exploits spatial variation in supply schedules.
talks
The Long-Term Effects of Relaxing Information and Credit Constraints: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Tanzania
Published:
In this presentation at the Virtual North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), I shared short- and medium-term results from an RCT that we conducted in Tanzania over 2014-2019. The link for the program is available here
The Effects of Relaxing Information and Credit Constraints on Productivity: 5-Year Experimental Evidence from Self-Reported, GPS-Based, and Remotely Sensed Data
Published:
Our paper was selected for presentation at the Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev). I shared new results including the latest satellite-derived productivity measures. The link for the program is available here
The effects of relaxing information and credit constraints on productivity: 5-Year experimental evidence from self-reported, GPS-based, and remotely sensed data
Published:
Presentation at the 18th Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC), hosted by the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University.
Research in forced displacement: Insights from Jordan and Kenya
Published:
I participated in CEGA’s annual Evidence to Action symposium, “Confronting Conflict and Displacement in a Changed World,” This presentation summarizes some of ongoing research in Jordan and Kenya, which is conducted by large research teams from the World Bank, Harvard, Berkeley, and UNHCR. The link for the talk is available here
Housing Subsidies and Externalities: Experimental Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Published:
During the Workshop on the Integration of Refugee Families in Host Countries: Research Advances, Policy Improvements, and Data Challenges, my co-author Bailey Palmer and I presented virtually results from our ongoing work on housing subsidies in Jordan. The link for the program is available here
Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan
Published:
I presented new resuls from an impact evaluation of a housing subsidy for Syrian refugees in Jordan during JPAL’s Displaced Livelihoods Series (link for initiative)
teaching
Teaching Assistant for Economic Development 1
Undergraduate course, McGill University, Economics Department, 2019
I worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Economics Department, McGill University for two semesters. The course that I chose to work on was Economic Development I (ECON 313), which introduces students to various concepts in economic development such as economic growth, poverty, inequality, institutions, and migration.
Tutor for Microeconomics and Introduction to Economics
Undergraduate course, UC Berkeley, Economics Department, 2022
I was a tutor for Econ 100A (Fall 2022) and Econ 1 (Spring 2023) at the University of California, Berkeley. My responsibilities included holding office hours to address student questions about course material.
GSI for Microeconomics (Math Intensive)
Undergraduate course, UC Berkeley, Economics Department, 2023
Graduate Student Instructor for Econ 101A (Fall 2023) for Cecile Gaubert at the University of California, Berkeley.
GSI for Econometrics
Undergraduate course, UC Berkeley, Economics Department, 2024
Graduate Student Instructor for Econ 140 (Spring 2024) for Ben Faber at the University of California, Berkeley.